Yasuhiro (Yasu) Sato
@yassato.bsky.social
Tenure-track assistant prof at Hokkaido University☃️. Working on plant ecological genetics with quantitative tools🌿🧬🖥️. 🇯🇵(Kansai; PhD+postdoc)→🇨🇭(Zurich; senior postdoc)→🇯🇵(Hokkaido; now). Mainly in English (he/him) https://yassato.github.io
Excellent work on a fruit fly, done by Daiki Sato and Yuma Takahashi. #GWAS of higher-order phenotypes reveals positive effects of genetic diversity on group-level performance. @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neurogenomic and behavioral principles shape freezing dynamics and synergistic performance in Drosophila melanogaster - Nature Communications
Collective behavior plays an important role in predator evasion, but its neurogenetic basis is poorly understood. Here, Sato and Takahashi show that genetic diversity within groups of fruit flies enha...
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July 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Excellent work on a fruit fly, done by Daiki Sato and Yuma Takahashi. #GWAS of higher-order phenotypes reveals positive effects of genetic diversity on group-level performance. @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📢 Don't miss this special issue of @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 🌱 containing a diverse array of exciting studies in Ecology and Evolution.
Shout-out to all contributing authors and my fellow co-editors @yassato.bsky.social, E. Sasaki and T. Tsuchimatsu !
Shout-out to all contributing authors and my fellow co-editors @yassato.bsky.social, E. Sasaki and T. Tsuchimatsu !
Special Issue: #Ecology & #Evolution out now!
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
Volume 66 Issue 4 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.
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May 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 Don't miss this special issue of @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social 🌱 containing a diverse array of exciting studies in Ecology and Evolution.
Shout-out to all contributing authors and my fellow co-editors @yassato.bsky.social, E. Sasaki and T. Tsuchimatsu !
Shout-out to all contributing authors and my fellow co-editors @yassato.bsky.social, E. Sasaki and T. Tsuchimatsu !
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Special Issue: #Ecology & #Evolution out now!
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
Volume 66 Issue 4 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.
academic.oup.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Special Issue: #Ecology & #Evolution out now!
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
16 Research & Review papers exploring the molecular-genetic strategies used by plants to survive & thrive in nature
🔗 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/66/4
Organisers:
V.Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Y.Sato @yassato.bsky.social
E.Sasaki
T.Tsuchimatsu
I’m honored to organize this special issue with Vincent Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social, Takashi Tsuchimatsu, and Eriko Sasaki. We’ve expanded #ecology and #evolution to #plant #physiology and #genetics🌱🧬. I look forward to seeing how #PCP goes toward this perspective👀
A fitting cover image for #WorldBeeDay🐝
c/o Ryo A. Suda
Special Issue: #Ecology & #Evolution
💐Special thanks to guest editors:
Vincent Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Yasuhiro Sato @yassato.bsky.social
Takashi Tsuchimatsu
Eriko Sasaki
📖 Editorial: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
c/o Ryo A. Suda
Special Issue: #Ecology & #Evolution
💐Special thanks to guest editors:
Vincent Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social
Yasuhiro Sato @yassato.bsky.social
Takashi Tsuchimatsu
Eriko Sasaki
📖 Editorial: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I’m honored to organize this special issue with Vincent Castric @vincentcastric.bsky.social, Takashi Tsuchimatsu, and Eriko Sasaki. We’ve expanded #ecology and #evolution to #plant #physiology and #genetics🌱🧬. I look forward to seeing how #PCP goes toward this perspective👀
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Another week to apply. Please RT!
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years)
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Another week to apply. Please RT!
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Our article on agroecological genomics and participatory science to optimise crop mixtures is now available online.
Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed.
To read the article:
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed.
To read the article:
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
May 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our article on agroecological genomics and participatory science to optimise crop mixtures is now available online.
Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed.
To read the article:
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed.
To read the article:
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
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New paper out in @jxbotany.bsky.social! 🌱🌾
We found that mixing different wheat varieties can decrease belowground competition at early growth stages, especially under resource limited conditions.
We found that mixing different wheat varieties can decrease belowground competition at early growth stages, especially under resource limited conditions.
May 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New paper out in @jxbotany.bsky.social! 🌱🌾
We found that mixing different wheat varieties can decrease belowground competition at early growth stages, especially under resource limited conditions.
We found that mixing different wheat varieties can decrease belowground competition at early growth stages, especially under resource limited conditions.
Awesome work including natural history, chemical ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, and many other aspects. Must-read!
This paper, which was fortunately published in Science, is the fruits of more than 20 years of my scholarly pursuit in biology, and I believe that I have finally achieved one of the milestones, which I had envisioned in my mind, of my research. Below I would like to tell the story behind it.
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May 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Awesome work including natural history, chemical ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, and many other aspects. Must-read!
Eco-Evo special issue is now out in Plant and Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social, with a flourish cover photo of Arabidopsis halleri. Please check it out!
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
Ecology and evolution: genetic and molecular dynamics of plants in nature
The field of ecology and evolution covers the origins, maintenance, and functions of biodiversity through the investigation of interactions between organis
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Eco-Evo special issue is now out in Plant and Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social, with a flourish cover photo of Arabidopsis halleri. Please check it out!
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantEvolution #PlantEcology
New preprint of mine. Application of Neighbor #GWAS to #Arabidopsis thaliana biomass data uncovered the genetic architecture of negative frequency-dependent selection and overyielding. Now under review. Stay tuned!
Negative frequency-dependent selection underlies overyielding through neighbor genotypic effects in Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.654149v1
May 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New preprint of mine. Application of Neighbor #GWAS to #Arabidopsis thaliana biomass data uncovered the genetic architecture of negative frequency-dependent selection and overyielding. Now under review. Stay tuned!
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A triple threat...🍞
Nomura et al. used 3’ RNA ‘Lasy-Seq’ to clarify the #transcriptome architecture of 25 #wheat accessions to reveal homoeolog triads under cis- and trans-regulation, & a potential trans-factor via co-trans regulation network analysis 🧬
🆓🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Nomura et al. used 3’ RNA ‘Lasy-Seq’ to clarify the #transcriptome architecture of 25 #wheat accessions to reveal homoeolog triads under cis- and trans-regulation, & a potential trans-factor via co-trans regulation network analysis 🧬
🆓🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
April 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A triple threat...🍞
Nomura et al. used 3’ RNA ‘Lasy-Seq’ to clarify the #transcriptome architecture of 25 #wheat accessions to reveal homoeolog triads under cis- and trans-regulation, & a potential trans-factor via co-trans regulation network analysis 🧬
🆓🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Nomura et al. used 3’ RNA ‘Lasy-Seq’ to clarify the #transcriptome architecture of 25 #wheat accessions to reveal homoeolog triads under cis- and trans-regulation, & a potential trans-factor via co-trans regulation network analysis 🧬
🆓🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
#PlantScience
Flowers with bad breath | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Flowers with bad breath
How an old gene acquired a new function to exploit an insect’s sense of smell
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May 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Flowers with bad breath | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Convergent acquisition of disulfide-forming enzymes in malodorous flowers | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Convergent acquisition of disulfide-forming enzymes in malodorous flowers
Identifying the metabolic and genetic changes that confer evolutionary novelty is essential for understanding the factors facilitating or constraining the occurrence of traits. We show that dimethyl d...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Convergent acquisition of disulfide-forming enzymes in malodorous flowers | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The first application of Neighbor GWAS to crop data, led by two graduate students. We analyzed open data on barley diseases. #crop #GWAS #preprint
Spatial heterogeneity of disease infection attributable to neighbor genotypic identity in barley cultivars https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.22.650038v1
April 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Keep #GWAS method memo. This may be applicable to wild plants as well as crops. "A novel genome-wide association study method for detecting quantitative trait loci interacting with complex population structures in plant genetics" by Hamazaki et al. @genetics-gsa.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gene...
A novel genome-wide association study method for detecting quantitative trait loci interacting with complex population structures in plant genetics
Abstract. In plant genetics, most modern association analyses are performed on panels that bring together individuals from several populations, including a
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April 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Keep #GWAS method memo. This may be applicable to wild plants as well as crops. "A novel genome-wide association study method for detecting quantitative trait loci interacting with complex population structures in plant genetics" by Hamazaki et al. @genetics-gsa.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gene...
We’ve hosted Dr. Zhenyu (Arthur) Jia in Hokkaido University for his sabbatical visit. His seminar about GWAS2 was striking. I'm looking forward to its official publication from this list soon, jialab.ucr.edu/publications
Publications
2022
jialab.ucr.edu
April 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We’ve hosted Dr. Zhenyu (Arthur) Jia in Hokkaido University for his sabbatical visit. His seminar about GWAS2 was striking. I'm looking forward to its official publication from this list soon, jialab.ucr.edu/publications
Arabidopsis thaliana and Cardamine hirsuta in Sapporo!
April 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Arabidopsis thaliana and Cardamine hirsuta in Sapporo!
Special issue of "Development and regulation: Evo-Devo and extended perspectives" in Current Opinion in Insect Science🪰📚. Co-edited by Koshikawa Shigeyuki, a professor from our course. Editorial overview at doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Redirecting
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April 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Special issue of "Development and regulation: Evo-Devo and extended perspectives" in Current Opinion in Insect Science🪰📚. Co-edited by Koshikawa Shigeyuki, a professor from our course. Editorial overview at doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Butterbur tells us spring in Hokkaido!
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Butterbur tells us spring in Hokkaido!
Snow is melting, and spring is coming to Sapporo. I just updated our lab website as it is shaping up a small team. yassato.github.io
Quantitative Ecological Genetics (QEcoGen Lab)
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April 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Snow is melting, and spring is coming to Sapporo. I just updated our lab website as it is shaping up a small team. yassato.github.io
"Ecologists with kids", one of the #ESJ72 workshops. My son and I really enjoyed this format. Their talks about species interaction were so exciting that I asked a research question while holding my son👍
Many thanks to the organizers!!
Many thanks to the organizers!!
March 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"Ecologists with kids", one of the #ESJ72 workshops. My son and I really enjoyed this format. Their talks about species interaction were so exciting that I asked a research question while holding my son👍
Many thanks to the organizers!!
Many thanks to the organizers!!
Two of the speakers, Dan and Al, visited my lab at Hokkaido Univ after #ESJ72. Thank Genki and Naofumi for the arrangement!
#ESJ72 S08
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
March 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two of the speakers, Dan and Al, visited my lab at Hokkaido Univ after #ESJ72. Thank Genki and Naofumi for the arrangement!
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Here's our forum at #ESJ72
18th-Mar 12:15-13:45 (RoomA + On-demand🎦)
U08
What is the purpose of Plant Species Biology becoming an open access journal?
Takashi Miyake (EiC, PSB),
John MORRIS (Wiley APAC),
Atsushi KUME ( @atsushiku.bsky.social Director of Publication, ESJ)
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
18th-Mar 12:15-13:45 (RoomA + On-demand🎦)
U08
What is the purpose of Plant Species Biology becoming an open access journal?
Takashi Miyake (EiC, PSB),
John MORRIS (Wiley APAC),
Atsushi KUME ( @atsushiku.bsky.social Director of Publication, ESJ)
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
March 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Here's our forum at #ESJ72
18th-Mar 12:15-13:45 (RoomA + On-demand🎦)
U08
What is the purpose of Plant Species Biology becoming an open access journal?
Takashi Miyake (EiC, PSB),
John MORRIS (Wiley APAC),
Atsushi KUME ( @atsushiku.bsky.social Director of Publication, ESJ)
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
18th-Mar 12:15-13:45 (RoomA + On-demand🎦)
U08
What is the purpose of Plant Species Biology becoming an open access journal?
Takashi Miyake (EiC, PSB),
John MORRIS (Wiley APAC),
Atsushi KUME ( @atsushiku.bsky.social Director of Publication, ESJ)
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
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#ESJ72 S08
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
March 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#ESJ72 S08
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
冬の植物生態学
Before the arrival of spring: do plants simply endure the winter?
Organizer: Naofumi YOSHIDA & Genki YUMOTO
The symposium was successfully closed. On-demand video is now available for #ESJ72 attendees! Catch up at your convenience.
esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
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PCP Poster Award Winners receiving their certificates from Tetsuya Higashiyama, EIC, at the conference reception.
Well done to these amazingly talented students - the future’s looking bright for #PlantScience!
#EarlyCareer
#JSPPKanazawa2025
#JSPP
Well done to these amazingly talented students - the future’s looking bright for #PlantScience!
#EarlyCareer
#JSPPKanazawa2025
#JSPP
March 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
PCP Poster Award Winners receiving their certificates from Tetsuya Higashiyama, EIC, at the conference reception.
Well done to these amazingly talented students - the future’s looking bright for #PlantScience!
#EarlyCareer
#JSPPKanazawa2025
#JSPP
Well done to these amazingly talented students - the future’s looking bright for #PlantScience!
#EarlyCareer
#JSPPKanazawa2025
#JSPP