Hisashi Oomura

Last Updated :2026/03/07

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Associate Professor
E-mail
homurahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Hiroshima University
  • Master, Hiroshima University

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Applied Biological Science : Department of Applied Biological Science : Molecular Agro-Life Science Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Food and AgriLife Science

Research Fields

  • Agricultural sciences;Boundary agriculture;Insect science

Research Keywords

  • Chemical Ecology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Ethology
  • Insect Physiology
  • Semiochemical
  • butterfly

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Organic Chemistry
  2. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Laboratory Work in Chemistry
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Research Front of Food and AgriLife Science
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis I
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Graduation Thesis II
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis III
  7. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Bioresource Utilization Science
  8. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Laboratory Work in Molecular Agro-life Science I
  9. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Chemistry of natural organic compounds
  10. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Bio-Analytical Science
  11. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Reading of Foreign Literature in Molecular Agro-Life Science
  12. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Research Methods in Life Science
  13. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
  14. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science A
  15. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
  16. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Food andAgriLife Science B
  17. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food andAgriLife Science
  18. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry I
  19. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry II
  20. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Integrated Life Sciences

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Diterpenoids from the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma with nematicidal activity against the plant parasitic nematode Aphelenchoides besseyi, PHYTOCHEMISTRY, 242, 114691, 202602
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  2. Cabbage Leaf Epicuticular Wax Deters Female Oviposition and Larval Feeding of Pieris rapae, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 51(2), 45, 202504
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  3. How do male danaine butterflies locate pyrrolizidine alkaloids? The foreleg as an olfactory alkaloid-sensing organ, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 222, 123059, 202504
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  4. Phytochemicals that Regulate Oviposition Mistakes of Eurema mandarina on Oxalis corniculata, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 51(1), 9, 202502
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  5. Irciniaplysins A-D: new psammaplysin derivatives from Philippine marine sponge Ircinia sp., Chemistry & Biodiversity, 21(8), e202400962, 202408
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  6. Role of trisaccharides in larval secretion of Lycaeides argyrognomon butterfly, Journal of Insect Physiology, 150, 104558, 20230824
  7. Characterization of volatile compounds in males of the skipper butterfly Daimio tethys (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 58(2), 171-179, 20230407
  8. Polyhydroxy acids as fabaceous plant components induce oviposition of the common grass yellow butterfly, Eurema mandarina, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 49(1-2), 67-76, 20230222
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  9. Triterpenoid Saponins from the Fruits of Symplocos lucida as beta-Glucuronidase Inhibitors, CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY, 19(11), 202211
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  10. Isolation of fluorescent benzoxazines with neuroprotective activity from the olive weevil Pimelocerus perforatus, Journal of Natural Products, 85(12), 2740-2745, 20221224
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  11. Acylated secoiridoid glucosides isolated from the fruit extract of Symplocos lucida inhibit beta-glucuronidase, Phytochemistry Letters, 51, 127-131, 20220823
  12. ★, Sex pheromones from male forewings of the common grass yellow Eurema mandarina, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 48(5/6), 518-530, 20220712
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  13. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy data for anacardic acid derivatives, Data in Brief, 41, 107889, 202204
  14. Chemical identity of cuticular lipid components in the mimetic swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes, Chemistry and Biodiversity, 19(3), e202100879, 20220325
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  15. Janohigenins: Long-chain anacardic acid derivatives with neuroprotective activity from Ophiopogon japonicus seeds, Phytochemistry, 191(11), 112904, 20210810
  16. Variation in cuticular lipid profiles of black butterflies of the genus Papilio in Japan, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 96(3), 104265, 20210324
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  17. ★, The male swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, uses cuticular hydrocarbons for mate discrimination, Animal Behaviour, 170, 133-145, 20201118
  18. Asaroidoxazines from the Roots of Asarum asaroides Induce Apoptosis in Human Neuroblastoma Cells, JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 83(10), 3050-3057, 20201023
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  19. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry data for sulfated isoguanine glycosides, DATA IN BRIEF, 28, 202002
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  20. Floral scent of Osmanthus fragrans discourages foraging behavior of cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26(3), 655-666, 200003
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  21. The role of floral scent of the cherry tree, Prunus yedoensis, in the foraging behavior of Luehdorfia japonica (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 34(3), 309-313, 199908
  22. ★, Chemical and chromatic bases for preferential visiting by the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, to rape flowers, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 25(8), 1895-1906, 199908
  23. Rare sulfated purine alkaloid glycosides from Bruchidius dorsalis pupal case, Phytochemistry Letters, 35, 10-14, 20200201
  24. NMR and ESIMS data for bisabolane-type sesquiterpenoids, DATA IN BRIEF, 27, 201912
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  25. Norbisabolane and bisabolane sesquiterpenoids from the seeds of Angelica keiskei, PHYTOCHEMISTRY LETTERS, 33, 94-101, 201910
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  26. A cyanogenic glucoside of Trifolium repens deters oviposition by the common grass yellow Eurema mandarina, Physiological Entomology, 44(3-4), 222-229, 20191105
  27. Quantitative assay of targeted proteome in tomato trichome glandular cells using a large-scale selected reaction monitoring strategy, Plant Methods, 15, 40, 20190424
  28. The role of N,N,N-trimethylglycine in oviposition of Eurema mandarina on Albizia julibrissin, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(4), 371-377, 20190422
  29. Challenges for application of plant growth promoting bacteria, Soil Microorganisms, 73(1), 5-9, 201904
  30. Response of neutrophilic Shewanella violacea to acid stress: growth rate, organic acid production, and gene expression, Extremophiles, 23(3), 319-326, 20190411
  31. Absence of cuticular alkenes allows lycaenid larvae to avoid predation by Formica japonica ants, Entomological Science, 22(2), 126-136, 20190411
  32. Oxygenated sesquiterpenoids characteristic of a male lycaenid butterfly Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 81, 109-111, 201812
  33. HPLC profiles and spectroscopic data of cassane-type furanoditerpenoids, Data in Brief, 21, 1076-1078, 201812
  34. Hydroxylated furanoditerpenoids from pupal cases produced by the bruchid beetle Sulcobruchus sauteri inside the seeds of Caesalpinia decapetala, Phytochemistry, 156, 151-158, 201812
  35. Mitochondrial DNA and cuticular hydrocarbon analyses of Lethe diana (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) inhabiting Mikura Island, Japan, Lepidoptera Science, 69(2), 49-52, 201810
  36. Sulfated purine alkaloid glycosides from the pupal case built by the brucid beetle Bruchidius dorsalis inside the seed of Gleditsia japonica, Chemistry & Biodiversity, 15(8), e1800154, 201808
  37. Behavioral change by mating in white small butterfly Pieris rapae, Agricultural Biotechnology, 2(6), 561-565, 201806
  38. Effects of mating on host selection by female small white butterflies Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY, 204(2), 245-255, 201802
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  39. New prenylated ortho-dihydroxycoumarins from the fruits of Ficus nipponica, Chemistry & Biodiversity, 14(9), e1700196, 201709
  40. Ficusnotins A-F: Rare diarylbutanoids from the leaves of Ficus nota, Phytochemistry, 141, 98-104, 201709
  41. Volatile compounds from a Parnassiinae butterfly, Luehdorfia japonica (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae), Lepidoptera Science, 68(2), 61-64, 20170831
  42. Multisensory integration in Lepidoptera: Insights into flower-visitor interactions, Bioessays, 39(4), 1600086, 201704
  43. Production and sex-pheromonal activity of alkaloid-derived androconial compounds in the danaine butterfly, Parantica sita (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119(12), 1036-1059, 201612
  44. D-Pinitol in Fabaceae: an oviposition stimulant for the common grass yellow butterfly, Eurema mandarina, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(11), 1122-1129, 201611
  45. Volatile terpenoids from male wings lacking scent scales in Anthocharis scolymus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 51(3), 385-392, 201609
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  46. Structure revision of caesalpinistas A and B and isolation of a new furanoditerpenoid from the cotyledons of Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 99(2), 133-137, 201602
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  47. Cassane diterpenoids from the roots of Caesalpinia decapetala var. japonica and structure revision of caesaljapin, Phytochemistry, 121(1), 50-57, 201601
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  48. New oxygenated himachalenes in male-specific odor of the Chinese windmill butterfly, Byasa alcinous alcinous, Natural Product Research, 30(4), 406-411, 201601
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  49. Semiochemical-mediated mating behavior in butterflies, Nature and Insect, 50(9), 4-8, 201508
  50. Morphological study of alar androconia in Celastrina butterflies, Entomological Science, 18(3), 353-359, 201507
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  51. Plant scents modify innate colour preference in foraging swallowtail butterflies, Biology Letters, 11(7), 201506
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  52. Male-specific epicuticular compounds of the sulfur butterfly Colias erate poliographus (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 50(2), 191-199, 201505
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  53. Difference in the odors emitted by male adults of two subspecies of the swallowtail butterfly Byasa alcinous (Papilionidae), Lepidoptera Science, 66(1), 15-18, 201505
  54. Two lactones in the androconial scent of the lycaenid butterfly Celastrina argiolus ladonides, Naturwissenschaften, 100(4), 373-377, 201304
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  55. Allelochemicals in Plant-Insect Interactions, Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, 201311
  56. Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Lycaeides subsolanus larvae and their attendant ants, Lepidoptera Science, 63(4), 186-190, 201212
  57. Procurement of exogenous ammonia by the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, for protein biosynthesis and sperm production, Naturwissenschaften, 99(9), 695-703, 201209
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  58. The scent substances involved in food selection of adult butterflies, 255, 73-82, 201209
  59. Sexual dimorphism in scent substances and cuticular lipids of adult Papilio protenor butterflies, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C, 67(5-6), 331-341, 201206
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  60. D-Pinitol as a key oviposition stimulant for sulfur butterfly, Colias erate: chemical basis for female acceptance of host- and non-host plants, Chemoecology, 22(1), 55-63, 201203
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  61. Synergistic or Antagonistic Modulation of Oviposition Response of Two Swallowtail Butterflies, Papilio maackii and P. protenor, to Phellodendron amurense by Its Constitutive Prenylated Flavonoid, Phellamurin, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(6), 575-581, 201106
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  62. Pungent odor of the adult skipper butterfly Erynnis montanus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 46(2), 281-286, 201105
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  63. Plant-Insect interactions mediated by floral scents, 49(5), 313-319, 201105
  64. Divergent behavioral and electrophysiological taste responses in the mid-legs of adult butterflies, Vanessa indica and Argyreus hyperbius, Journal of Insect Physiology, 57(1), 118-126, 201101
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  65. Behavioral and electroantennographic responsiveness of adult butterflies of six nymphalid species to food-derived volatiles, Chemoecology, 19(4), 227-234, 200912
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  66. Cuticular hydrocarbons of larva and pupa of Reverdin's blue, Lycaeides argyrognomon (Lycaenidae) and its tending ants, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 60(3), 203-210, 200909
  67. Tolerance to fermentation products in sugar reception: gustatory adaptation of adult butterfly proboscis for feeding on rotting foods, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 194(6), 545-555, 200805
  68. Fluorescent pupal secretion of the papilionid butterfly, Luehdorfia japonica, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 59(2), 165-170, 200803
  69. Appraisal of the acceptability of subtropical rutaceous plants a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor demetrius (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 42(1), 121-128, 200702
  70. Major components in the hairpencil secretion of a butterfly, Euploea mulciber (Lepidoptera, Danaidae): Their origins and male behavioral responses to pyrrolizidine alkaloids, Journal of Insect Physiology, 52(10), 1043-1053, 200610
  71. From terpenoids to aliphatic acids: further evidence for late-instar switch in osmeterial defense as a characteristic trait of swallowtail butterflies in the tribe Papilionini, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32(9), 1999-2012, 200609
  72. Foraging behavior of adult butterflies and its semiochemicals as olfactory signals, 23(3), 134-142, 200609
  73. Chemical composition of volatile substances from adults of the swallowtail, Papilio polytes (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 40(3), 421-427, 200508
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  74. Differential utilization of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by males of a danaid butterfly, Parantica sita, for the production of danaidone in the alar scent organ, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31(4), 959-964, 200504
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  75. Priority of color over scent during flower visitation by adult Vanessa indica butterflies, Oecologia, 142(4), 588-596, 200502
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  76. Conduritols as oviposition stimulants for the danaid butterfly, Parantica sita, identified from a host plant, Marsdenia tomentosa, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30(11), 2285-2296, 200411
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  77. Feeding responses of adult butterflies, Nymphalis xanthomelas, Kaniska canace and Vanessa indica, to components in tree sap and rotting fruits: synergistic effects of ethanol and acetic acid on sugar responsiveness, Journal of Insect Physiology, 49(11), 1031-1038, 200311
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  78. Oviposition stimulants for the tropical swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polytes, feeding on a rutaceous plant, Toddalia asiatica, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29(7), 1621-1634, 200307
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  79. 2-Nitroethenylbenzenes as natural products in millipede defense secretions, Naturwissenschaften, 89(7), 308-310, 200206
  80. 1-Octen-3-ol together with geosmin: new secretion compounds from a polydesmid millipede, Niponia nodulosa, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28(12), 2595-2606, 200205
  81. Studies of the visual, olfactory and gustatory stimuli that release the foraging behavior of adult butterflies, 21, 39-46, 200204
  82. Species-specific chemical compositions of defense secretions from Parafontaria tonominea Attems and Riukiaria semicircularis semicircularis Takakuwa (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 37(1), 73-78, 200202
  83. Is androconial secretion of Pieris napi (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) chemically dimorphic?, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 52(4), 309-312, 200109
  84. Identification of odoriferous compounds from adults of a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae), Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung C, 56(43051), 1126-1134, 2001
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  85. Sequestration of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids by an Asclepiadaceae-feeding danaid butterfly, Ideopsis similis, Phytochemistry, 56(7), 697-701, 200104
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  86. Oviposition-stimulatory activity of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids of host-plant origin to a danaid butterfly, Ideopsis similis, Physiological Entomology, 26(1), 6-10, 200101
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  87. Chemical nature of volatile compounds from the valvae and wings of male Delias butterflies (Lepidoptera : Pieridae), Entomological Science, 3(3), 427-432, 200010
  88. Identification of feeding attractants in oak sap for adults of two nymphalid butterflies, Kaniska canace and Vanessa indica, Physiological Entomology, 25(3), 281-287, 200009
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  89. Flower-visiting behavior of butterflies guided by floral scents, The Nature & Insects, 34(6), 19-23, 199906
  90. Identification of floral volatiles from Ligustrum japonicum that stimulate flower-visiting by cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 24(12), 2167-2180, 199812

Publications such as books

  1. 2022/03/25, Behavioural ecology of butterflies, Chemical signals that control mating behavior of swallowtail butterflies, Hokuryukan, 2022, 2022, Scholarly Book, Joint work, J, Edited by Jun-Ya Ide, Written by 21 authors, 978-4-8326-0765-1, 333, 18
  2. 2018/02, Chemical Ecology of Insects - Applications and Associations with Plants and Microbes (Ed. by Tabata, J), Plant secondary metabolites in host selection of butterfly, CRC Press, 2018, 2, Scholarly Book, Joint work, E, Hisashi Omura, other 16 persons, 9781498769402, 296, 24
  3. 2010/04, Allelochemicals in plant-insect interactions in Comprehensive Natural Products II Chemistry and Biology Volome 4: Chemical Ecology. pp.563-594, Elsevier Science, 2010, 4, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, English, Honda Keiichi, Omura Hisashi, Hori Masatoshi, Kainoh Yohichi, 9.78E+12, 7388
  4. 2008/10, Advanced Biomimetics Series 3 Insect Mimetics, NTS, 2008, 10, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation, 日本語, 4860431976, 949, 754-761

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. Symposium 4-5 Chemical ecology and beyond by early-career scientists, XXVII International Congress of Entomology, Hajime Ono, Hisashi Omura, Koji Noge, 2024/08, 2024/08
  2. 2023/03, 2023/03
  3. The 65th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology for 2021, Venue manager and chairperson, 2021/03, 2021/03
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  4. The joint meeting of the 33rd annual meeting of the ISCE and the 9th meeting of the APACE, one of the head organizers, 2017/08, 2017/08
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  5. 2017/03, 2017/03
  6. 2016/03, 2016/03
  7. 2015/10, 2015/10
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