Personnel Information

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KANAYA Hiroyuki


Job title

Project Assistant Professor

Mail Address

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Field Introduction URL

https://genten.s.isct.ac.jp/

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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Kyushu University, Faculty of Science, 2020.03, Graduated

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences, Master's Course, 2022.03, Completed

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences, Doctor's Course, 2026.04, Completed

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025.12
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    2026.03
    Institute of Science Tokyo， -， -， Visiting Lecturer
  • 2026.04
    　
    　
    Institute of Science Tokyo， -， -， -， -， Project Assistant Professor
  • 2026.05
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    Now
    Institute of Science Tokyo， -， -， -， Project Assistant Professor
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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2026.04
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    Now
    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine,
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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Animal physiological chemistry, physiology and behavioral biology

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Published Papers & Misc 【 display / non-display 】

  1. Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Koji L Ode, Hiroki R Ueda. The systems biology of sleep: toward integrative understanding of molecular and circuit-based mechanisms of sleep. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2026.02; 97 103427. ( PubMed, DOI )

  2. Azusa Kage, Hiroyuki J Kanaya. Long-term behavioral tracking of Paramecium bursaria MicroPublication Biology. 2026; 2026 ( PubMed, DOI )

  3. Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Ken Kuwajima, Yuko Ito, Yuta Shinohara, Yohei Okubo, Shinnosuke Shiono, Fumiya Tatsuki, Rei-Ichiro Ohno, Hideki Ukai, Maki Ukai-Tadenuma, Kenta Sumiyama, Hiroshi Fujishima, Rikuhiro G Yamada, Daisuke Tone, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Masaki Kikuchi, Takashi Umehara, Takashi Murayama, Kazunori Kanemaru, Masamitsu Iino, Koji L Ode, Takatsugu Hirokawa, Hiroki R Ueda. Isoflurane activates the type 1 ryanodine receptor to induce anesthesia in mice. PLOS Biology. 2025.06; 23 (6): e3003172. ( PubMed, DOI )

  4. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya. News article BioClocks UK. 2024.03;

  5. Hiroki R. Ueda, Koji L. Ode, Hiroyuki J. Kanaya. Faculty Opinions Recommendation of [Cichon J et al., Nat Neurosci 2023 26(1:39-52)] Faculty Opinions. 2023.02; ( DOI )

  6. Ryo Miyokawa, Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Taichi Q Itoh, Yoshitaka Kobayakawa, Junko Kusumi. Immature symbiotic system between horizontally transmitted green algae and brown hydra. Scientific Reports. 2021.02; 11 (1): 2921. ( PubMed, DOI )

  7. Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Sungeon Park, Ji-Hyung Kim, Junko Kusumi, Sofian Krenenou, Etsuko Sawatari, Aya Sato, Jongbin Lee, Hyunwoo Bang, Yoshitaka Kobayakawa, Chunghun Lim, Taichi Q Itoh. A sleep-like state in Hydra unravels conserved sleep mechanisms during the evolutionary development of the central nervous system Science Advances. 2020.10; 6 (41): eabb9415. ( PubMed, DOI )

  8. Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Yoshitaka Kobayakawa, Taichi Q Itoh. Hydra vulgaris exhibits day-night variation in behavior and gene expression levels. Zoological Letters. 2019; 5 10. ( PubMed, DOI )

  9. Ryo Miyokawa, Takuya Tsuda, Hiroyuki J Kanaya, Junko Kusumi, Hidenori Tachida, Yoshitaka Kobayakawa. Horizontal Transmission of Symbiotic Green Algae Between Hydra Strains. The Biological Bulletin. 2018.10; 235 (2): 113-122. ( PubMed, DOI )

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Conference Activities & Talks 【 display / non-display 】

  1. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya, Ken Kuwajima, Koji L. Ode, Hiroki R. Ueda. Isoflurane targets the type 1 ryanodine receptor: Identification of the molecular target of inhaled anesthetics and the implication for sleep. Gordon Research Conference (Sleep Regulation and Function) 2026.03.05

  2. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya, Ken Kuwajima, Koji L. Ode, Hiroki R. Ueda. Inhaled anesthetics target the type 1 ryanodine receptor. Gordon Research Seminar (Consciousness, Anesthesia and Evolutionary Biology) 2025.01.01

  3. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya. Searching the substrates of anesthetics: Inhaled anesthetics target the type 1 ryanodine receptor. Seminar at University of Amsterdam (Host: Dr. Mototaka Suzuki) 2025.01.01

  4. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya, Ken Kuwajima, Koji L. Ode, Hiroki R. Ueda. Inhaled anesthetics target the type 1 ryanodine receptor. Gordon Research Conference (Consciousness, Anesthesia and Evolutionary Biology) 2025.01.01

  5. Hiroyuki J. Kanaya, Ken Kuwajima, Koji L. Ode, Hiroki R. Ueda. Inhaled anesthetics target the type 1 ryanodine receptor. ERATO UK-Japan Joint Symposium on circadian rhythms and sleep 2024.03.12

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Awards & Honors 【 display / non-display 】

  • The ANRI Fellowship，2022.11

  • Poster Award (The 25th annual meeting of the Japanese society for chronobiology)，2018.10

  • Yamakawa Prize and Grant (Kyushu University)，2017.09

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Social Contribution 【 display / non-display 】

  • Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof，Quanta Magazine，2021.05

  • Hail Hydra! Even Brainless Animals Need Sleep, Say Biologists，Forbes，2021.01

  • The Sleep of the Hydra，Science and Philosophy，2020.10.12

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