Yuya Ohhara, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Human Genetics
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Tel: +81-54-264-5226
Email: y-ohhara@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University ofShizuoka, 2014
Bachelor of Science in School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 2009
Associate in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzuka National College of Technology,
2007

Employment
University of Shizuoka, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Research Assistant Professor, 2015present
University of California, Riverside, Department of Entomology, Researcher, 2014-2015
Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Department of Biodesign Research, Researcher, 2014

Publications
1.

Ohhara Y*, Yamanaka N*. Internal sensory neurons regulate stage-specific growth in Drosophila.
Development. 149(21):dev200440 (2022).

2.

Ohhara Y*, Kato Y, Kamiyama T, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K. Su(var)2-10- and Su(var)205-dependent
upregulation of the heterochromatic gene neverland is required for developmental transition inDrosophila. Genetics. 222(3):iyac137 (2022).

3.

Yamakawa-Kobayashi K*, Ishikawa S, Miyake N, Ohhara Y, Goda T. Influences of the interactions ofgenetic variations of seven core circadian clock genes with lifestyle factors on metabolic parameters.
Lifestyle Genomics. 15(4):124-130 (2022).
4.

Ohhara Y*, Hoshino G, Imahori K, Matsuyuki T, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K. The Nutrient-Responsive
Molecular Chaperone Hsp90 Supports Growth and Development in Drosophila. Frontiers in
Physiology. 12: 690564 (2021).

5.

Sato A, Ohhara Y*, Miura S, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K. The Presence of Odd-chain Fatty Acids inDrosophila Phospholipids. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 84(10):2139-2148 (2020).

6.

Imura E, Shimada-Niwa Y, Nishimura T, Hückesfeld S, Schlegel P, Ohhara Y, Kondo S, Tanimoto H,Cardona A, Pankratz M J. Niwa R. The Corazonin-PTTH Neuronal Axis Controls Systemic Body
Growth by Regulating Basal Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology.
30(11), 2156–2165 (2020).

7.

Yamakawa-Kobayashi K*, Ohhara Y, Kawashima T, Ohishi Y, Kayashima Y. Loss of CNDP Causes aShorter Lifespan and Higher Sensitivity to Oxidative Stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Biomedical
Research (Tokyo). 41(3):131-138 (2020).

8.

Ohhara Y*, Nakamura A, Kato Y, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K. Chaperonin TRiC/CCT Supports Mitotic
Exit and Entry into Endocycle in Drosophila. PLOS Genetics. 15(4):e1008121 (2019).

9.

Ohhara Y, Kobayashi S, Yamakawa-Kobayashi K, Yamanaka N*. Adult-Specific Insulin-Producing
Neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 526(8):1351-1367 (2018).

10. Yamakawa-Kobayashi K*, Otagi E, Ohhara Y, Goda T, Kasezawa N, Kayashima Y. The Combined
Effects of Genetic Variation in the CNDP1 and CNDP2 Genes and Dietary Carbohydrate andCarotene Intake on Obesity Risk. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. 10:146-154 (2017).
11. Ohhara Y, Kobayashi S, Yamanaka N*. Nutrient-Dependent Endocycling in Steroidogenic Tissue
Dictates Timing of Metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. PLOS Genetics. 13(1):e1006583(2017).
12. Ohhara Y, Shimada-Niwa Y, Niwa R, Kayashima Y, Hayashi Y, Akagi K, Ueda H, YamakawaKobayashi K*, and Kobayashi S*. Autocrine regulation of ecdysone synthesis by beta3-octopaminereceptor in the prothoracic gland is essential for Drosophila metamorphosis. Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112(2): 1452-1457 (2015).
13. Ohhara Y, Kayashima Y, Hayashi Y, Kobayashi S, and Yamakawa-Kobayashi K*. Expression of betaadrenergic-like octopamine receptors during Drosophila development. Zoological Science. 29(2): 8389 (2012).
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