Inoue Laboratory, ISSP, Univ. Tokyo

Member

Takashi Nagata
Research Associate
   
Biography:
  • 2005: B.S. Department of Physics, School of Science,
    Osaka University
  • 2007: M.S. Department of Earth and Space Science,
    Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
  • 2007-2010: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
  • 2010: Ph. D. (Science) Division of Biology & Geosciences,
    Graduage School of Science, Osaka City University
  • 2010-2011: Postdoctral Researcher, Osaka City University
  • 2011-2014: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD),
    School of Advanced Sciences (SOKENDAI)
  • 2014: Specially Appointed Lecturer, Osaka City University
  • 2014-2016: Visiting Scientist, The University of Manchester
  • 2015-2016: JSPS Postdoctral Fellowship for Research Abroad
  • 2016-2019: Specially Appointed Lecturer, Osaka City University
  • 2018-2022: JST PRESTO researcher
    (Research area: Optical Control)
  • 2019-present: The Institute for Solid State Physics,
    The University of Tokyo
Hobby: Karaoke, Some racket sports,
Learning something new about science
Comment: Let's have fun exploring the world of science!
E-mail: nagata*issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Research theme
Biophysical and physiological study on animal photoreceptions based on rhodopsins

Publications
Original papers
  1. Rhodopsin-bestrophin Fusion Proteins from Unicellular Algae form Gigantic Pentameric Ion Channels
    Andrey Rozenberg†, Igor Kaczmarczyk†, Donna Matzov†, Johannes Vierock†, Takashi Nagata, Masahiro Sugiura, Kota Katayama, Yuma Kawasaki, Masae Konno, Yujiro Nagasaka, Mako Aoyama, Ishita Das, Efrat Pahima, Jonathan Church, Suliman Adam, Veniamin A. Borin, Ariel Chazan, Sandra Augustin, Jonas Wietek, Julien Dine, Yoav Peleg, Akira Kawanabe, Yuichiro Fujiwara, Ofer Yizhar, Mordechai Sheves, Igor Schapiro, Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori, Keiichi Inoue, Peter Hegemann, Oded Béjà*, Moran Shalev-Benami*. (2022) Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 29, issue 6, pp 592-603
    doi: 10.1038/s41594-022-00783-x (†: Equally contributed)
  2. Diverse heliorhodopsins detected via functional metagenomics in freshwater Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi and Archaea
    Ariel Chazan, Andrey Rozenberg, Kentaro Mannen, Takashi Nagata, Ran Tahan, Shir Yaish, Shirley Larom, Keiichi Inoue, Oded Béjà, Alina Pushkarev*. (2022) Environmental Microbiology, 24, pp 110-121
    doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15890
  3. Structural Basis for Channel Conduction in the Pump-like Channelrhodopsin ChRmine
    Koichiro E. Kishi†, Yoon Seok Kim†, Masahiro Fukuda†, Masatoshi Inoue†, Tsukasa Kusakizako†, Peter Y. Wang†, Charu Ramakrishnan, Eamon F.X. Byrne, Elina Thadhani, Joseph M. Paggi, Toshiki E. Matsui, Keitaro Yamashita, Takashi Nagata, Masae Konno, Sean Quirin, Maisie Lo, Tyler Benster, Tomoko Uemura, Kehong Liu, Mikihiro Shibata, Norimichi Nomura, So Iwata, Osamu Nureki, Ron O. Dror, Keiichi Inoue, Karl Deisseroth*, Hideaki E. Kato*. (2022) Cell, 185, issue 4, pp 672-689
    doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.01.007 (†: Equally contributed)
  4. Exploration of Natural Red-shifted Rhodopsins Using a Machine Learning-based Bayesian Experimental Design
    Keiichi Inoue*, Masayuki Karasuyama, Ryoko Nakamura, Masae Konno, Daichi Yamada, Kentaro Mannen, Takashi Nagata, Yu Inatsu, Hiromu Yawo, Kei Yura, Oded Béjà, Hideki Kandori, Ichiro Takeuchi*. (2021) Communications Biology, 4, Article number: 362
    doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01878-9
  5. Gate-keeper of ion transport ―a highly conserved helix-3 tryptophan in a channelrhodopsin chimera, C1C2/ChRWR
    Yujiro Nagasaka†, Shoko Hososhima†, Naoko Kubo, Takashi Nagata, Hideki Kandori, Keiichi Inoue and Hiromu Yawo*. (2020) Biophysics and physicobiology (BPPB), 17, pp. 59–70
    doi: 10.2142/biophysico.BSJ-2020007 (†: Equally contributed)
Review papers
  1. Rhodopsins at a glance
    Takashi Nagata* and Keiichi Inoue*. (2021) Journal of Cell Science, 134, Issue 22, jcs258989
    doi: 10.1242/jcs.258989

Awards
  1. 30th Yoshida Prize for Young Researchers, The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
    Takashi Nagata Dec 5th, 2021