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Chisa Yasunaga-Aoki Last modified date:2024.02.14

Professor / Agricultural Bioresource Sciences
Department of Bioresource Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture


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Homepage
https://kyushu-u.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/chisa-yasunaga-aoki
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On Laboratory of Insct Pathology & Microbial Control, Institute of Biological Control, Faculty of Agriculture, the staff, main research projects, research subjects of graduates, publications, etc. are presented mainly in Japanese. .
Phone
092-802-4575
Fax
092-802-4574
Academic Degree
Ph. D.
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Insect Pathology, Microbial Control
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
00years00months
Outline Activities
Outline of research: Main research titles of our laboratory are microbial control of insect pests, characterization of entomopathogenic microorganisms, mechanism of microbial infection in insects, defense reaction of insects against pathogens, and studies of invertebrate cell culture.
I concentrated especially on protozoan infection in insects and studies of lepidopteran insect cell culture as follows:
1) Studies on infection and development of entomopathogenic microsporidians as microbial control agents using insect cell cultures.
2) Development of in vitro germination methods for poor germinators of the microsporidians.
3) Ultrastructursal study of host-microsporidian parasite interactions.
4) Clonig of the microsporidians and chromosomal study of those clones.
5) Study of a protozoan parasite isolated from the West Indian sweet potato weevil.
6) Establishemnt of insect cell lines having a highly phagocytic ability.

Outline of education:
1) Lectures and tutorials of Insct Pathology and Microbial Control for the graduate students.
2) English lectures of Microbiology, Insct Pathology and Microbial Control for the undergraduate and the graduate students in special course on international development research (partial responsibility).
3) Lecture of Insct Pathology and Microbial Control for the undergraduate students (partial responsibility).
Research
Research Interests
  • Studies of a protozoan parasite isolated from the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus
    keyword : Euscepes postfasciatus, Gregarine, Insect cell line
    2005.04.
  • Studies on biological characteristics of entomopathogenic microsporidians
    keyword : Nosema, Microsporidia, Insect cell lines, Inter-specific differences, Intra-specific variation
    1994.01Title: Studies on biological characteristics of entomopathogenic microsporidians Outline: The microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites and parasitize a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Focusing in particular on the host insects and parasite interactions, biological characteristics of entomopathogenic microsporidians as microbial control agents are investigated using insect cell cultures..
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Cassal, C. M., Fukushima, A., Nishi, O., Iiyama, K., Fiuza, L. M. and Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Identification and characterization of three microsporidian genera concurrently infecting a silkworm, Bombyx mori, in Brazil, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107502, 177, 107502, 2020.11.
2. The host range of neogregarine Farinocystis sp. isolated from the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire)
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3. Kumano, N., Iwata, N., Kuriwada, T., Shiromoto, K., Haraguchi, D., Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Kohama, T., The neogregarine protozoan Farinocystis sp. reduce longevity and fecundity in the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) , Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 105, 3, 298-304, 2010.11.
4. Iiyama, K., Chieda, Y., Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Hayasaka, S., and Shimizu, S., Analyses of the ribosomal DNA region in Nosema bombycis NIS 001, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00592.x, 51, 6, 598-604, Vol. 51, No. 6, p.598-604, 2004.11.
5. Yasunaga-Aoki, C., Imanishi, S., Iiyama, K., and Kawarabata, T., Establishment of phagocytic cell lines from larval hemocytes of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Bioloby - Animal, 40, 7, 183-186, Vol. 40, No. 7, p. 183-186, 2004.07.
6. Pieniazek, N. J., Da Silva, A. J., Slemenda, S. B., Visvesvara, G. S., Kurtti, T. J., and Yasunaga, C., Nosema trichoplusiae is a synonym of Nosema bombycis based on the sequence of the small subunit ribosomal RNA coding region, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 10.1006/jipa.1996.0049, 67, 3, 316-317, Vol. 67, No. 3, p. 316-317, 1998.05.
7. Yasunaga, C., Persistent infections of entomopathogenic microsporidians in lepidopteran insect cell cultures and the compatibility with host cells, Proceedings of VIIth International colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, 1998.08.
8. Yanase, T., Yasunaga, C., Hara, T., and Kawarabata, T., Coinfection of Spodoptera exigua and Spodoptera frugiperda cell lines with the nuclear polyhedrosis viruses of Autographa californica and Spodoptera exigua., Intervirology, 10.1159/000024946, 41, 6, 244-252, Vol. 41, No. 6, p. 244-252, 1998.12.
9. Yasunaga, C., Facters affecting persistent infection of a microsporidian, Nosema sp. NIS M11 (Microsporida: Nosematidae) in insect cell cultures, Proceedings of the IX International Conference on Invertebrate Cell Culture, p. 82-89, 1996.06.
10. Yasunaga, C., Inoue, S., Funakoshi, M., Kawarabata, T., and Hayasaka, S., A new method for inoculation of poor germinator, Nosema sp. NIS M11 (Microsporida: Nosematidae), into an insect cell culture, The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01561.x, 42, 2, 191-195, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 191-195, 1995.04.
Presentations
1. 王敏玉,青木智佐,西 大海, Study on germination inhibitor of Nosema bombycis spores contained in metabolites of Enterococcus sp. isolated from Bombyx mori, 令和2年度日本蚕糸学会第90回蚕糸・昆虫機能利用学術講演会, 2020.03.
2. Maximiano C. Cassal, Shana F. Wiest, Chisa Yasunaga-Aoki, Lidia M. Fiuza, Two new Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), The 2018 International Congress of Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 2018.08.
3. Maximiano C. Cassal, Kazuhiro Iiyama, Lidia M. Fiuza, Chisa Yasunaga-Aoki, A possible new species of Tubulinosema (Microsporidia: Tubulinosematidae) affecting silkworms
(Bombyx mori) in Brazil
, The 2018 International Congress of Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, 2018.08.
4. 福井 翔太, 青木 智佐, 松山 隆志, 飯山 和弘, Study on in vitro excystation of Farinocystis sp. isolated from the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus, The 4th Asia-Pacific Congress of Sericulture and Insect Biotechnology, 2015.04.
5. 福井 翔太, 青木 智佐, 松山 隆志, 飯山 和弘, Study on intestinal factors affecting excystation of Farinocystis sp. in the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus, International Symposium on Basic and Applied Research on Sericulture and Insect Sciences, Collaboratively Organized by Kyushu Branch of Japanese Society of Sericultural Science, Japan and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National Univ., 2015.04.
Membership in Academic Society
  • The Japanese Society of Sericultural Science
  • Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology
  • Society for Invertebrate Pathology
  • The Society of Protozoologists
Educational
Educational Activities
For undergraduate students of Department of Bioresource and Bioenvironment, School of Agriculture, I'm in charge of the following subjects; Insect pathology and Microbial Control, Microbiology, Research training on Agriculture II.

For graduate students of Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, I'm in charge of the following subjects; Advanced Insect pathology and Microbial Control, Proseminor in Microbial Control, Advanced Studies of Biological Control.

For undergraduate students of Kikan Education, I'm in charge of a subject Agriculture and Microorganisms.