• B.Ag. : Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University
  of Agriculture, Japan (1999)
• Ph.D. (Agriculture): Graduate School of Agriculture,
  Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan (2004)

Current Research Projects

1. Effects of functional foods on host defense
2. Effects of antibacterial peptides on endotoxin shock

Publications

• Kato H, Hosoda H, Fukuda T, Masushige S, Kida S: Characterization of the promoter of the mouse preproorexin gene. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 71: 840-843, 2007.
• Uchida S, Sakai S, Furuichi T, Hosoda H, Toyota K, Ishii T, Kitamoto A, Sekine M, Koike K, Masushige S, Murphy G, Silva AJ, Kida S: Tight regulation of transgene expression by tetracycline-dependent activator and repressor in brain. Genes Brain Behav 5: 96-106, 2006.
• Hosoda H, Motohashi J, Kato H, Masushige S, Kida S: A BMAL1 mutant with arginine 91 substituted with alanine acts as a dominant negative inhibitor. Gene 338: 235-241, 2004.