表彰

1. 日本ゲノム微生物学会　研究奨励賞
   「光合成微生物における環境変化に応じた転写制御に関する研究」
   2010年3月
2. 中央大学　学術研究奨励賞
   「ゲノム情報を基盤にした微生物の普遍性と多様性に関する基礎的研究」
   2011年3月
3. 東工大　挑戦的研究賞
   「遺伝子工学的手法による藻類バイオマス生産性の向上に関する研究」
   2016年7月
4. 長瀬研究振興賞
   「微細藻類における油脂生合成の基本制御系の解明と応用」
   2017年4月
5. 竹田若手研究者賞
   「藻類バイオマスを完全資源化する基盤技術の開発」
   2017年11月

6. 物質・デバイス共同研究賞
   「光合成微生物の光環境応答に関わる情報伝達経路の解析」
   2021年9月

7. NTT宇宙環境エネルギー研究所所長表彰
   「サステナブルシステムの研究開発に関するコンセプト立案と推進」
   2022年6月
8. 情報ネットワーク総合研究所所長表彰・研究発明賞
   「藻類の二酸化炭素吸収量増加に関わるゲノム技術の進展と事業化に向けた取り組み」
   2023年6月

9. 情報ネットワーク総合研究所所長表彰・特別賞

   「生物系実験室の環境構築・運用ルール制定」　2025年11月

学会役員等

1. 日本ゲノム微生物学会若手の会 幹事・代表（2011年〜2014年）
2. 内閣府　平成23年度科学技術関係施策優先度判定会議 外部専門家（2011年）
3. International Symposium on Algal Biofuels 運営委員（2011年）
4. 日本学術会議若手アカデミー委員会　若手研究者ネットワーク検討分科会委員（日本ゲノム微生物学会代表）（2013年）
5. 日本植物学会第78回大会年会 運営委員（会計担当）（2015年）
6. 第10回日本ゲノム微生物学会 年会運営委員（プログラム担当）（2016年）
7. Tokyo Tech-HHU Düsseldorf Joint Symposium on Photosynthesis as a New Chemical Resource 運営委員 (2015年)
8. シンポジウム「光合成科学：エネルギーとバイオマス」 運営委員 (2017年)
9. The 1st Joint Symposium on Bio-based Research between Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kasetsart University 運営委員 (2018年)
10. Guest editor of Plants（2020年〜2021年）
11. Review Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology（2022年〜）
12. Review Editor of Frontiers in Genetics（2022年〜）
13. Review Editor of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution（2022年〜）
14. Review Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science（2022年〜）
15. Editorial Board member of Plants（2022年〜）

客員教授等

• 2012年1月〜2014年3月　中央大学 研究開発機構 機構准教授
• 2017年4月〜現在　明治大学 農学研究科 兼任講師
• 2019年8月～2019年10月　Visiting Professor, Institute for Plant Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University
• 2021年3月〜2021年4月　東京工業大学 科学技術創成研究院 化学生命科学研究所 特定准教授
• 2021年5月〜2022年9月　東京工業大学 科学技術創成研究院 化学生命科学研究所 特定教授

論文

1. Pancha I and Imamura S (2026) Microalgal starch: regulation of its quantity and roles. Front. Plant Sci. 17:1736651.
2. Takebe, H., Sakurai, A., & Imamura, S. (2026). The difference in light intensities during culture affects the production of health-beneficial metabolites in a diatom used in producing aquaculture feed. Scientific reports, 10.1038/s41598-026-37956-3.
3. Kobayashi, I., Imamura, S., Okamoto, K., & Shimada, T. (2026). Transcription Factor HusR (YnfL) Is a Novel Regulator for Hydroxyurea Sensitivity in Escherichia coli K-12. Microorganisms, 14(1), 134.
4. Komiya S, Pancha I, Shima H, Igarashi K, Tanaka K, Imamura S. Target of rapamycin signaling regulates starch degradation via α-glucan water dikinase in a unicellular red alga. (2025) Plant Physiol. 197(4):kiaf106.
5. Sakoda K, Sakurai A, Imamura S. Difference in single-leaf and whole-plant photosynthetic response to light under steady and non-steady states in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2025) Front Plant Sci. 16:1532522.
6. Nakamoto S, Kobayashi I, Watanabe K, Kikuta T, Imamura S, Shimada T. Identification of a comprehensive set of transcriptional regulators involved in the long-term survivability of Escherichia coli in soil. (2025) Sci Rep. 15(1):4279.
7. Goto M, Nemoto T, Sakoda K, Sakurai A, Imamura S, Masuda S. (2025) Improved plant biomass production under low nitrogen conditions through conditional accumulation of the second messenger, guanosine tetraphosphate, in chloroplasts and mitochondria. Front Plant Sci. 15:1524665.
8. Sousuke Imamura, Koji Yamada, Hiroaki Takebe, Ryu Kiuchi, Hidenori Iwashita, Chihana Toyokawa, Kengo Suzuki, Atsushi Sakurai, Kazuhiro Takaya. (2024) Optimal conditions of algal breeding using neutral beam and applying it to breed Euglena gracilis strains with improved lipid accumulation. Scientific Reports 14(1):14716.
9. Ikki Kobayashi#, Sousuke Imamura#, Ryuichi Hirota, Akio Kuroda, Kan Tanaka (#these authors contributed equally to this work)(2024). Expression of bacterial phosphite dehydrogenase confers phosphite availability in a unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. J Gen Appl Microbiol. 69(5):287-291.
10. Shunsuke Saito, Ikki Kobayashi, Motoki Hoshina, Emi Uenaka, Atsushi Sakurai, Sousuke Imamura, Tomohiro Shimada. (2024) Regulatory Role of GgaR (YegW) for Glycogen Accumulation in Escherichia coli K-12. Microorganisms 12(1)
11. Mina Goto, Sousuke Imamura, Kazuhiro Takaya, Shinji Masuda. (2024) Significance of the plastidial stringent response for plant growth on soil. Plant Growth Regulation 103(2) 425-437.
12. Ryota Hidese, Ryudo Ohbayashi, Yuichi Kato, Mami Matsuda, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura, Hiroki Ashida, Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma. (2023) ppGpp accumulation reduces the expression of the global nitrogen homeostasis-modulating NtcA regulon by affecting 2-oxoglutarate levels. Communications Biology 6(1)
13. Jumpei Hayakawa, Eiko Sato, Satsuki Takagi, Yoko Ide, Sousuke Imamura, Hiroyuki Koike, Yuki Kasai, Shigeaki Harayama (2023) A truncated antenna mutant of the unicellular green alga Coccomyxa sp. strain Obi shows better biomass productivity than the wild-type strain under higher irradiance, at higher cell density, and in greater depth of culture. Algal Research 103216-103216
14. Yuki Kobayashi, Keisuke Komatsuya, Sousuke Imamura, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Yoh-ichi Watanabe, Shigeharu Sato, Antony N. Dodd, Kiyoshi Kita, Kan Tanaka. (2023) Coordination of apicoplast transcription in a malaria parasite by internal and host cues. PNAS. 120(28):e2214765120.
15. Sousuke Imamura*. (2023) Identification of Transcription Factors and the Regulatory Genes Involved in Triacylglycerol Accumulation in a Unicellular Red Alga. NTT Technical Review 21(6) 58-65
16. Dora L. Cano-Ramirez, Paige E. Panter, Tokiaki Takemura, Tara Saskia de Fraine, Luíza Lane de Barros Dantas, Richard Dekeya, Thiago Barros-Galvão, Pirita Paajanen, Annalisa Bellandi, Tom Batstone, Bethan F. Manley, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura, Keara A. Franklin, Heather Knight, Antony N. Dodd. (2023) Low-temperature and circadian signals are integrated by the sigma factor SIG5. Nature Plants 9(4) 661-672
17. Nozomi Takeue, Ayaka Kuroyama, Yoshiharu Hayashi, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura*. Autofluorescence-based high-throughput isolation of nonbleaching Cyanidioschyzon merolae strains under nitrogen-depletion. (2022) Front Plant Sci. 13:1036839.
    
18. Sanghun Baek, Sousuke Imamura, Takeshi Higa, Yumi Nakai, Kan Tanaka, Masato Nakai. (2022) A distinct class of GTP-binding proteins mediates chloroplast protein import in Rhodophyta. PNAS 119(34) e2208277119
19. Ikki Kobayashi, Kenji Mochizuki, Jun Teramoto, Sousuke Imamura, Kazuhiro Takaya, Akira Ishihama, Tomohiro Shimada. (2022) Transcription Factor SrsR (YgfI) Is a Novel Regulator for the Stress-Response Genes in Stationary Phase in Escherichia coli K-12. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(11) 6055-6055
20. Baifeng Zhou, Hiroki Shima, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura. (2022) CmNDB1 and a Specific Domain of CmMYB1 Negatively Regulate CmMYB1-Dependent Transcription of Nitrate Assimilation Genes Under Nitrogen-Repleted Condition in a Unicellular Red Alga. Frontiers in Plant Science 13
21. Sousuke Imamura. (2021) Regeneration of the global environment using algae: underlying molecular mechanisms of carbon storage molecules and their applications. The Proceeding of ASEAN Bioenergy and Bioeconomy Conference 1(4) 12-15
22. Imran Pancha, Kazuhiro Takaya, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura*. (2021) The Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, an Excellent Model Organism for Elucidating Fundamental Molecular Mechanisms and Their Applications in Biofuel Production. Plants 10(6) 1218-1218
23. Sota Takahashi, Riho Okubo, Yu Kanesaki, Baifeng Zhou, Kazuhiro Takaya, Satoru Watanabe, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura*. (2021) Identification of Transcription Factors and the Regulatory Genes Involved in Triacylglycerol Accumulation in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plants 10(5) 971-971（Feature Paperに選出）
24. Hazuki Hasegawa, Tatsuhiro Tsurumaki, Sousuke Imamura, Kintake Sonoike, Kan Tanaka. (2021) The circadian rhythm regulator RpaA modulates photosynthetic electron transport and alters the preferable temperature range for growth in a cyanobacterium. FEBS Letters, In press.
25. Baifeng Zhou, Sota Takahashi, Tokiaki Takemura, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura*. (2021) Establishment of a firefly luciferase reporter assay system in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, In press.
26. Takumi Anzai, Sousuke Imamura, Akira Ishihama, Tomohiro Shimada. (2020) Expanded roles of pyruvate-sensing PdhR in transcription regulation of Escherichia coli K-12 genome: fatty acid catabolism and cell motility. Microbial Genomics, mgen000442.
27. Hiroshi Tatara, Yusuke Sato, Yuki Kasai, Daisuke Hagiwara, Arisa Makino, Sousuke Imamura, Jun Abe and Shigeaki Harayama. (2020) A method for the preparation of electrocompetent cells to transform unicellular green algae, Coccomyxa (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) strains Obi and KJ. Algal Research, Vol. 48, 101904.
28. Hazuki Hasegawa, Tatsuhiro Tsurumaki, Ikki Kobayashi, Sousuke Imamura and Kan Tanaka. (2020) Identification and analysis of a principal sigma factor interacting protein SinA, essential for growth at high temperatures in a cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 66, 66-72.
29. Takayuki Shimizu, Rintaro Yasuda, Yui Mukai, Tomohiro Shimada, Sousuke Imamura, Kan Tanaka, Satoru Watanabe and Tatsuru Masuda. (2020) Proteomic analysis of heme-binding protein from Arabidopsis thaliana and Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 375, 20190488.
30. Imran Pancha, Kaumeel Chokshi, Kan Tanaka, Sousuke Imamura*. (2020) Microalgal Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Central Regulatory Hub for Growth, Stress Response and Biomass Production. Plant Cell Physiology, Vol. 61, 675-684.
31. Tokiaki Takemura, Sousuke Imamura, Yuki Kobayashi and Kan Tanaka (2019) Multiple modification of chromosomal loci using URA5.3 selection marker in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Bio-protocol, Vol. 9, Iss 7.
32. Imran Pancha, Kan Tanaka and Sousuke Imamura*. (2019) Overexpression of a glycogenin, CmGLG2, enhances floridean starch accumulation in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plant Signaling Behavior, Vol. 14, 1596718.
33. Tokiaki Takemura, Yuki Kobayashi, Sousuke Imamura and Kan Tanaka (2019) Top starch plating method for the efficient cultivation of unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Bio-protocol, Vol. 9, Iss 4.
34. Tokiaki Takemura, Sousuke Imamura* and Kan Tanaka (2019) Identification of a chloroplast fatty acid exporter protein, CmFAX1, and triacylglycerol accumulation by its overexpression in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Algal Research, Vol. 38, 101396.
35. Imran Pancha, Hiroki Shima, Nahoko Higashitani, Kazuhiko Igarashi, Atsushi Higashitani, Kan Tanaka and Sousuke Imamura*. (2019) Target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling modulates starch accumulation via glycogenin phosphorylation status in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. The Plant Journal, Vol. 97, 485-499.
36. Tokiaki Takemura, Sousuke Imamura, Yuki Kobayashi, and Kan Tanaka. (2018) Construction of a selectable marker recycling system and the use in epitope tagging of multiple nuclear genes in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plant and Cell Physiology, Vol. 59, 2308-2316.
37. Sousuke Imamura*, Yuta Nomura, Tokiaki Takemura, Imran Pancha, Keiko Taki, Kazuki Toguchi, Yuzuru Tozawa, and Kan Tanaka. (2018) The checkpoint kinase TOR (target of rapamycin) regulates expression of a nuclear-encoded chloroplast RelA-SpoT homolog (RSH) and modulates chloroplast ribosomal RNA synthesis in a unicellular red alga. The Plant Journal, Vol. 94, 327-339.
38. Satoshi Fukuda, Eri Hirasawa, Tokiaki Takemura, Sota Takahashi, Kaumeel Chokshi, Imran Pancha, Kan Tanaka, and Sousuke Imamura*. (2018) Accelerated triacylglycerol production without growth inhibition by overexpression of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Scientific Reports, Vol. 8, 12410.
39. Sousuke Imamura*, Keiko Taki, and Kan Tanaka. (2017) Construction of a rapamycin-susceptible strain of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae for analysis of target of rapamycin (TOR) function. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 63, 305-309.
40. Yasuko Kawase, Sousuke Imamura, and Kan Tanaka. (2017) A MYB-type transcription factor, MYB2, represses light-harvesting protein genes in Cyanidioschyzon merolae. FEBS Letters, Vol. 591, 2439-2448.
41. Sho Yamaguchi, Yuuki Kawada, Hidetaka Yuge, Kan Tanaka, and Sousuke Imamura. (2017) Development of New Carbon Resources: Production of Important Chemicals from Algal Residue. Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, 855.
42. Sho Yamaguchi and Sousuke Imamura. (2017) Organic Synthetic Approach for a Production of Fine Chemicals from Sugars. Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy, Vol. 96, 408-416.
43. Sho Yamaguchi, Ken Motokura, Kan Tanaka, and Sousuke Imamura. (2017) Catalytic Processes for Utilizing Carbohydrates Derived from Algal Biomass. Catalysts, Vol. 7, 163-175
44. Sousuke Imamura*, Yasuko Kawase, Ikki Kobayashi, Mie Shimojima, Hiroyuki Ohta, and Kan Tanaka. (2016) TOR (target of rapamycin) is a key regulator of triacylglycerol accumulation in microalgae. Plant Signaling Behavior, Vol. 11, e1149285.
45. Keiko Taki, Toshiyuki Sone, Yuki Kobayashi, Satoru Watanabe, Sousuke Imamura, and Kan Tanaka. (2015) Construction of a URA5.3 deletion strain of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae: A backgroundless host strain for transformation experiments. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 61, 211-214.
46. Sousuke Imamura*, Yasuko Kawase, Ikki Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Sone, Atsuko Era, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Mie Shimojima, Hiroyuki Ohta, and Kan Tanaka. (2015) Target of rapamycin (TOR) plays a critical role in triacylglycerol accumulation in microalgae. Plant Molecular Biology, Vol. 89, 309-318.
47. Nobuko Sumiya, Yasuko Kawase, Jumpei Hayakawa, Mami Matsuda, Mami Nakamura, Atsuko Era, Kan Tanaka, Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Sousuke Imamura, and Shin-ya Miyagishima. (2015) Expression of Cyanobacterial Acyl-ACP Reductase Elevates the Triacylglycerol Level in the Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Plant and Cell Physiology, Vol. 56, 1962-1980.
48. Yu Kanesaki, Sousuke Imamura, Motomichi Matsuzaki, and Kan Tanaka. (2015) Identification of centromere regions in chromosomes of a unicellular red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae. FEBS Letters, Vol. 589, 1219-1224.
49. Gaku Fujii, Sousuke Imamura, Atsuko Era, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Mitsumasa Hanaoka, and Kan Tanaka. (2015) The nuclear-encoded sigma factor SIG4 directly activates transcription of chloroplast psbA and ycf17 genes in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol. 362, pii: fnv063.
50. Yuya Yoshimitsu, Sousuke Imamura, Norihide Kurano, Hiroaki Fukuda, Shigeaki Harayama. (2014) Genetic modification in a green alga Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea. Journal of the Japan Institute of Energy, Vol. 93, 436-443.
51. Satoru Watanabe, Jun Sato, Sousuke Imamura, Mio Ohnuma, Yusaku Ohoba, Taku Chibazakura, Kan Tanaka, and Hirofumi Yoshikawa. (2014) Stable Expression of a GFP-reporter Gene in the Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
    Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Vol. 78, 175-177.
52. Gaku Fujii, Sousuke Imamura, Mitsumasa Hanaoka, and Kan Tanaka. (2013) Nuclear-encoded chloroplast RNA polymerase sigma factor SIG2 activates chloroplast-encoded phycobilisome genes in a red alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae. FEBS Letters, Vol. 587, 3354-3359.
53. Sousuke Imamura, Aiko Ishiwata, Satoru Watanabe, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, and Kan Tanaka. (2013) Expression of budding yeast FKBP12 confers rapamycin susceptibility to the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 439, 264-269.
54. Yuki Kanesaki, Sousuke Imamura, Ayumi Minoda, and Kan Tanaka. (2012) External light conditions and internal cell cycle phases coordinate accumulation of chloroplast and mitochondrial transcripts in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. DNA Research, Vol. 19, 289-303.
55. Kan Tanaka and Sousuke Imamura. (2012) Nitrogen assimilatory pathway and the regulation in a unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Journal of the Japanese Society of Photosynthesis Research. Vol. 22, 167-173
56. Sousuke Imamura*, Daisuke Hagiwara, Fumi Suzuki, Norihide Kurano, Shigeaki Harayama. (2012) Genetic transformation of Pseudochoricystis ellipsoidea, an aliphatic hydrocarbon-producing green alga. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, Vol. 58, 1-10.
57. Yuki Kobayashi, Sousuke Imamura, Mitsumasa Hanaoka, and Kan Tanaka. (2011) A tetrapyrrole-regulated ubiquitin ligase controls algal nuclear DNA replication. Nature Cell Biology, Vol. 13, 483-487.
58. Sousuke Imamura, Masaru Terashita, Shinichiro Maruyama, Mio Ohnuma, Yuichi Fujita, Tatsuo Omata, and Kan Tanaka. (2010) Nitrate assimilatory genes and their transcriptional regulation in a unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae: Evidence for nitrite reduction by sulfite. Plant and Cell Physiology, Vol. 51, 707-717. (Editor-in-Chief's choice論文に選定)
59. Sousuke Imamura, Yu Kanesaki, Mio Ohnuma, Inouye Takayuki, Yasuhiko Sekine, Takayuki Fujiwara, Tuneyoshi Kuroiwa, and Kan Tanaka. (2009) R2R3-type MYB transcription factor, CmMYB1, controls the expression of nitrogen assimilation genes in response to nitrogen status in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 106, 12548-12553.（Faculty of 1000論文に選定）
60. Takayuki Fujiwara, Osami Misumi, Kousuke Tashiro, Yamato Yoshida, Keiji Nishida, Fumi Yagisawa, Sousuke Imamura, Masaki Yoshida, Toshiyuki Mori, Kan Tanaka, Haruko Kuroiwa, and Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa. (2009) Periodic Gene Expression Patterns during the Highly Synchronized Cell Nucleus and Organelle Division Cycles in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. DNA Research, Vol. 16, 59-72.
61. Takashi Osanai, Masahiko Imashimizu, Asato Seki, Shusei Sato, Satoshi Tabata, Sousuke Imamura, Munehiko Asayama, Masahiko Ikeuchi, and Kan Tanaka. (2009) ChlH, the H subunit of the Mg-chelatase, is an anti-sigma factor for SigE in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 106, 6860-6865.
62. Sousuke Imamura and Munehiko Asayama. (2009) Sigma factors for cyanobacterial transcription. Gene Regulation and Systems Biology, Vol. 3, 65-87
63. Sousuke Imamura, Mitsumasa Hanaoka, and Kan Tanaka. (2008) The plant-specific TFIIB-related protein, pBrp, is a general transcription factor for RNA polymerase I. EMBO Journal, Vol. 27, 2317-2327.
64. Munehiko Asayama and Sousuke Imamura. (2008) Stringent promoter recognition and autoregulation by the group 3 σ-factor SigF in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 36, 5297-5305.
65. Tsutomu Yoshimura, Sousuke Imamura, Kan Tanaka, Makoto Shirai, and Munehiko Asayama. (2007) Cooperation of group 2 σ factors, SigD and SigE for light-induced transcription in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. FEBS Letters, Vol. 581, 1495-1500.
66. Masae Matsui, Tsutomu Yoshimura, Yuko Wakabayashi, Sousuke Imamura, Kan Tanaka, Hideo Takahashi, Munehiko Asayama, and Makoto Shirai. (2007) Interference expression at levels of the transcript and protein among group 1, 2, and 3 sigma factor genes in a cyanobacterium. Microbes and Environments, Vol. 22, 32-43.
67. Yoshiki Kubota, Akio Miyao, Hirohiko Hirochika, Yuzuru Tozawa, Hiroyuki, Yasuda, Yuichi Tsunoyama, Yasuo Niwa, Sousuke Imamura, Makoto Shirai, and Munehiko Asayama. (2007) Two novel nuclear genes, OsSIG5 and OsSIG6, encoding potential plastid sigma factors of RNA polymerase in rice: Tissue-specific and light-responsive gene expression. Plant and Cell Physiology, Vol. 48, 186-192.
68. Takashi Osanai, Sousuke Imamura, Munehiko Asayama, Makoto Shirai, Iwane Suzuki, Norio Murata, and Kan Tanaka. (2006) Nitrogen induction of sugar catabolic gene expression in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. DNA Research, Vol. 13, 185-195.
69. Sousuke Imamura, Kan Tanaka, Makoto Shirai, and Munehiko Asayama. (2006) Growth phase-dependent activation of nitrogen-related genes by a control network of group 1 and group 2 sigma factors in a cyanobacterium. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 281, 2668-2675.
70. Sousuke Imamura, Munehiko Asayama, and Makoto Shirai. (2004) In vitro transcription analysis by reconstituted cyanobacterial RNA polymerase: Roles of group 1 and 2 sigma factors and a core subunit, RpoC2. Genes to Cells, Vol. 9, 1175-1187.
71. Munehiko Asayama, Sousuke Imamura, Satoshi Yoshihara, Ai Miyazaki, Naoko Yoshida, Takashi Sazuka, Takakazu Kaneko, Osamu Ohara, Satoshi, Tabata, Takashi Osanai, Kan Tanaka, Hideki Takahashi, and Makoto Shirai. (2004) SigC, the group 2 sigma factor of RNA polymerase, contributes to the late-stage gene expression and nitrogen promoter recognition in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Vol. 68, 477-487.
72. Sousuke Imamura, Munehiko Asayama, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kan Tanaka, Hideki Takahashi, and Makoto Shirai. (2003) Antagonistic dark-/light-induced SigB/SigD, group 2 sigma factors, expression through redox potential and their roles in cyanobacteria. FEBS Letters, Vol. 554, 357-362.
73. Sousuke Imamura, Satoshi Yoshihara, Serina Nakano, Noriko Shiozaki, Akiko Yamada, Kan Tanaka, Hideki Takahashi, Munehiko Asayama, and Makoto Shirai. (2003) Purification, characterization, and gene expression of all sigma factors of RNA polymerase in a cyanobacterium. Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 325, 857-872.

解説論文

1. 島田　友裕、今村　壮輔（2025）大腸菌の転写制御因子から理解する土壌中における微生物の長期生存機構. アグリバイオ
2. Sousuke Imamura. (2025) Unlocking algae as a green solution for the future. The Academic
3. Sousuke Imamura. (2025) Algae Created the Earth and Will Save It: Using the Outstanding Photosynthesis, Growth, and Carbon-fixation Capabilities of Algae Will Contribute to Restoring Ecosystems by Normalizing the Ocean, Atmosphere, and Soil Environments, Overcoming Problems Rela. NTT Technical Review 23(6) 1-7
4. 今村　壮輔. (2025) 地球を創生した藻類が地球を救う：藻類の優れた光合成・増殖・炭素固定能力を活用し、海洋、大気、土壌の環境正常化による生態系回復、気候変動にかかわる諸問題の克服、循環型社会に貢献する. NTT技術ジャーナル. Vol. 37, 32-35
5. Sousuke Imamura and Koji Yamada. The Academic (2024) Establishing new breeding methods for improving oil production using algae. (https://theacademic.com/establishing-new-breeding-methods-for-improving-oil-production-using-algae/)
6. 香西　将樹, 花岡　直樹, 長谷川　葉月, 武部　紘明, 今村　壮輔, 田中　徹. (2024) クリーンでサステナブルな社会を実現する環境負荷ゼロ技術. NTT技術ジャーナル. Vol.36, 38-41.
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8. 周 柏峰, 今村 壮輔*. (2023) 窒素充足環境下で真核藻類の硝酸同化が抑制される仕組み. Bioscience & Industry 81(1) 32-34
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10. 迫田和馬, 伊藤真奈美, 今村壮輔, 高谷和宏. (2022) カーボンニュートラルの実現に向けたCO2変換・制御技術. NTT技術ジャーナル 34(12) 18-21
11. 今村 壮輔*. (2022) 藻類と魚介類による炭素循環にゲノム編集技術を 適用し海洋中のCO2を低減させる研究. NTT技術ジャーナル 34(3) 61-63
12. 今村 壮輔*、田中 寛.（2019）オイル生産性が飛躍的に向上した藻類株の作出：オイル生合成のチェックポイントキナーゼTORの発見とその応用. BIO INDUSTRY, Vol. 36, 9-19
13. 今村 壮輔*、田中 寛.（2019） オイル生産性を飛躍的に高めた藻類株の作出─藻類オイル生合成制御の理解とその応用─, 配管技術, Vol. 61, 18-22
14. 今村 壮輔*、田中 寛.（2019）オイル生産性が飛躍的に向上した藻類株の創出─藻類オイル生合成制御の理解とその応用─, クリーンエネルギー, Vol. 281-286
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16. 山口 渉、田中 寛、今村 壮輔. (2017) 未来のエネルギーを支える藻類バイオマスー石油に代わる炭素資源の開拓. 化学, Vol. 72, 72-73
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18. 大沼 みお、吉田 大和、今村 壮輔、田中 寛、黒岩 常祥. (2010) シゾンの分子遺伝学的解析法の開発. 生物工学会誌、Vol. 88, 473-476
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著書

1. 藏野 憲秀、萩原 大祐、今村 壮輔、原山 重明. (2012) 微細藻類によるエネルギー生産と事業展望. 第9章　軽油生産能を有する単細胞緑藻の生産性向上. シーエムシー出版, pp. 73-79
2. 今村 壮輔、田中 寛. (2016) 藻類由来バイオ燃料と有用物質. 第2章 藻類オイル生合成のチェックポイントキナーゼTOR. シーエムシー出版, pp. 11-18
3. Sousuke Imamura and Kan Tanaka. (2018) Cyanidioschyzon merolae. A New Model Eukaryote for Cell and Organelle Biology. Nitrogen metabolism, Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Chapter 18 Nitrogen Metabolism, Springer, pp. 283-296
4. 今村 壮輔、田中 寛. (2020) 藻類応用の技術と市場. 第2章 オイル生産性が飛躍的に向上した藻類株の作出:オイル生合成のチェックポイントキナーゼTOR の発見とその応用. シーエムシー出版. pp. 11-21

技術キーワード

• 藻類、CO2固定、遺伝子工学、ゲノム編集、植物分子生物学

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