Faculty Information - DEJIMA Katsufumi

■ Books

1.	Chapter contribution	Functional Glycomics at the Level of Single Cells: Studying Roles of Sugars in Cell Division, with 4D microscopy, Experimental Glycoscience 2008
2.	Chapter contribution	Chondroitin sugars in embryonic cell division of the nematode C. elegans 2004

■ Published papers

1.	Original article	Distinct pathways for export of silencing RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans systemic RNAi. 2023/10
2.	Original article	An endomembrane zinc transporter negatively regulates systemic RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2023/05/19
3.	Original article	Balancer-assisted outcrossing to remove unwanted background mutations. 2022/04
4.	Original article	Efficient collection of a large number of mutations by mutagenesis of DNA damage response defective animals. 2021/04
5.	Original article	Analysis of GPI-anchored proteins involved in germline stem cell proliferation in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline stem cell niche 2020
6.	Original article	UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase is indispensable for oogenesis, oocyte-to-embryo transition, and larval development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. 2019/02
7.	Original article	An Aneuploidy-Free and Structurally Defined Balancer Chromosome Toolkit for Caenorhabditis elegans. 2018/01
8.	Original article	Chondroitin 4-O-Sulfotransferase Is Indispensable for Sulfation of Chondroitin and Plays an Important Role in Maintaining Normal Life Span and Oxidative Stress Responses in Nematodes. 2016/10
9.	Original article	Endomembrane-associated RSD-3 is important for RNAi induced by extracellular silencing RNA in both somatic and germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans. 2016/06
10.	Original article	RNAi screening of human glycogene orthologs in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and the construction of the C. elegans glycogene database. 2015/01
11.	Original article	Syndecan defines precise spindle orientation by modulating Wnt signaling in C. elegans. 2014/11
12.	Original article	Analysis of Drosophila glucuronyl C5-epimerase: implications for developmental roles of heparan sulfate sulfation compensation and 2-O-sulfated glucuronic acid. 2013/11
13.	Original article	The role of Drosophila heparan sulfate 6-O-endosulfatase in sulfation compensation. 2013/03
14.	Original article	Drosophila heparan sulfate 6-O-endosulfatase Sulf1 facilitates wingless (Wg) protein degradation. 2013/02
15.	Original article	Glypicans regulate JAK/STAT signaling and distribution of the Unpaired morphogen. 2012/11
16.	Original article	GPI-anchor synthesis is indispensable for the germline development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. 2012/03
17.	Original article	Ceramide glucosyltransferase of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is involved in oocyte formation and in early embryonic cell division. 2011/06
18.	Original article	Novel contact-dependent bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling mediated by heparan sulfate proteoglycans. 2011/05
19.	Original article	Drosophila heparan sulfate 6-O endosulfatase regulates Wingless morphogen gradient formation. 2010/09
20.	Original article	Two Golgi-resident 3'-Phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate transporters play distinct roles in heparan sulfate modifications and embryonic and larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2010/08
21.	Original article	A Caenorhabditis elegans glycolipid-binding galectin functions in host defense against bacterial infection. 2009/09
22.	Original article	The ortholog of human solute carrier family 35 member B1 (UDP-galactose transporter-related protein 1) is involved in maintenance of ER homeostasis and essential for larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2009/07
23.	Review article	Sulfation and related genes in Caenorhabditis elegans 2008
24.	Original article	Expression of rib-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of the human tumor suppressor EXT genes, is indispensable for heparan sulfate synthesis and embryonic morphogenesis. 2007/03
25.	Original article	Essential roles of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate synthase in embryonic and larval development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. 2006/04
26.	Original article	Chondroitin proteoglycans are involved in cell division of Caenorhabditis elegans. 2003/05
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	The interplay between RNA-dependent RNA polymerase EGO-1 and RRF-1 shapes the landscape of transgenerational germline exo-RNAi efficiency （Poster notice，General） 2024/06
2.	Genetic analysis of the RNAi defective mutants for zinc-binding molecules （Poster notice，General） 2023/06
3.	Genetic balancer chromosomes created by CRISPR-mediated genome editing in C. elegans （Poster notice，General） 2022/11
4.	Analysis of endomembrane-resident zinc transporter mutants that suppress the systemic RNAi defects of rsd-3 mutant. （Poster notice，General） 2021/06
5.	Negative regulation of systemic RNAi by an endosome-resident zinc transporter in C. elegans （Poster notice，General） 2019/06/27
6.	An endosome-resident zinc transporter is involved in negative regulation of systemic dsRNA spreading in C. elegans （Poster notice，General） 2019/06/23
7.	An endosome-resident zinc transporter negatively regulates systemic dsRNA spreading in C. elegans （Poster notice，General） 2019/03/29
8.	An endomembrane-resident zinc transporter negatively regulates systemic RNAi in C. elegans. （Poster notice，General） 2018/06/15
9.	Balancer chromosome toolkit for C. elegans. （Speech，Special/Invited Lecture） 2017/06/21
10.	Genetic engineering of chromosomal balancer toolkit for gene-clusters mediated by CRISPR/Cas9 in Caenorhabditis elegans （Poster notice，General） 2016/06/25
11.	Risk of gene deletion in worms with impaired DNA repair machinery. （Poster notice，General） 2015/06/27
12.	Syndecan/SDN-1 regulates Wnt-dependent spindle orientation in C. elegans （Poster notice，General） 2014/07/17
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■ Research areas

Molecular biology, Functional biochemistry, Developmental biology, Cell biology (Key Word：glycosylation, sulfation, nucleotide sugar transporter, zinc, zinc transporter, C. elegans, vesicle transport, functional RNA, systemic RNAi, glial cell, phosphoinositide, flippase, chromosome engeneering, balancer chromosome)

■ Education

1.	1998/04～2002/03	Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Graduated,
2.	2002/04～2004/03	〔Master degree program〕〔Master Course〕, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Completed,
3.	2004/04～2007/03	〔Doctoral course〕〔Doctorial Course〕, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Completed, Ph. D

■ Academic & professional experience

1.	2014/03～2014/03	Assistant Professor
2.	2012/03～2014/02	University of California, San Diego Division of Biological Sciences Assistant project scientist
3.	2009/04～2012/02	University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences Post-doc
4.	2007/04～2009/03	Kyushu University

■ External Researcher ID

orcID

0009-0009-7180-7294