DAICHI MORITA
Last Updated :2025/02/06
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences(Pharmaceutical Sciences), Assistant Professor
- E-mail
- dmorita
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Self-introduction
- To control the infectious diseases by multidrug resistant bacteria, I'm trying to clarify the whole picture of drug resistance mechanism. I also try to develop novel antimicrobial agents.
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2016/04, 2016/06, Okayama University, Researcher
- 2016/07/01, 2018/03/31, Okayama University, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
- 2018/04/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Assistant Professor
Educational Backgrounds
- Okayama University, Japan, 2012/04, 2016/03
- Okayama University, Japan, 2006/04, 2012/03
Academic Degrees
Educational Activity
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Pharmaceutical Sciences
- [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Pharmaceutical Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences : Medicinal Sciences
- [Master's Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences
- [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences : Division of Integrated Health Sciences : Program of Medicinal Sciences
Research Fields
- Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Pharmacy;Biological pharmacy
Research Keywords
- Microbiology, Antimicrobial resistance
Educational Activity
Course in Charge
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Microbiology
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice of Microbiology
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Antibiotics and Drug resistance
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Experiments of Microbial Chemistry
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences I
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences II
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special laboratory Works in Pharmaceutical Sciences III
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy I
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy II
- 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Special laboratory Works in Clinical Pharmacy III
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Research on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Seminar on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Seminar on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , First Semester, Advanced Research on Microbiology
- 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Advanced Research on Microbiology
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- ★, Genomic epidemiology and genetic characteristics of clinical Campylobacter species cocirculating in West Bengal, India, 2019, using whole genome analysis, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 69(1), 20241204
- Viral coexistence and insertional mutations in the ORF8 region of SARS-CoV-2: A possible mechanism of nucleotide insertion, Virus Research, 350, 20241005
- Novel sequence type of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter pittii ST1451 with enhanced virulence isolated from septicaemic neonates in India, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, dkae024, 20240209
- ★, Whole-Genome and Plasmid Comparative Analysis of Campylobacter jejuni from Human Patients in Toyama, Japan, from 2015 to 2019, Microbiology Spectrum, 11(1), 20230109
- Complete Genome Sequence of Herbiconiux sp. Strain L3-i23 Isolated from Soil in Japan, MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 11(11), 20221117
- Diversity and characteristics of pTet family plasmids revealed by genomic epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni from human patients in Toyama, Japan from 2015 to 2019, bioRxiv, 20220628
- Draft Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus sp. Strain L3-i20, Isolated from Soil in Japan, Microbiol Resour Announc, 11(6), e0007722, 20220616
- Genome Sequence-Guided Finding of Lucensomycin Production by Streptomyces achromogenes Subsp. streptozoticus NBRC14001, MICROORGANISMS, 10(1), 20211226
- Virulence of Cholera Toxin Gene-Positive Vibrio cholerae Non-O1/non-O139 Strains Isolated From Environmental Water in Kolkata, India, Front Microbiol, 20(12), 726273, 20210820
- ★, Whole-Genome Analysis of Clinical Vibrio cholerae O1 in Kolkata, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, Reveals Two Lineages of Circulating Strains, Indicating Variation in Genomic Attributes, mBio, 11(6), 20201106
- Genome Mining-Based Discovery of Fungal Macrolides Modified by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-Ethanolamine Phosphate Transferase Homologues, Organic letters, 22(15), 5876-5879, 20200807
- ★, Altered Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) in Recent Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated From Cholera Cases, Kolkata, India., Front. Microbiol, 6(10), 2072, 20190906
- Comprehensive analysis of resistance-nodulation-cell division superfamily (RND) efflux pumps from Serratia marcescens, Db10, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9, 4854, 20190319
- Minimum structural requirements for cell membrane leakage-mediated anti-MRSA activity of macrocyclic bis(bibenzyl)s., Bioorg Med Chem Lett., 26(9), 2324-2327, 20160301
- Anti-MRSA activity of isoplagiochin-type macrocyclic bis(bibenzyl)s is mediated through cell membrane damage., Bioorg Med Chem., 23(13), 3309-3316, 20150701
- Structure-anti-MRSA activity relationship of macrocyclic bis(bibenzyl) derivatives., Bioorg Med Chem Lett., 23(24), 6563-6568, 20131215
- Riccardin C derivatives as anti-MRSA agents: structure-activity relationship of a series of hydroxylated bis(bibenzyl)s., Bioorg Med Chem Lett., 22(24), 7444-7447, 20121215
- Genomic characterization of antibiotic resistance-encoding genes in clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains from Kolkata, India: generation of novel types of genomic islands containing plural antibiotic resistance genes, MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, 64(6), 435-444, 202006
- ★, Riccardin C derivatives cause cell leakage in Staphylococcus aureus., Biochim Biophys Acta. (Biomembrane), 1848(10), 2057-2064, 201510
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF DIARRHEA-CAUSING BACTERIA IN KOLKATA, INDIA IN 2019., Daichi Morita, Goutam Chowdhury, Asish Mukopahdayay, Takanori Kumagai, Yuki Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Tahara, Ayumi Ohno, Kei Kitahara, Fumito Maruyama, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Shanta Dutta, Kuroda Teruo, IUMS (International Union of Microbiological Societies) 2024, 2024/10/24, Without Invitation, English
- Getting Started with Genome Analysis, Daichi Morita, OU-HU-KU-NICED Joint Seminar and Technical Training Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis 2022, 2022/11/14, With Invitation, English, ICMR, Kolkata
- Genetic diversity of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Campylobacter in India and Japan, Daichi Morita, Junko Isobe, Emi Maenishi, Takanori Kumagai, Yuki Yamamoto, Miyuki Kanda, Hidetoshi Tahara, Kei Kitahara, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Asish K Mukhopadhyay, Shanta Dutta, Fumito Maruyama, Teruo Kuroda, 16th Asian Conference of Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition, 2022/11/12, Without Invitation, English, ICMR, Kolkata
- Comparison of genetic diversity of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Campylobacter in India and Japan, Daichi Morita, Junko Isobe, Emi Maenishi, Takanori Kumagai, Yuki Yamamoto, Miyuki Kanda, Hidetoshi Tahara, Kei Kitahara, Shin-ichi Miyoshi, Asish K Mukhopadhyay, Shanta Dutta, Fumito Maruyama, Teruo Kuroda, 2022/11/12, Without Invitation, English, ICMR, Kolkata
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- 2020, 2022
Social Activities
History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers
- 2024, BMC Veterinary Research, Others, 1
- 2024, BMC Genomics, Others, 1
- 2023, Microbiology Spectrum, 1
- 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology, 1
- 2020, Microbiology and Immunology, 1
- 2020, Research in Microbiology, 1
- 2021, Journal of Disaster Research, 1
- 2022, Frontiers in Public Health, 1
- 2022, Biocontrol Science, 1
- 2017, Microbiology and Immunology, 1
- 2017, Biocontrol Science, 1
- 2018, Biocontrol Science, 1
- 2019, Biocontrol Science, 1
- 2019, Microbiology and Immunology, 1
- 2021, Biocontrol Science, 1
- 2020, Biocontrol Science, 1