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Research
The overuse of antibiotics in the treatment of infectious
diseases of human and animals and for non-therapeutic purposes
in animal agriculture has contributed to the spread of
antibiotic resistant bacteria. Subsequent emergence of multiple
drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious threat to human health.
Horizontal gene transfer via mobile genetic elements such as
conjugative plasmids is the major mechanism for transfer of
antibiotic resistance genes between different bacteria. Spatial
structure can be a key determinant in conjugative plasmid
transfer, since it requires cell-cell contact. However, plasmid
transfer in spatially structured communities is poorly
understood. My present study is to investigate the plasmid
transfer in spatially structured environments such as agar
plates and biofilms.
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Education
1991-1995: Department of Bioproduction Science, Faculty of
Horticulture, Chiba
University (BS degree in Agriculture)
1995-1997: Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University (MS
degree in
Agriculture)
2001-2003: Graduate School of Media and Governance,
Bioinformatics Program, Keio
University (MS degree in Media and Governance)
2003-2006: Graduate School of Media and Governance,
Bioinformatics Program, Keio
University (PhD degree)
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Work History
2003-2006: COE Research Assistants (RA)
2004-2006: Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Environmental Information,
Keio University
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Publications
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"Comprehensive Software Suite for the Analysis of cDNAs"
Kazuharu Arakawa, Haruo Suzuki, Kosuke Fujishima, Kenji
Fujimoto, Sho Ueda, Motomu Matsui, Masaru Tomita, Genomes,
Proteomics & Bioinformatics 3, 179-188, (2005).
“A Problem In Multivariate Analysis Of Codon Usage Data and a
Possible Solution” Haruo Suzuki, Rintaro Saito, Masaru
Tomita, FEBS
Letters 579, 6499-6504, (2005).
"The 'Weighted Sum Of Relative Entropy': A New Index For
Synonymous
Codon Usage Bias"Haruo Suzuki, Rintaro Saito, Masaru Tomita,
Gene
335, 19-23, (2004).
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