Wataru ONODERA

• April, 2022 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
• April, 2020 Entered Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering,Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ. Doctoral Course.
• March, 2020 Graduated from Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Faculty of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ. Master of Science.
• April, 2018 Entered Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ.
• March, 2018 Graduated from Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Faculty of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ. Bachelor of Science.
• April, 2014 Entered Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Faculty of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ.

Biology group

• Biochemical analysis of mental retardation related gene product
• Molecular evolutionary analysis of Amyloid Precursor Protein family
• Molecular evolutionary analysis of Bacteriorhodopsin/Deltarhodopsin

Evolution of nervous system, Cereblon, Amyloid precursor protein, Bacteriorhodopsin/Deltarhodopsin, molecular evolution, quantum annealing

The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry

• E3 ligase Praja1 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of microtubule-associated protein tau. Shiho Aoki†, Wataru Onodera†, Akihiko Takashima, Kotaro Kawasaki, Kazuki Imadegawa, Hikaru Kurahashi, Mizuho Oishi, Toru Asahi, Yoshiyuki Soeda. The FEBS Journal, 293(8), 2212-2224, (2026)
• Functional Divergence and Origin of the Vertebrate Praja Family. Wataru Onodera†, Kotaro Kawasaki†, Mizuho Oishi, Shiho Aoki, Toru Asahi. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 92(1), 21-29, (2024)
• Interaction between intrinsically disordered proteins Praja1 and α-synuclein on gold electrodes. Wataru Mori, Wataru Onodera, Terutoshi Kojima, Toru Asahi, Takuya Nakanishi. Chemistry Letters, 53(11), upae205, (2024)
• Data on the solution and processing time reached when constructing a phylogenetic tree using a quantum-inspired computer. Wataru Onodera, Nobuyuki Hara, Shiho Aoki, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Data in Brief, 47, 108970, (2023)
• Phylogenetic tree reconstruction via graph cut presented using a quantum-inspired computer. Wataru Onodera, Nobuyuki Hara, Shiho Aoki, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 178, 107636, (2023)
• Rapid evolution of mammalian APLP1 as a synaptic adhesion molecule. Wataru Onodera, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 11305, (2021)
• Molecular Evolution of APP family proteins: Rapid Evolution of the Mammalian APLP1 as a Synaptic Adhesion Molecule,. Wataru Onodera, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. (2021)
• Data for positive selection test and co-evolutionary analysis on mammalian cereblon. Wataru Onodera, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Data in Brief, 26, 104499, (2019)
• Positive Selection of Cereblon Modified Function Including its E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Activity and Binding Efficiency with AMPK. Wataru Onodera, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 135, 78-85, (2019)

• Poster遠縁な種に対して有効な焼きなまし法による分子系統樹構築法の提案. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 第23回日本進化学会 (オンライン) (2021)
• OralAPLP1の哺乳類にのみ見られるヘパリンとの相互作用はシナプス間隙での自己二量体化を促進する. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 第63回日本神経化学会大会 (Online) (2020)
• Poster哺乳類APLP1のシナプス接着因子としての進化可能性. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 第42回日本分子生物学会年会 (福岡国際会議場) (2019)
• PosterAPP ファミリーの分子進化解析により明らかになったAPLP1の神経系に特殊化した進化. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 日本進化学会第21回大会 (北海道大学札幌キャンパス) (2019)
• PosterMammalian APLP1 adaptation to neural system: Phylogenetic analysis on functional divergence of APP family. Wataru Onodera, Toru Asahi, Naoya Sawamura. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2019 (2019)
• Poster分子進化速度解析によるAPPファミリーの差別化された機能の推定. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 第41回日本分子生物学会年会（パシフィコ横浜） (2018)
• PosterE3ユビキチンリガーゼ複合体構成因子Cereblonの分子進化速度解析による機能的残基の同定と機能解析. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 日本進化学会第20回大会 (東京大学駒場キャンパス) (2018)
• PosterE3ユビキチンリガーゼ複合体構成因子Cereblonの分子進化速度解析による機能解析. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 東京バイオマーカー・イノベーション技術研究組合 第7回研究交流フォーラム (2018)
• Poster哺乳類Cereblonの分子進化速度解析による新規機能的サイトの同定. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 2017年度生命科学系学会合同年次大会 (2017)
• Poster精神遅滞原因候補遺伝子cereblonの分子進化速度解析による機能的サイトの解明. 小野寺 航, 朝日 透, 澤村 直哉. 第19回日本進化学会（京都大学吉田キャンパス） (2017)

• Early Bird - Young Scientists' Community, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Jun, 2020 - Mar, 2021
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Apr, 2022-Mar, 2024
• JST Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation, Sep, 2021-Mar 2022

Short term research program at Prof. Bajorath laboratory (Bonn university): 2017. Sep.