I am a tenure-track PI at CIGENE , NMBU (equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US system). I am interested in revealing the biological basis and evolutionary history of various interesting species by using genomics, bioinformatics, and biostatistics.
External websites:
My Research Group , Google Scholar, Orcid
Employment History:
Tenure-Track Principal Investigator, Center for Integrative Genetics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 11.2020-
Postdoctoral Scholar, Section of Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, 2.2020-10.2020, Advisor: Dr. Xuanyao Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 4.2017-1.2020, Advisor: Dr. Omer Gokcumen
Education:
Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, 3. 2017 - Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Advisor: Dr. Takafumi Ishida
Thesis “Evolutionary Study on Deletion Polymorphism of the GSTM1 Gene in Humans”
BS Biological Anthropology, 3. 2012 - Faculty of Science. The University of Tokyo, Advisor: Dr. Takafumi Ishida
Research Grant:
2021 - 2024 Project: Unveiling the evolutionary and functional impact of genomic structural variants of Atlantic salmon
Role: Principal Investigator
Funder: Researcher Project for Young Talents (FRIPRO) grant (NOK 8M, $ 940K) from the Research Council of Norway
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Publications
- Saitou M *., Resendez, S *, Pradhan AJ, Wu F., Lie NC, Hall, NJ Zhu Q., Reinholdt L., Satta Y., Nakagome. S, Hanchard NA, Churchill G., Lee C., Atilla-Gokcumen GE, Mu X., Gokcumen O., Sex-specific phenotypic effects and evolutionary history of an ancient deletion polymorphism of the human growth hormone receptor, Science Advances
- Saitou, M , Gaylord, E., Xu, D., Neznanova, L., Nathan, N., Grawe, A., Chang, L., Ryan, W., Ruhl, S., Knox, S., Gokcumen , O., Functional specialization of human salivary glands and origins of proteins intrinsic to human saliva, Cell Reports, Volume 33, Issue 7, 17 November 2020, 108402
- Saitou, M. , Gokcumen, O., Resolving the insertion sites of polymorphic duplications reveals a HERC2 haplotype under selection, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2019, Pages 1679–1690
- Saitou, M. *, Lizardo DY. *, Taskent RO, Millner A, Atilla-Gokcumen, GE **, Gokcumen, O **. An evolutionary transcriptomics approach links CD36 to membrane remodeling in replicative senescence. Molecular Omics, 2018, 4,14: 237 [inside cover article] [* co-first author]
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Projects & research
Areas of research
Theme:
- Aquaculture
- Biosciences