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Insect Physiology Lab
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The lab uncovers how insects undergo metamorphosis and how their bodies work, aiming for genome editing that works in any insect.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving insect “mysteries” through physiological mechanisms.
The Insect Physiology Lab studies the mechanisms behind insects' diverse biological phenomena using methods such as molecular genetics, physiology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology.
Insects are deeply involved with humans as agricultural pests and as carriers of infectious diseases, and coexisting with them requires solving “mysteries” such as form, color, metamorphosis, diapause, reproduction, and behavior.
The lab is located on the North Campus, in a building other than the Faculty of Agriculture Main Building (the former Pesticide Research Facility).
Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Bioscience Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Key terms
- metamorphosis
- A major change in body form from larva to adult as an insect grows
- genome editing
- A technology that cuts a targeted site in an organism's DNA to change how a gene functions
- sex pheromone
- An odor substance released to attract members of the opposite sex of the same species
NewsLab news
Doctoral and master's students won the Poster Presentation Award at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Master's and doctoral students won the Excellent Poster Award at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Genome Editing
A paper on an insect genome editing method, from joint research with the University of Tokyo and Harvard University, was published
A paper on a method for reducing lethality in insect genome editing was accepted by Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
A paper on a gene transfer method for the two-spotted cricket was published in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ResearchResearch themes
To understand the physiological mechanisms behind insects' diverse biological phenomena, the lab uses a variety of methods, including molecular genetics, physiology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology.
*Illustrative imageOrigin of the Mechanism of Insect Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis allowed larvae and adults to live in different places and became a driving force behind the success of insects. The lab investigates how insects acquired the ability to metamorphose by comparing insects with different modes of metamorphosis.
*Illustrative imageGenome Editing That Works in Any Insect
The lab aims to develop a method that anyone can use easily, without special equipment, to edit the genome of any species. It looks ahead to a future in which people can design various traits of industrial insects and pest insects.
*Illustrative imageSex Pheromones of Silkworm Relatives
Each moth species has its own species-specific sex pheromone. Bringing a chemical ecology perspective to the silkworm, the lab investigates how moths overcame the constraint that evolution requires the receiving side and the producing side to change at the same time.
MembersFaculty
The Insect Physiology Lab consists of faculty members, postdocs, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakaaki Daimon
- Assistant ProfessorTakahiro Ohde
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Bombyx mori - Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig, Germany - DSC04999” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
- Origin of the Mechanism of Insect Metamorphosis: “Pupa de vaquita de San Antonio” Brandon Antonio Segura Torres & Priscilla Vieto Bonilla / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Genome Editing That Works in Any Insect: “Guselena y Gussi -Los gusanos de seda (Bombyx mori) de Javier y Oscar ( )” jacilluch / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Sex Pheromones of Silkworm Relatives: “Pairedmoths” Oakenking at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Insect Ecology Lab): “CSIRO ScienceImage 2289 A mature queen termite edit2” Forestry and Forest Products, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Nutrition Science Lab): “Water reflection of a boy feeding hay to a cow in a paddy field at golden hour in Laos” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Marine Bioproduction and Utilization Lab): “Seaweed salad ( )” pelican from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Husbandry Resources Lab): “Longhorn cattle grazing marsh pasture - geograph.org.uk - 1520789” Evelyn Simak / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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