Epernicus: Hiroki Goto, Ph.D.

Hiroki Goto, Ph.D.

Position:
Technician

Technology Center

DNA Sequencing Section

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation
Degrees:

Ph.D., Biology, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)

M.Sc., Biology, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)

B.Sc., Integrated Arts and Sciences (Biology), University of Tokushima (Tokushima, Japan)
Past Advisors:

Kateryna D. Makova (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Yasuyuki Fukumaki (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Tsuneyuki Yamazaki (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Yoshinori Matsuo (as Undergraduate Student)
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Hiroki Goto's Publications (10)

Harnessing cloud computing with Galaxy Cloud.
Afgan E, Baker D, Coraor N, Goto H, Paul IM, Makova KD, Nekrutenko A, Taylor J

Nature biotechnology. 2011 Nov;29(11):972-4
Dynamics of mitochondrial heteroplasmy in three families investigated via a repeatable re-sequencing study.
Goto H, Dickins B, Afgan E, Paul IM, Taylor J, Makova KD, Nekrutenko A

Genome biology. 2011 Jun 23;12(6):R59
A massively parallel sequencing approach uncovers ancient origins and high genetic variability of endangered Przewalski's horses.
Goto H, Ryder OA, Fisher AR, Schultz B, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Nekrutenko A, Makova KD

Genome biology and evolution. 2011;3:1096-106
Comparative genomics and evolution of the alpha-defensin multigene family in primates.
Das S, Nikolaidis N, Goto H, McCallister C, Li J, Hirano M, Cooper MD

Molecular biology and evolution. 2010 Oct;27(10):2333-43
Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee.
Goto H, Peng L, Makova KD

Journal of molecular evolution. 2009 Feb;68(2):134-44
Horse domestication and conservation genetics of Przewalski's horse inferred from sex chromosomal and autosomal sequences.
Lau AN, Peng L, Goto H, Chemnick L, Ryder OA, Makova KD

Molecular biology and evolution. 2009 Jan;26(1):199-208
The identification and functional implications of human-specific "fixed" amino acid substitutions in the glutamate receptor family.
Goto H, Watanabe K, Araragi N, Kageyama R, Tanaka K, Kuroki Y, Toyoda A, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Fujiyama A, Fukumaki Y, Shibata H

BMC evolutionary biology. 2009;9:224
Effect of nucleotide polymorphism in cis-regulatory and coding regions on amylase activity and fitness in Drosophila melanogaster.
Goto H, Szmidt AE, Yamazaki T, Inomata N

Heredity. 2005 Nov;95(5):369-76
A single-amino-acid change of the gustatory receptor gene, Gr5a, has a major effect on trehalose sensitivity in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster.
Inomata N, Goto H, Itoh M, Isono K

Genetics. 2004 Aug;167(4):1749-58
Nucleotide variation of seven genes in Drosophila kikkawai.
Goto H, Inomata N, Szmidt AE, Yamazaki T

Genes & genetic systems. 2004 Feb;79(1):19-26

Hiroki Goto's Posters and Presentations (5)

Ancient and Multiple origins of Przewalski's horse (poster)
Hiroki Goto, Oliver A. Ryder, Allison R. Fisher, Bryant Schultz, Sergei Kosakovsky Pond, Anton Nekrutenko, Kateryna D. Makova

The Biology of Genomes 2010, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 23rd Annual Meeting on Genome Science; 05/2010
Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes (presentation)
Hiroki Goto, Lei Peng, Kateryna D Makova

SMBE 2009, the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution; 06/2009
Evolution of X-degenerate Y chromosome genes in greater apes: Conservation of gene content in human and gorilla, but not chimpanzee (poster)
Hiroki Goto, Lei Peng, Kateryna D. Makova

The Biology of Genomes 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 21st Annual Meeting on Genome Science; 05/2008
Locus-wide association study in the 5q33.1 region for schizophrenia susceptibility genes (poster)
Hiroki Goto, Hiroki Shibata, Masafumi Takaji, Hideaki Ninomiya, Nobutada Tashiro, Ngamwong Jarusuraisin, Yasuyuki Fukumaki

55 th Annual Meeting of American Society of Human Genetics, Salt Lake City UT; 10/2005
Comparative study of the regulation and catalytic efficiency of alpha-amylase in Drosophila melanogaster (poster)
Hiroki Goto, Alfred E. Szmidt, Tsuneyuki Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Inomata

SMBE 2004, the 2004 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution; 06/2004

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