From People - School of Science, The University of Tokyo
近藤 真理子 (こんどう まりこ)
KONDO, Mariko
| Title | Associate Professor |
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| Affiliation | Department of Biological Sciences (MMBS), Graduate School of Science |
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| Room | Misaki Marine Biological Station |
| TEL | +81-46-827-6672 |
Research Areas
Regenerative biology, Evolutionary and comparative developmental biology, Genome biology
Research Interests
1) The evolutionary aspect of regeneration using the feather star (Echinodermata) as a model.
2) Comparative genomics among echinoderms.
Projects
1) Regeneration is observed widely among all animal phyla, but not in all species. Thus regeneration is considered to be an ancestral trait but in the course of evolution, has been suppressed secondarily in many lineages. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that supports the existence of a common origin. The molecular mechanism of regeneration has much to be revealed. To elucidate the evolutionary aspect of regeneration, we have chosen to look into echinoderms, especially the feather star. The following topics are under investigation.
A) Analyses of molecules involved in regeneration and organogenesis of the feather star in various organs and tissues.
B) Comparative analyses of regeneration and development in the feather star or between phyla/species.
C) Regeneration of gonads during arm regeneration.
2) Echinoderms exhibit diversity in their body plans between species. One advantage of research in the Misaki Marine Biological Station is the availability of the wide variety of animals. This allows us to conduct in various species comparative analyses of the genome, which may give us a hint as to why they are so divergent.
Keywords
regeneration, evolution, development, organogenesis, echinoderm, feather star, genome
Links
- [1] MMBS homepage