POSTDOC TRAINING
- The University of Chicago (Chicago, USA), 2003-present
- National Institute of Genetics (Mishima, Japan), 2002-2003

EDUCATION
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Hayama, Japan), Ph.D., 2002
- The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), M.A., 1999
- The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), B.A., 1997

RESEARCH INTEREST
- Evolutionary divergence of the gene expression
- Evolutionary process and origin of the brain
- Approach toward the molecular evolution form the genomics/bioinformatics

PUBLICATIONS
- K. Mineta, M. Nakazawa, F. Cebria, K. Ikeo, K. Agata and T. Gojobori (2003) Evolutionary origin and process of the central nervous system (CNS) elucidated by the comparative approach of planarian ESTs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100, 7666-7671.
- M. Nakazawa, F. Cebria K. Mineta, K. Ikeo, K. Agata and T. Gojobori (2003) Search for the evolutionary origin of a brain; Planarian brain characterized by microarray. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20, 784-791.
- F. Cebria, C. Kobayashi, Y. Umesono, M. Nakazawa, K. Mineta, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori, M. Itoh, M. Taira, A.S. Alvarado and K. Agata (2002) FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians. Nature 419, 620-624.
- F. Cebria, M. Nakazawa, K. Mineta, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori and K. Agata (2002) Dissecting planarian CNS regeneration by the expression of neural-specific genes. Dev. Growth Differ. 44, 135-146.
- F. Cebria, T. Kudome, M. Nakazawa, K. Mineta, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori, and K. Agata (2002) The expression of neural-specific genes reveals the structural and molecular complexity of the planarian central nervous system. Mech. Dev. 116 199-204.
- K. Ogawa, S. Ishihara, K. Mineta, M. Nakazawa, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori, K. Watanabe and K. Agata (2002) Induction of a noggin like gene by ectopic D-V interaction during planarian regeneration. Dev. Biol. 250, 59-70.
- K. Mineta, E. Akahoshi, K. Takahashi, T. Horiguchi, H. Hayashi, T. Ohyama, T. Ikarashi, T. Fujiwara and M. Chino (2000) Localization of MT2a gene promoter expression is different from the site(s) of copper accumulation in the roots of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Soil Sci. Plant Nut. 46, 189-197.