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We are recruiting Japanese graduate students (Master's and PhD) who are interested in taste and neuroscience. Please contact Prof. Yoshida via the Contact page.
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- 2025.11.23
- Special lecture at the Annual
Meeting of the 4th Japan Saliva Care Association. (Prof.
Yoshida)
- 2025.11.15
- Presentation at the 77th
Annual Meeting of the PSJ Chugoku-Shikoku Division.
(Sawai)
- 2025.10.1
- An overview article appeared in Jiho (Oct 2025).
- 2025.9.29
- Prof. Yoshida gave an educational lecture at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthodontic Society.
- 2025.9.8-10
- Presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Taste and Smell. (Zuo) — Excellent Presentation Award (Zuo).
- 2025.9.5-7
- Presentation at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Basic Research. (Asst. Prof. Horie) — Received the Morita Excellent Presentation Award (Physiology) (Horie).
- 2025.8.26-29
- Presentation at ISFMS2025. (Prof. Yoshida) — Awarded Best Oral Presentation.
- 2025.8.20
- A paper published in Journal of Physiology was introduced on Science Japan and other websites.
- 2025.8.20
- Interview on RSK Sanyo Broadcasting program "The Forest of Technology" (Prof. Yoshida).
- 2025.8.19
- Our Journal of Physiology paper was featured on EurekAlert!.
- 2025.8.15
- One of our Journal of Physiology papers was selected as Editor's Choice.
- 2025.7.24-27
- Presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neuroscience Society (Neuroscience2025). (Asst. Prof. Horie).
- 2025.7.23
- A comment by Dr. Stephen D. Roper on our work was published in the Journal of Physiology: "The enigma of Type III taste bud cells." (Roper SD).
- 2025.6.24
- A paper was published in the Journal of Physiology: Horie K, Wang K, Huang H, Yasumatsu K, Ninomiya Y, Mitoh Y, Yoshida R. "Dual functions of SNAP25 in mouse taste bud." Press release by Okayama University available here.
- 2025.4.1
- Two students (Luo and Tsuiki) joined as doctoral students.
- 2025.3.27
- A paper was published in Hormones and Behavior: Rigney N, Horie K, Guo JD, Blumenthal SA, Johnson ZV, Young LJ. "Neural connectivity of oxytocin receptor-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens and their role in social attachment."
- 2025.3.25
- Degrees awarded: Wang, Yamase, Mikami, Mochizuki. (See graduation).
- 2025.3.17-19
- Presentation at APPW2025. (Sawai).
- 2025.3.1-2
- We hosted the international symposium "21st ISMNTOP" at Okayama University.
- 2025.2.17
- A paper was published in Hormones and Behavior: Horie K, Blumenthal SA, Inoue K, Yada S, Nishimori K, Young LJ. "Male, but not female, oxytocin receptor knockout prairie voles show impaired consolation behavior."
- 2025.2.7
- A paper was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (corresponding authors: Matsubara, Furukabu): Yoshimura A, Matsubara T*, Kodama N, Kakuta Y, Yasuda K, Yoshida R, et al. "Taste receptor type 1 member 3 in osteoclasts regulates osteoclastogenesis via detection of glucose."
- 2025.1.13
- Appearance on RSK Sanyo Broadcasting "Tenjin Wide - Morning" discussing saliva and taste (Prof. Yoshida).
- 2024.12.23
- A paper was published in Journal of Neurochemistry: Wang K, Mitoh Y, Horie K, Yoshida R. "Exploring the Role of Ccn3 in Type III Cell of Mice Taste Buds."
- 2024.12.22
- Presentation at the 46th Okayama Dental Society (Mikami, represented by Prof. Yoshida).
- 2024.11.23
- Presentation at the 3rd Japan Saliva Care Research Society Annual Meeting (Hyodo). Received the Saliva-related Excellent Paper Award (Hyodo).
- 2024.11.16-17
- Presentation at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science, Chugoku-Shikoku Branch (Mikami, Mochizuki). Student Encouragement Award (Mikami).
- 2024.11.3-4
- Presentation at the 76th Chugoku-Shikoku Regional Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan (Mikami).
- 2024.11.2-4
- Presentation at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Dental Basic Research (Yamase, Asst. Prof. Horie). Morita Excellent Presentation Award (Yamase).
- 2024.11.1
- Asst. Prof. Mito promoted to Associate Professor.
- 2024.10.19-20
- Presentation at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists, Chugoku-Shikoku Branch (Mochizuki).
- 2024.10.16
- Mr. Ito joined as a doctoral student.
- 2024.10.1
- Luo joined as a research student.
- 2024.9.28-29
- Presentation at Brain Storming2024 (Asst. Prof. Horie).
- 2024.9.11-13
- Hosted the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Taste and Smell. Presentations by members — Received Outstanding Presentation Award (Asst. Prof. Horie).
- 2024.9.1
- Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Prosthodontic Society, Chugoku-Shikoku Branch (Prof. Yoshida).
- 2024.8.29
- Paper published in Pflügers Archiv: Mikami A, Hyodo A, Horie K, Yasumatsu K, Ninomiya Y, Mitoh Y, Iida S, Yoshida R. "The role of GABA in modulation of taste signaling within the taste bud."
- 2024.7.18
- Our research was introduced on JST's Chinese-language website; English version available on JST's site.
- 2024.7.5
- Paper published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Yoshida R, Ninomiya Y. "Mechanisms and Functions of Sweet Reception in Oral and Extraoral Organs."
- 2024.6.22
- Cooperation with Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Evening edition) article on taste perception in coffee.
- 2024.5.29
- Paper published in Archives of Oral Biology: Hyodo A, Mikami A, Horie K, Mitoh Y, Ninomiya Y, Iida S, Yoshida R. "Salivary buffering capacity is correlated with umami but not sour taste sensitivity in healthy adult Japanese subjects." Press release available here.
- 2024.4.1
- Doctoral students Liu and Kimura joined.
- 2024.3.28-30
- Presentation at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan (Prof. Yoshida, Asst. Prof. Mito). A lecture was given at the group dinner (award lecture by Mr. Takamori).
- 2024.3.25
- Doctoral degrees awarded: Adachi, Hyodo, Takamori.
- 2024.2.7
- Paper selected for JPS Outstanding Paper Award: Takamori M. "Paper details..."
- 2024.1.29
- Paper published in Anatomical Report: Nishitani T, Mitoh Y, Yajima T, et al. "Distribution of alpha-synuclein in rat salivary glands."
- 2023.12.16
- Lecture at the 30th Japanese Society of Mibyo (Prof. Yoshida).
- 2023.12.10
- Presentation at the 44th Okayama Dental Society Annual Meeting (Prof. Yoshida, Asst. Prof. Horie).
- 2023.11.25-26
- Hosted the 20th International Symposium "Molecular and Neural Mechanisms of Taste and Olfaction" (ISMNTOP).