Shoji Laboratory庄司研究室
Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and TechnologyLaboratory of RNA Bioinformatics (graduate school)
Laboratory of Nucleic Acid Bioinformatics (undergraduate)日本語

Keisuke Shoji

Associate Professor

I am fascinated by the battle between self and non-self.

Career

  1. 2024.01 – present
    Associate ProfessorGraduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

    Also affiliated with the Department of Applied Biological Science and the Graduate School of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, TUAT

  2. 2020.04 – 2023.12
    Assistant ProfessorInstitute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo

    Also affiliated with the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

  3. 2020.01 – 2020.03
    Project Assistant ProfessorInstitute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
  4. 2017.04 – 2019.12
    JSPS Research Fellow (PD)Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
  5. 2015.04 – 2017.03
    JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Education

  1. 2014.04 – 2017.03
    PhD programGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  2. 2012.04 – 2014.03
    Master's programGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  3. 2010.04 – 2012.03
    Applied Biology courseFaculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
  4. 2008.04 – 2010.03
    Natural Sciences IIThe University of Tokyo

Grants (principal investigator)

  1. 2024.08 – present
    Dynamic RNA mechanisms that respond to changing non-selfJST FOREST Program
  2. 2026.04 – present
    Sequence principles and prediction of piRNA responses to the mobile genomeJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), publicly offered research
  3. 2024.06 – present
    Virus resistance written in the genome: how piRNAs suppress baculovirusesJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
  4. 2024.04 – present
    How intracellular symbionts manipulate the host piRNA pathwayJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
  5. 2023.07 – present
    How intracellular symbionts manipulate the host piRNA pathwayTakeda Science Foundation, Life Science Research Grant
  6. 2022.04 – 2024.03
    Conditions for piRNA cluster formation revealed with a piRNA sensor systemJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
  7. 2020.09 – 2022.03
    Conditions for piRNA cluster formation through comparison of cultured-cell and organismal genomesJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
  8. 2017.04 – 2020.03
    Non-self recognition by piRNAs studied with a persistently infecting RNA virusJSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD)
  9. 2015.04 – 2017.03
    Functions of somatic piRNAs in cell differentiationJSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2)

Grants (co-investigator)

  1. 2026.04 – present
    piRNA fluctuation and transgenerational inheritance in the endless arms race with transposonsJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
  2. 2024.06 – present
    Molecular basis of how newly invading transposons are domesticatedJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering)
  3. 2024.04 – present
    Sex control and symbiosis mechanisms revealed by genome editing of the cytoplasmic symbiont WolbachiaJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
  4. 2024.04 – present
    Genome control of endosymbiotic organelles: from technical innovation to understanding and applicationJSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)

Other funding (collaborative and internal programs)

  1. 2026.07 – 2027.03
    A platform for freely manipulating cells and nucleic acids with H-CNF, a next-generation bio-based materialNIMS Joint Research Hub Program, National Institute for Materials Science
  2. 2026.07 – 2027.03
    How the sparseness and fluctuation of piRNA production sites are controlled, studied in Tpp-deficient DrosophilaJoint Research Program (introductory research support), Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University

Teaching

Undergraduate courses

  • 農学基礎ゼミUndergraduate (1st year), first semester (second half), 10 sessions・2026
  • 生物相関学Undergraduate (2nd year), second semester (second half)・2023–2024
  • 応用昆虫学Undergraduate (3rd year), first semester (second half)・2026–
  • 応用生物科学専門実験ⅢUndergraduate (3rd year), first semester・2025–

Graduate courses

  • 資源生物創製科学特論ⅠMaster’s program, first semester (first half)・2024
  • 資源生物創製科学特論ⅡMaster’s program, first semester (second half)・2024
  • 食料・環境情報科学特論Master’s program, first semester (first half)・2025–
  • 基礎技術演習ⅠMaster’s program・2024
  • 基礎技術演習ⅡMaster’s program・2024
  • 生物環境調節学特論ⅠDoctoral program, first semester (first half)・2024–
  • 生物環境調節学特論ⅡDoctoral program, first semester (second half)・2024–

Special and guest lectures

  • Special lectureNagoya University・2026
  • Special lectureZhejiang University, China・2023

University committees and administration

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  • BASE学務委員会Member・2024.04 – present
  • 大学情報担当Member・2024.04 – 2025.03
  • 図書館商議会Member・2024.04 – 2025.03
  • 小金井図書委員会Member・2024.04 – 2026.03
  • 工学研究院 情報委員会Observer・2024.04 – 2025.03
  • 総合情報メディアセンター 運営委員会Member・2024.04 – 2025.03
  • 特定生物安全管理委員会Member・2024.04 – 2026.03
  • 農学研究院長候補適任者選挙管理委員会Member・2024.04 – 2025.03
  • オープンアクセス加速化小委員会Member・2024.11 – 2025.03
  • ハラスメント調査委員会Member・2025.04 – 2026.03
  • 調停委員会Member・2025.04 – 2026.03
  • 男女参画推進室Member・2025.04 – 2026.03
  • 保健管理センター運営委員会Member・2025.04 – 2026.03
  • 懲罰委員会Member・2025.06 – 2025.07
  • 学生生活実態調査の改善事項WGMember・2025.04 – 2026.03
  • 卒論分属委員2025.04 – present
  • 外部資金受入審査会Member・2026.04 – present

Academic societies and other service

  • Young Researchers’ Group, Japanese Society of Sericultural ScienceSteering committee member・2023.04 – present