Yusuke NOTOMI, Ph.D student, DC1

Research field

Cognitive behavior in ants, Visual orientation

Institution

Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902 Japan
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8904, Japan

Membership

The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (JSCPB) (2024-2025 Councilor, 2022-2023 Editorial Committee Member)
JSCPB Younger – Head
The Zoological Society of Japan (ZSJ)
Japan Ethological Society (JES)
The Ecological Society of Japan
Advanced Education Outreach lab (AEO)

Education

Apr 2023 – Current Doctor in Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Master in Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Bachelor in Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Career

Apr 2023 – JSPS Research Fellow DC1

Publication

  1. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2022) Use of visual information by ant species occurring in similar urban anthropogenic environments. Zoological Science 39 (6): 529-544.
    DOI: 10.2108/zs220035ResearchGate

Prize

  1. The Award for the Best Article presented in the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2022)
  2. The Award for the Best Article presented in the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2023)
  3. The Award for the Best Article presented in the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (2023)
  4. Best Student Paper Award, The 8th International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2024, *Hayayo M Yamanouchi, *Yusuke Notomi, Ryoya Tanaka, Shumpei Hisamoto, Shigeto Dobata (2024)

Presentation

  1. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, Stephan Shuichi Haupt, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki (2021) Beacon aiming test of six syntopic ants. The 43th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Sappolo P2-30.
  2. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2022) The 41th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Fukuoka 1A1800.
  3. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2022) Species-specific diversity and multi-modal modulation of beacon aiming in ants. The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Kochi PA-18 the Best Article.
  4. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2023) The 42th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Kyoto V-05.
  5. Yusuke Notomi, Tomoki Kazawa, So Maezawa, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2023) Decision-making on land and water in ants. The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Osaka P1-39 the Best Article.
  6. Yusuke Notomi, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2024) Species- and situation-dependent variations of a simple visual response in ants. AROB-ISBC-SWARM 2024, OS23-1.
  7. Yusuke Notomi, Shigehiro Namiki, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigeto Dobata, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2024) Context-dependent selection of behavior in a simple visual landmark. The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, C03-02.
  8. Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata, Ryohei Kanzaki, Shigehiro Namiki, Stephan Shuichi Haupt (2024) Factors determining the expression of a simple visual response, beacon-aiming, in ants. ICE2024, P1007
  9. Yusuke Notomi (2024) The Myrmecological Society of Japan, Kagawa
  10. Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata (2024) Efficient and optimized two-step top-down pose estimation method for small animals. SWARM2024, OS5-2338
  11. Yusuke Notomi, Shigeto Dobata (2024) Hybrid top-down behavioral tracking using UMATracker and DeepLabCut. The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Nagoya P1-27 the Best Article.

Host event

  1. JSCPB Younger (2022) Insect Frontier Society Meeting for Younger, The 1st Congress at Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  2. JSCPB Younger (2023) Insect Frontier Society Meeting for Younger, The 2nd Congress at Nagoya University, Japan
  3. JSCPB Younger (2022) Meeting for younger after the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
  4. Yoshifumi Yamawaki, Kensuke Nakata, JSCPB Younger (Head: Yusuke Notomi) (2023) Roundtable in The 42th Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society, Kyoto R-05
  5. JSCPB Younger (2023) Meeting for younger before the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry
  6. The 43th Komaba seminar (2023) Nobuaki Mizumoto & Shunpei Hisamoto
  7. The 44th Komaba seminar (2023) Takao Sasaki & Nozomi Nishiumi
  8. The 45th Komaba seminar (2024) Kanta Terao & Keigo Uematsu
  9. The 46th Komaba seminer (2024) Chin-Cheng Scotty Yang
  10. SWARM2024 OS “Systems Ethology: Toward Elucidating the Design Principles of Animal Behavior”. Organizers: Yusuke Notomi, Hayato M Yamanouchi, Ryoya Tanaka, Shumpei Hisamoto, OS5.
  11. The 46th Komaba seminer (2024) Haruka Osaki

Lecture

  1. Gakushin-seminar in Autumn 2022, Young Researchers Society of Biochemistry (Invited)

Grant

  1. Showaikeda-Kinenzaidan, scholarship student (2022)
  2. Japan Student Services Organization, scholarship (2021-2023)
  3. Evolutionary biology promotion Kimura Motoo foundation seminar grant (2024)

Editing and designing

  1. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry(2022)39 (1).
  2. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry(2022)39 (2).
  3. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry(2022)39 (3).
  4. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry(2022)40 (1).
  5. Building the website of JSCPB Younger
    https://jscpb-younger.org

Photography

  1. Terutsuki D, Uchida T, Fukui C, Sukekawa Y, Okamoto Y, Kanzaki R (2021) Electroantennography-based bio-hybrid odor-detecting drone using silkmoth antennae for odor source localization. Journal of Visualized Experiments 174: e62895.
    DOI: 10.3791/62895 ― Fig. 1A, Fig. 2A, B, C, Fig. 3A

Acknowledgement

  1. Terutsuki D, Uchida T, Fukui C, Sukekawa Y, Okamoto Y, Kanzaki R (2021) Electroantennography-based bio-hybrid odor-detecting drone using silkmoth antennae for odor source localization. Journal of Visualized Experiments 174: e62895.
    DOI: 10.3791/62895