Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Shoji Baba
Updated 3rd Oct. 2018
Date of Birth: 13/6/1942
Place of Birth:
Nationality: JAPANESE
Work Address: Department of
Biology,
Ochanomizu University
Otsuka 2-1-1,
Home Address: Akebono-cho
3-16-3,
Tachikawa-shi,
Educational Background:
D.S.
in Animal
Physiology (Cell Motility), The
Thesis Title gFlexural rigidity and elastic constant of cilia.h
M.S.
in Animal
Physiology, The
B.S.
in Pure
and Applied Sciences, The
Academic Experience:
2008
– Retired from Ochanomizu University.
1997
– present Professor, Department of Advanced Biosciences,
Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences,
1997
– 1998 Visiting Professor,
1994
– 1995 Visiting Professor,
1993
– 1997 Visiting Professor, The
1991
– 1997 Professor, Department of Biology,
1991 – present Visiting Professor, The University of the Air
1982
– 1991 Associate Professor, Department of Biology,
1977
Visiting Fellow, The
1974
Visiting Fellow, The
1972
– 1982 Research Associate, The
1971
– 1972 Postdoctoral Fellow, The
Main Honors and Awards
1972 The 24th Mainichi Newspaperfs Award for Promotion of Sciences
International Conference Organizer:
1997 – 1998 Main Scientific Organizer, The 32nd
COSPAR
(Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly,
1999 – 2000 Main Scientific Organizer, The 33rd
COSPAR
(Committee on Space Research) Scientific Assembly,
Membership:
1971 – present The Zoological Society of Japan
1978 – present The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
1982 – present The Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists
1987 – present Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space
Mondal MA, Takagi Y, Baba SA, Hamano KI. (2017). Involvement of calcium channels and intracellular calcium in bull sperm thermotaxis. J Reprod Dev. 21;63(2):143-148.
Iida T., Iwata,Y., Mohri T., Baba S.A., Hirohashi N. (2017). A coordinated sequence of distinct flagellar waveforms enables a sharp flagellar turn mediated by squid sperm pH-taxis. Sci. Rep. 7(1):12938.
Higashibata
A, Hashizume T, Nemoto K, Higashitani N, Etheridge T, Mori C, Harada S,
Sugimoto T, Szewczyk NJ, Baba SA, Mogami Y, Fukui K, Higashitani A.
(2016). Microgravity elicits reproducible alterations in
cytoskeletal and metabolic gene and protein expression in space-flown Caenorhabditis elegans.NPJ
Microgravity. 21;2:15022.
Wada
Y, Baba SA, Kamimura S. (2015). Effects of the dynein inhibitor
ciliobrevin on the flagellar motility of sea urchin spermatozoa.
Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 72(4):182-92.
Miyashiro,
D., Shiba, K., Miyashita, T., Baba, S.A., Yoshida, M. and Kamimura, S.
(2015). Chemotactic response with a constant delay-time mechanism
in Ciona spermatozoa revealed by a high time resolution analysis of
flagellar motility. Biol. Open 000, 1–10 doi:10.1242/bio.20137351.
Kage
A, Hosoya C, Baba SA, Mogami Y. (2013). Drastic
reorganization of the bioconvection pattern of Chlamydomonas:
quantitative analysis of the pattern transition response. J. Exp. Biol. 15;216(Pt 24):4557-66.
Hirohashi N.,
Alvarez L., Shiba K., Fujiwara E., Iwata Y., Mohri T., Inaba
K., Chiba K., Ochi H., Supuran C. T., Kutzur N., Kakiuchi Y., Kaupp U.
B. and Baba S. A. (2013). Sperm from sneaker male squids exhibit
chemotactic swarming to CO2. Curr. Biol. 23, 775-781.
Mohri, H., Inaba,
K., Ishijima, S. and Baba S. A. (2012). Tubulin-dynei system in
flagellar and ciliary movement. Proc. Jpn. Acad. Ser B Biol. Sci. 88, 397-415.
Kosodo,
Y., Suetsugu, T., Suda, M. Mimori-Kiyosue, Y., Toida, K., Baba S. A.,
Kimura,
A., Matsuzaki, F. (2011). Regulation of interkinetic nuclear
migration by
cell cycle coupled active and passive mechanisms in the developing
brain. EMBO
J. 30, 1690-1704.
Kage, A., Asato, E., Chiba, Y., Wada, Y., Katsu-Kimura, Y., Kubota, A., Sawai, S., Niihori, M., Baba S. A., Mogami, Y. (2011). Gravity-dependent changes in bioconvection of Tetrahymena and Chlamydomonas during parabolic flight: increases in wave number induced by pre- and post-parabolic hypergravity. Zoolog. Sci. 28, 206-14.
Jin, M., Fujiwara, E., Kakiuchi, Y., Okabe, M., Baba S. A., Chiba, K. Hirohashi, N. (2011). From the Cover: Most fertlizing mouse spermatozoa begin their acrosome reaction before contact with the zona pellucida during in vitro fertilization. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 108, 4892-6.
Nishino, A., Baba S. A., Okamura, Y. (2011). A mechanism for graded motor control encoded in the channel properties of the muscle ACh receptor. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 108, 2599-604.
Katsu-Kimura, Y., Nakaya, F., Baba S. A., Mogami, Y. (2009). Substantial energy expenditure for locomotion in ciliates verified by means of oxygen consumption rate and swimming speed. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1819-24.
Shiba K., Baba S.A.,Inoue T., Yoshida M. (2008). Ca(2+) bursts occur around a local minimal concentration of attractant and trigger sperm chemotactic response. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 105, 19311-19316.
Fiordelisio T, Jime'nez N, Baba S, Shiba K, Herna'ndez-Cruz A.. (2007). Immunoreactivity to neurofilaments in the rodent anterior pituitary is associated with the expression of alpha 1A protein subunits of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels. J. Neoroendocrinol. 19, 870-881.
Satoe Sawai, Yoshihiro Mogami and Shoji A. Baba. (2007). Cell proliferation of Paramecium tetraurelia on a slow rotating clinostat. Adv. Space Res., 39(7), 1166-1170.
Wood, C. D., Nishigaki, T., Tatsu, Y., Yumoto, N., Baba, S. A., Whitaker, M., Darszon, A. (2007). Altering the speract-induced ion permeability changes that generate flagellar Ca(2+) spikes regulates their kinetics and sea urchin sperm motility. Dev. Biol. 306, 525-537.
Mogami, Y., Chiba, Y., Kastu, Y., Asato, E., Sawai, S. and Baba, S. A. (2007). Responses of bioconvection pattern to altered gravity. Space Utilization Res., 23, 335-338.
Nishigaki, T., Wood, C. D., Shiba, K. Baba, S. A. Darszon, A. (2006). Stroboscopic illumination using light-emitting diodes reduces phototoxicity in fluorescence cell imaging. Biotechniques. 41, 191-7.
Kogiku Shiba, Terez Marian, Zoltan Krasznai, Shoji A. Baba, Masaaki Morisawa and Manabu Yoshida. (2006). Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger modulates the flagellar wave pattern for the regulation of motility activation and chemotaxis in the ascidian spermatozoa. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton. 63, 623-32.
Kinukawa
M, Oda, S., Shirakura, Y., Okabe, M., Ohmuro J, Baba SA, Nagata M, Aoki
F. (2006).
Role of cAMP in regulating microtubule sliding and flagellar bending in
demembranated hamster spermatozoa.
FEBS
Letters 580, 1515-1520.
Asuka Akiyama, Akio Ookida, Yoshihiro Mogami, and Shoji A. Baba. (2005). Spontaneous alteration of the pattern formation in the bioconvection of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. J. Jpn. Soc. Microgravity Appl. 22, 210-215.
Kogiku Shiba, Tomoko Tagata, Junko Ohmuro, Yoshihiro Mogami, Midori Matsumoto, Motonori Hoshi, and Shoji A. Baba. (2006). Peptide induced hyperactivation-like vigorous flagellar movement in starfish sperm. Zygote 14, 23-32.
Kinukawa
M, Ohmuro J, Baba SA, Murashige S, Okuno M, Nagata M, Aoki F.
(2005). Analysis
of Flagellar Bending in Hamster Spermatozoa: Characterization of an
Effective
Stroke. Biol Reprod. 73,
1269-74.
Kogiku
Shiba, Junko Ohmuro, Yoshihiro Mogami, Takuya Nishigaki, Christopher D.
Wood,
Alberto Darszon, Yoshiro Tatsu, Noboru Yumoto, and Shoji A. Baba.
(2005). Sperm-activating
peptide induces asymmetric
flagellar bending in sea urchin sperm. Zool. Sci. 22, 293-299.
Niihori
M, Mogami Y, Naruse K, Baba SA. (2004). Development and swimming
behavior
of medaka fry in a spaceflight aboard the space shuttle
Mogami Y, Yamane A, Gino A, Baba SA (2004). Bioconvective pattern formation of Tetrahymena under altered gravity. J. Exp. Biol. 207: 3349-3359.
Masamichi Yamashita and Shoji A. Baba. (2004). Biology of size and gravity. Biol. Sci. Space, 18, 13-27 (in Japanese with Abstract in English).
Nishigaki
T, Wood CD, Tatsu Y, Yumoto N, Furuta T, Elias D, Shiba K, Baba SA,
Darszon A.
(2004). A sea urchin egg jelly peptide induces a cGMP-mediated
decrease in
sperm intracellular Ca(2+) before its increase. Dev.Biol. 272, 376-88.
M. Niihori, Y. Mogami, K. Naruse and S. A. Baba. (2003). Embryogenesis and swimming behavior of medaka fish in JUSTSAP STARS program (STS-107). Biol. Sci. Space 17(3), 198-199.
Y. Kato, Y. Mogami and S. A. Baba. (2003). Responses to hypergravity in proliferation of Paramecium tetraurelia. Zool. Sci. 20, 1373-1380.
Mie Hirashima,
K. Shiba, Y. Mogami and S.
A. Baba. (2002). Ciliary
movement in sea-urchin embryos.
Natural Science Report,
Ishijima, S., Baba, S.A., Mohri, H. and Suarez, S. S. (2002). Quantitative analysis of flagellar movement in hyperactivated and acrosome-reacted golden hamster spermatozoa. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 61, 376 – 384.
Izumi-Kurotani, A., Kato, Y., Mogami, Y., Kiyomoto, M. and Baba, S. A. (2002). The role of gravity in the cell differentiation of fresh water sponge. Space Utilization Res., 18, 47-48.
Komiya, H., Kato, Y., Mogami, Y., and Baba, S. A. (2002). Longevity of Paramecium Cell Clone in Space? Verification of the Environmental Requirements of Space and Ground Experiments. Space Utilization Res., 18, 9-11.
Kato, Y., Mogami, Y., and Baba, S. A. (2002). Proliferation of Paramecium tetraurelia under Hypergravity. Space Utilization Res., 18, 5-8.
Mogami, Y., Yamane, S., Gino, A. and Baba, S. A. (2002). Effects of the hypergravity on the bioconvection pattern formed by Tetrahymena. Space Utilization Res., 18, 1-4.
Mogami, Y., Ishii, J. and Baba, S. A. (2002). Theoretical and experimental dissection of gravity-dependent mechanical orientation in gravitactic microorganisms. Biol. Bull., 201, 26-33.
Yamane, A., Mogami, Y., and Baba, S. A. (2001). Spatio-temporal analysis of the bioconvection pattern in Tetrahymena. Space Utilization Res., 17, 175- 178.
Baba, S. A., Yamashita, M. and Mogami, Y. (2001). Test of the working definition of the vibrostat, an asymmetrical acceleration vibration machine. Space Utilization Res., 17, 172- 174.
Mogami, Y., Kato, Y., Izumi-Kurotani, A. and Baba, S. A. (2001). Effects of hypergravity on hatching of gemmules of freshwater sponge. Space Utilization Res., 17, 166- 168.
Mogami, Y., Komiya, H. and Baba, S. A. (2001). Longevity of Paramecium cell clone in space - Analysis of the period of autogamy immaturity. Space Utilization Res., 17, 162- 165.
Baba, S. A. and Mogami, Y. (2000). A Theoretical Basis of Experimental Designs for Quantitative Evaluation of Acceleration Reception in Living Systems. Space Utilization Res., 16, 108- 111.
Mogami, Y., Komiya, H. Tokunaga, N. and Baba, S. A. (2000). Methodology of the Cell Culture and Counting for the Analysis on the Longevity of Paramecium Cell Clone in Space. Space Utilization Res., 16, 19-22.
Mogami, Y., Tokunaga, N. and Baba, S. A. (1999). Longevity in space; experiment on the life span of Paramecium cell clone in space. Adv. Space Res. 23/12, 2087-2090.
Baba, S.A., Mogami, Y. and Otsu, T. (1999). Gravity-dependent membrane potential shift in Paramecium. Adv. Space Res. 23/12, 2065-2074.
Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1998). Super helix model: a physiological model for gravitaxis of Paramecium. Adv. Space Res. 21, 1291-1300.
Miyake, M. O., Mogami, Y., Kataoka, E., Kajita, E. and Baba, S. A. (1998). Improvement in time and space resolution of stroboscopic micrography using high power xenon flash. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 69, 325-326.
Inoue, Y., Ueno, T. Baba, S. (1997). The arterial system of the gill of the lobster, Homarus americanus. J. Morphol., 233, 165-181.
Wada, Y. Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1997). Modification of ciliary beating in sea urchin larvae induced by neurotransmitters: beat-plane rotation and control of frequency fluctuation. J. Exp. Biol., 200, 9-18.
Yoshihiro Mogami, Junko Ishii and Shoji A. Baba. (1995). Does Paramecium sense gravity? Biol. Sci. Space, 9, 17-35 (in Japanese with Abstract in English).
Fujieda,
Miwa,
Mogami, Y. Baba, S. A., Takahashi, M., Takagi, Y. and
Miwa,
Baba, S. A., Mogami, Y. Fujieda, S. and Shibata, F. (1994). Theoretical basis of the effect of gravity on biological systems with dynamic instability. Space Utilization Res., 11, 40-43.
Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1993). Integration mechanisms of gravity in gravitactic behaviour. (1993). Space Utilization Res., 10, 82-85.
Mogami,
Y., Sekiguchi, S. and
Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1992). Cellular mechanisms of gravity reception. (1992). Space Utilization Res., 9, 98-101.
Ooya, M., Mogami, Y.,
Izumi-Kurotani, A. and
Mogami, Y., Watanabe, K., Ooshima, C., Kawano, A. and Baba, S. A. (1991). Regulation of ciliary movement in sea urchin embryos: dopamine and 5-HT change the swimming behaviour. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 101C, 251-254.
Baba, S. A. Hoshino, Y. and Mogami, Y. (1991).
High-resolution
analysis of flagellar bends. In "Comparative Spermatology 20 Years
After" (ed. Baccio Baccetti), Serono Symposia Publication vol 75,
pp. 333-336. Raven Press.
Baba, S. A. Inomata, S., Ooya, M., Mogami, Y. and Izumi-Kurotani, A. (1991). Three-dimensional recording and measurement of swimming paths of micro-organisms with two synchronized monochrome cameras. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 62, 540-541.
Mogami, Y., Fujima, K. and Baba, S. A. (1991). Five different states of ciliary activity in the epaulette of echinoplutei. J. Exp. Biol., 155, 65-75.
Baba, S. A., Mogami, Y. and Nonaka, K. (1990). Discrete nature of flagellar bending detected by digital image analysis. Lect. Note Biomath., 89, 145-154.
Mogami, Y., Kimura, T., Okuno, M., Yamashita, M. and Baba, S. A. (1988). Free fall experiments on swimming behavior of ciliates. Proc. Int. Symp. Space Tech. Sci., 16, 2352-2354.
Sato, F., Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1988). Flagellar quiescence and transience of inactivation induced by rapid pH drop. Cell Motil. Cytoskel., 10, 374-379.
Mogami, Y., Oobayashi, C., Yamaguchi, T., Ogiso, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1988). Negative geotaxis in sea urchin larvae: a possible role of mechanoreception in the late stages of development. J. Exp. Biol., 137, 141-156.
Degawa, M., Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1987). Device for controlled intensification of the light output of xenon flash tubes. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 58, 1312-1313.
Asashima, M., Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1987). Effects of magnetic field on embryonic development of the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster. J. Space Tech. Sci., 3, 29-34.
Baba, S. A. and Mogami, Y. (1987). Strategy of controlling the position and orientation of the body in the geograviy field in planktonic larvae of the sea urchin that lacks statocyst. Proc. 1st. NASA-Japan Space Biol. Workshop, pp. 179-191.
Asashima, M., Mogami, Y., Okuno, M. and Baba, S. A. (1987). Embryonic development of the newt Cynops pyrrhogaster in very weak magnetic field. ISAS Res. Note, 357, 1-14.
Baba, S. A., and Mogami, Y. (1987). High time-resolution analysis of transient bending patterns during ciliary responses following electric stimulation in sea urchin embryos. Cell Motil. Cytoskel., 7, 198-208.
Mogami, Y., and Baba, S. A. (1986). Temperature control systems for light microscopes. Nat. Sci. Rep. Ochanomizu Univ., 37, 169-172.
Degawa, M., Mogami, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1986). Developmental changes in Ca2+ sensitivity of sea urchin embryo cilia. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 85A, 83-90.
Baba, S. A. and Mogami, Y. (1985). An approach to digital image analysis of bending shapes of eukaryotic flagella and cilia. Cell Motil., 5, 475-489.
Mogami, Y., Degawa, M., Sekiguchi, S., Sato, F., Imamura, Y., Ogiso, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1985). Hermaphroditism in the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Nat. Sci. Rep. Ochanomizu Univ., 36, 147-152.
Hikiji, H., Baba, S. A. and Takahashi, K. (1981). Dynein arm cross-bridges in cilia of Ciona intestinalis fixed in different states of activity. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sec. IV, 15: 25-37.
Baba, S. A. (1979). Regular steps in bending cilia during the effective stroke. Nature 282: 717-720.
Hiramoto, Y. and Baba, S. A. (1978). A quantitative analysis of flagellar movement in echinoderm spermatozoa. J. Exp. Biol. 76: 85-104.
Baba, S. A. (1975). Developmental changes in the pattern of ciliary response and the swimming behavior in some invertebrate larvae. In Swimming and Flying in Nature (eds. Wu, T. Y.-T., Brokaw, C. J. and Brennen, C.) Vol. 1: 317-323.
Takahashi, K., Baba, S. A. and Murakami, A. (1973). The 'excitable' cilia of the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sec. IV, 13: 123-137.
Baba, S. A. (1972). Flexural rigidity and elastic constant of cilia. J. Exp. Biol. 56: 459-467.
Baba, S. A. and Hiramoto, Y. (1970). A quantitative analysis of ciliary movement by means of high-speed microcinematography. J. Exp. Biol. 52: 675-690.
Baba, S. A. (1968). Conduction of the reversal response of cilia in the pharynx of the actiniarian, Actinia equina. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sec. IV, 11: 385-393.