2021.04 – Present
Five-year Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Waseda University, Japan

2017.04 – 2021.03
B.S.,Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience
Waseda University, Japan

I am primarily interested in the genetics of crickets, with a particular focus on lineage-specific genes. My recent work centers on the project “Molecular Tinkering of Lineage-Specific Genes Based on the Chromosome-Level Genomes of Crickets,” which aims to elucidate how these unique genes have evolved and function. In addition, I am pursuing experimental approaches to uncover the roles of cricket-specific genes, contributing to a deeper understanding of their biological significance.

Sanno R, Kataoka K, Hayakawa S, Ide K, Nguyen CN, Nguyen TP, et al. Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial Genomes in Gryllidea (Insecta: Orthoptera): Implications for Adaptive Evolution in Ant-Loving Crickets. Genome Biol Evol. 2021;13. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab222

Kataoka K, Togawa Y, Sanno R, Asahi T, Yura K. Dissecting cricket genomes for the advancement of entomology and entomophagy. Biophys Rev. 2022;14: 75–97.3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00924-4

Murata K, Kataoka K, Sanno R, Satomura K, Ogura A, Asahi T, et al. Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two ground crickets, Dianemobius fascipesnigrofasciatus and Polionemobius  taprobanensis (Orthoptera: Grylloidea:trigonidiidae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023;8: 1311–1315. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2023.2285400