MASAKI KATO

Last Updated :2025/02/03

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
katomhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My research focuses on the physiological functions of neuropeptides involved in the regulation of energy metabolism in chickens and quail. In particular, I focus on the relationship between the hypothalamus and adipose tissue, liver, and gonads.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2024/04/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
  • 2022/04/01, 2024/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
  • 2021/04/01, 2022/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Research fellow
  • 2017/04/01, 2021/03/31, TechnoPro, Inc. TechnoPro R&D Company, Regular employee

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education, Japan, 2021/04/01, 2024/03/31
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Doctoral program, Japan, 2021/04/01, 2024/03/31
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Masters program, Japan, 2015/04/01, 2017/03/31
  • Hiroshima University, School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Japan, 2011/04/01, 2015/03/31

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Keywords

  • Chicken, Quail, Metabolism, Neuropeptide, Hormone

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Poultry Science Association
  • The Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology
  • The Zoological Society of Japan

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Effects of chronic intracerebroventricular infusion of neurosecretory protein GL on body mass and food and water intake in chicks, GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY, 256, 37-42, 20180115
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  2. Localization and function of neurosecretory protein GM, a novel small secretory protein, in the chicken hypothalamus, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8, 20180413
  3. ★, Neurosecretory Protein GL Induces Fat Accumulation in Chicks, FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY, 10, 20190619
  4. ★, A Novel Hypothalamic Factor, Neurosecretory Protein GM, Causes Fat Deposition in Chicks, FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, 12, 20211025
  5. Immunohistochemical Analysis of Neurotransmitters in Neurosecretory Protein GL-Producing Neurons of the Mouse Hypothalamus, Biomedecines, 10(12), 202202
  6. ★, Effect of Stressors on the mRNA Expressions of Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM in Chicks, FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY, 13, 20220315
  7. ★, Expression of mRNAs Encoding Hypothalamic Small Proteins, Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM, in the Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica, ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 41(1), 50-59, 202402
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  8. Neurosecretory protein GM–expressing neurons participate in lipid storage and inflammation in newly developed Cre driver male mice, Biomedicines, 11(12), 20240119

Awards

  1. 2022/07, Early Career Researcher Runner up Award, The 12th International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (ISAE2022), Two Novel Hypothalamic Factors, Neurosecretory Protein GL and Neurosecretory Protein GM, Cause Fat Accumulation in Layer Chicks

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2024/07/31, 2026/03/31
  2. 2022/04/01, 2024/03/31