SATO Daiki

Affiliation

Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences

Official title

Junior Assistant Professor

URL

https://daikisato12.github.io

Career history

2026-07 -- (current)	University of Tsukuba,Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences,Junior Assistant Professor
2023-07 -- 2026-06	Chiba University,Institute for Advanced Academic Research,Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2022-04 -- 2023-06	Fujita Health University,Division of Systems Medical Science, Center for Medical Science,Assistant Professor
2021-04 -- 2022-03	Chiba University,Graduate School of Science,JSPS Research Fellow
2020-04 -- 2021-03	Tohoku University,Graduate School of Life Sciences,JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

Academic background

2019-03 -- 2019-09	Uppsala University Leif Andersson Group Visiting PhD student
2017-10 -- 2021-03	Tohoku University (PhD) Graduate School of Life Sciences
2015-04 -- 2017-09	Tohoku University (Master's) Graduate School of Life Sciences
2011-04 -- 2015-03	Tohoku University Faculty of Science Department of Biology

Degree

2021-03	Ph.D	Tohoku University

Articles

• Genetic heterogeneity alleviates behavioral trade-off between exploration and vigilance in Drosophila
  Okuyama Takahira; Sato Daiki X.; Takahashi Yuma
  iScience, 2026-06
  
  PubMed
• Metropolitan coastal night lighting aligns with ecological and plastic divergence in closely related Ligia isopods
  Sato Daiki X.
  PNAS Nexus, 2026-02
  
  PubMed
• Positive and balancing selection on SLC18A1 gene associated with psychiatric disorders and human-unique personality traits
  Sato Daiki X.; Kawata Masakado
  Evolution Letters, 2018-08
  
  PubMed
• Brain Transcriptomics of Wild and Domestic Rabbits Suggests That Changes in Dopamine Signaling and Ciliary Function Contributed to Evolution of Tameness
  Sato Daiki X.; Rafati Nima; Ring Henrik; Younis Shady...
  Genome Biology and Evolution, 2020-10
  
  PubMed
• Genetic factors for short life span associated with evolution of the loss of flight ability
  Ikemoto Atsushi; Sato Daiki X.; Makino Takashi; Kawata...
  Ecology and Evolution, 2020-05
  
  PubMed
• Human-specific mutations in VMAT1 confer functional changes and multi-directional evolution in the regulation of monoamine circuits
  Sato Daiki X.; Ishii Yuu; Nagai Tomoaki; Ohashi Kazum...
  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019-12
  
  PubMed
• Non-human primate seasonal transcriptome atlas reveals seasonal changes in physiology and diseases
  Chen Junfeng; Okimura Kousuke; Ren Liang; Nakane Yusu...
  Nature Communications, 2025-04
  
  PubMed
• Multifaceted and extensive behavioral trajectories of genomically diverse Drosophila lines
  Sato Daiki X.; Okuyama Takahira; Takahashi Yuma
  Scientific Data, 2025-03
  
  PubMed
• Humanized substitutions of Vmat1 in mice alter amygdala-dependent behaviors associated with the evolution of anxiety
  SATO Daiki
  iScience, 2022-07
  
  PubMed
• Functional differences between TSHR alleles associate with variation in spawning season in Atlantic herring
  Chen Junfeng; Bi Huijuan; Pettersson Mats E; Sato Dai...
  Communications biology, 2021-06
  
  PubMed
• Genetic heterogeneity induces non-additive behavioural changes in Drosophila
  Okuyama Takahira; Sato Daiki X.; Takahashi Yuma
  The Journal of Experimental Biology/228(11)/p.jeb249449, 2025-06
  
  PubMed
• Neurogenomic and behavioral principles shape freezing dynamics and synergistic performance in Drosophila melanogaster
  Sato Daiki X.; Takahashi Yuma
  Nature Communications/16(1)/p.5928, 2025-07
  
  PubMed
• Genomic adaptive potential to cold environments in the invasive red swamp crayfish
  X. Sato Daiki; Yuki Matsuda; Nisikawa Usio; Ryo Funay...
  iScience/26(8)/p.107267, 2023-07
  
  PubMed
• Large-scale animal model study uncovers altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype of neuropsychiatric disorders involving cognitive impairment
  Hagihara Hideo; Shoji Hirotaka; Hattori Satoko; Sala Gio...
  ELIFE/12, 2024-03-26
  
  PubMed

(Last updated: 2026-07-30)