PhD in Agriculture. Kyoto University, Japan.

MS in Agriculture. Kyoto University, Japan.

BS in Agriculture. Kyoto University, Japan.

My PhD work was developing an insect gene editing method by adult injection. Currently, I am interested in the molecular mechanisms and evolution of early embryogenesis and metamorphosis in insects.

Yu Shirai, Momoyo Takahashi, Manabu Ote, Hirotaka Kanuka, Takaaki Daimon (2023) DIPA-CRISPR gene editing in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)Applied Entomology and Zoology, 58(3) 273-278

Yu Shirai, Maria-Dolors Piulachs, Xavier Belles, Takaaki Daimon (2022) DIPA-CRISPR is a simple and accessible method for insect gene editing. Cell Reports Methods 2, 100215

Yu Shirai, Takahiro Ohde, Takaaki Daimon (2021) Functional conservation and diversification of yellow-y in lepidopteran insects. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 128, 103515

Yu Shirai, Takaaki Daimon (2020) Mutations in cardinal are responsible for the red-1 and peach eye color mutants of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 529, 372-378