KENSHI WATANABE

Last Updated :2025/05/16

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

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2022/04/01, 2024/07/31, Graduate school of integrated sciences for life, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
  • 2019/04/01, 2022/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Assistant Professor
  • 2016/04/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Laboratory of cell biochemistry, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
  • 2015/04/20, 2016/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Researcher

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Japan, 2013/04, 2016/03
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Japan, 2011/04, 2013/03
  • Hiroshima University, Faculty of Engineering, Japan, 2007/04, 2011/03

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University
  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Agricultural sciences;Agricultural chemistry;Applied microbiology

Research Keywords

  • Applied microbiology
  • lipid engineering
  • protein engineering

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The American Oil Chemists' Society
  • Japanese Society of Marine Biotechnology
  • The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
  • Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
  • Japan Oil Chemists' Society
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  • Japanese Society of enzyme engineering

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Technical English
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Basic Experiments in Chemistry
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Training of Biotechnology I
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  5. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Seminar in Biotechnology
  6. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Biotechnology A
  7. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Biotechnology A
  8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Biotechnology B
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Biotechnology B
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Biotechnology

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Pichia kudriavzevii as feed additive in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) diet, LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 77(6), 20240627
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  2. Fatty acid profiles of oomycetes (Halophytophthora and Phytopythium spp.) from Philippines mangroves, LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 2023 7
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  3. Development of a Transformation System for Nitratireductor sp., MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 25(5), 644-651, 202310
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  4. Preparation of egg-koji for developing a novel food, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 135(6), 447-450, 202306
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  5. Recent trends in the field of lipid engineering, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 133(5), 405-413, 202205
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  6. Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse as a Substrate for Lipid Production by Aurantiochytrium sp., JOURNAL OF OLEO SCIENCE, 71(10), 1493-1500, 2022
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  7. Functional Modification of Enzymes and Microorganisms to Produce the Tailor-made Lipids, 22(4), 174-176, 202204
  8. Production of Valuable Lipids from Underutilized Resources and Industrial Wastes by Biorefinery System, OleoScience, 20(3), 119-124
  9. Improvement of fatty acid productivity of thraustochytrid, Aurantiochytrium sp. by genome editing, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 131(4), 373-380, 202104
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  10. Visualization of Gene Reciprocity among Lactic Acid Bacteria in Yogurt by RNase H-Assisted Rolling Circle Amplification-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, MICROORGANISMS, 9(6), 202106
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  11. Direct detection of mRNA expression in microbial cells by fluorescence in situ hybridization using RNase H-assisted rolling circle amplification, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1), 20200615
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  12. Metabolite Profile Analysis of Aurantiochytrium limacinum SR21 Grown on Acetate-based Medium for Lipid Fermentation, Journal of Oleo Science, 68(6), 541-549, 20190606
  13. Growth and fatty acid profiles of Halophytophthora vesicula and Salispina spinosa from Philippine mangrove leaves, LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 69(3), 221-228, 201909
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  14. Marine Oomycetes (Halophytophthora and Salispina): A Potential Source of Fatty Acids with Cytotoxic Activity Against Breast Adenocarcinoma Cells (MCF7), JOURNAL OF OLEO SCIENCE, 68(12), 1163-1174, 2019
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  15. Isolation of High Carotenoid-producing Aurantiochytrium sp Mutants and Improvement of Astaxanthin Productivity Using Metabolic Information, JOURNAL OF OLEO SCIENCE, 67(5), 571-578, 201805
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  16. Efficient conversion of mannitol derived from brown seaweed to fructose for fermentation with a thraustochytrid, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 125(2), 180-184, 201802
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  17. A Possible Trifunctional beta-Carotene Synthase Gene Identified in the Draft Genome of Aurantiochytrium sp Strain KH105, GENES, 9(4), 201804
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  18. Detection of acyl-CoA derivatized with butylamide for in vitro fatty acid desaturase assay, Journal of Oleo Science, 65(2), 161-167, 2016
  19. ★, Identification of amino acid residues that determine the substrate specificity of mammalian membrane-bound front-end fatty acid desaturases, Journal of Lipid Research, 57(1), 89-99, 2016
  20. Utilization of waste syrup for production of polyunsaturated fatty acids and xanthophylls by Aurantiochytrium, Journal of Oleo Science, 62, 729-736, 2013
  21. A Possible Trifunctional β-Carotene Synthase Gene Identified in the Draft Genome of Aurantiochytrium sp. Strain KH105, Genes

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Conversion of CO2 into useful lipids by Gas-to-Lipids bioprocess, Kenshi Watanabe, 18th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 2024/10/16, With Invitation, English, Bratislava, Slovakia
  2. Utilization of sugar cane bagasse as a substrate for fatty acid production by Aurantiochytrium sp., Watanabe K., Nishijima M., Mayuzumi S., Aki T., 2022 AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo, 2022/05/04, Without Invitation, English, online
  3. Functional modification of enzymes and microorganisms to produce the tailor-made lipids, Kenshi Watanabe, 2021 Webinar Series on Current Techniques, 2021/12/01, With Invitation, English
  4. Improvement of lipid productivity of Aurantiochytrium sp. by genome editing, Kenshi Watanabe, Perez C. M. T., Kitahori T., Hata K., Aoi M., Takahashi H., Sakuma T., Okamura Y., Nakashimada Y., Yamamoto T., Matsuyama K., Mayuzumi S. and Aki T., 2021 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, 2021/05/10, Without Invitation, English
  5. Isolation of high carotenoid-producing Aurantiochytrium sp. mutants and improvement of astaxanthin productivity using metabolic information, Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Risa Higashi, Okamura, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Keisuke Matsuyama, Tsunehiro Aki, Marine Biotechnology Conference 2019, 2019/09/12, Without Invitation, English, Shimizu, Japan
  6. Studies on lipid metabolic enzymes, metabolic networks, and lipid fermentation., Kenshi Watanabe, The 75th Hiroshima University Biomass Evening Seminar, 2019/06/13, With Invitation, Japanese, Advanced Core for Energetics, Hiroshima University (HU-ACE), Hiroshima
  7. Exploring of targets to improve the fatty acid productivity of Aurantiochytrium limacinum SR21 grown in acetate medium by metabolome analysis., Kenshi Watanabe, Charose M.T. Perez, Ran Hirotani, Yutaka Nakashimada, Yoshiko Okamura, Tsunehiro Aki, The 2019 Annual Meeting of The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, 2019/03/24, Without Invitation, Japanese, Tokyo
  8. Valuable oil production from various biomass by Aurantiochytrium, Kenshi Watanabe, 1st Joint Workshop of ADSM, Hiroshima University and Balittas, Indonesia for efficient utilization of renewable bioresources, 2018/10/22, With Invitation, English, Hiroshima
  9. Improvement of valuable lipid productivity of Aurantiochytrium sp. based on metabolome analysis, Arafiles, KHV., Higashi R., Hirotani R., 1Okamura, Y., Tajima, T., Matsumura, Y., Nakashimada, Y., Matsuyama, K., Aki, T., Arafiles, KHV., Higashi R., Hirotani R., 1Okamura, Y., Tajima, T., Matsumura, Y., Nakashimada, Y., Matsuyama, K., Aki, T., The 2nd International Symposium on Fuels and Energy, 2018/07/03, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima
  10. Isolation of Aurantiochytrium sp. mutants and metabolome analysis for improvement of xanthophyll productivity, Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Arafiles, Risa Higashi, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Keisuke Matsuyama, Tsunehiro Aki, The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, 2018/03/17, Without Invitation, Japanese, Nagoya, Japan
  11. Improvement of docosahexaenoic acid and astaxanthin productivity of Aurantiochytrium sp. through metabolome analysis, Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Keisuke Matsuyama, Tsunehiro Aki, 第69回日本生物工学会大会, 2017/09/14, Without Invitation, Japanese
  12. Improvement of docosahexaenoic acid and astaxanthin productivity of Aurantiochytrium sp. through metabolome analysis, Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Keisuke Matsuyama, Tsunehiro Aki, The Asian conference on Oleo Science 2017, 2017/09/11, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo
  13. Value-added lipid production by Aurantiochytrium sp. using sugars derived from macroalgae., Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Keisuke Matsuyama, Tsunehiro Aki, Asia-Pacific marine biotechnology conference 2017, 2017/05/24, With Invitation, English, Honolulu
  14. Exploring of targets to improve the lipid productivity of marine oleaginous microorganism, Aurantiochytrium sp. by metabolomic analysis., Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Tsunehiro Aki, 2017/03/19, Without Invitation, Japanese, Kyoto
  15. Bioconversion of marine biomass into value-added lipids by thraustochytrids, Kenshi Watanabe, K.H.V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Tsunehiro Aki, The 3rd Japan-Hawaii Joint Workshop, 2016/10/31, Without Invitation
  16. Metabolomic analysis of marine oleaginous microorganism, Aurantiochytrium sp., Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Tsunehiro Aki, The 68th Annual Meeting of The Society for Biotechnology, Japan., 2016/09/30, Without Invitation, Japanese
  17. Metabolomic analysis of marine oleaginous microorganism, Aurantiochytrium sp., Kenshi Watanabe, Kim Hazel V. Arafiles, Yoshiko Okamura, Takahisa Tajima, Yukihiko Matsumura, Yutaka Nakashimada, Tsunehiro Aki, 2016/09/28, Without Invitation, Japanese
  18. Analysis of synthetic mechanism of carotenoids in Labyrinthula Aurantiochytrium Aurantiochytrium, Kenshi Watanabe, Natsuya Nomura, Kousuke Hata, Akiko Nagano, Ryota Sato, Hiroaki Iwasaka, Ryo Koyanagi, Noriyuki Sato, Tsunehiro Aki, The 3rd symposium of Labyrinthula, 2016/07/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
  19. Purification of membrane-bound fatty acid desaturase, Kenshi Watanabe, Makoto Ohno, Tsunehiro Aki, 1st Asian Conference on Oleo Science, 2014/09/08, Without Invitation, English

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. 2025/05, 2026/03
  2. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists), 2021, 2022

Social Activities

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. 第3会脂質駆動学術産業創生研究部会講演会
  2. 2020/02, 2020/02
  3. 2018/01
  4. 2017/09