Shunta Kimura

Name	Shunta Kimura
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Affiliation	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Section	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Job title	Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Degree	Ph.D(University of Tsukuba)
Other Affiliation	Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, The University of Tokyo, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Research funding number	60838762
J-Global ID	202001011430020518

Research Interests

微生物 ,休眠 ,アストロバイオロジー ,惑星保護 ,太陽系探査

Research Areas

Natural sciences / Biogeoscience / アストロバイオロジー
Life sciences / Applied microbiology / 惑星保護
Life sciences / Plants: molecular biology and physiology /
Life sciences / Bacteriology / 微生物制御
Life sciences / Bioorganic chemistry /

Research History

Jan 2021

Today

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Department of Interdisciplinary Space Science

Jan 2021

Today

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center

Apr 2019

Dec 2020

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Applied Biological Chemistry

Education

Apr 2016

Mar 2018

University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Committee Memberships

Sep 2021

Today

日本宇宙生物科学会代議員

Jun 2021

Today

宇宙航空研究開発機構安全審査委員会惑星等保護審査部会専門委員

Awards

Jan 2023

宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究所長國中均, 所長賞
オンライン特別公開実行委員会

Mar 2018

筑波大学, 生命環境科学研究科長賞
木村駿太

Oct 2017

植物化学調節学会第52回大会, 優秀発表賞
木村駿太オン碧鈴木利貞富田-横谷香織

Oct 2016

日本宇宙生物科学会, 奨励賞
木村駿太

Papers

Bacterial and fungal bioburden reduction on material surfaces using various sterilization techniques suitable for spacecraft decontamination

Shunta Kimura Shu Ishikawa Nobuya Hayashi Kazuhisa Fujita Yuko Inatomi Shino Suzuki

Frontiers in Microbiology 14 1253436 Dec 2023 [Refereed]

Investigation of Nostoc sp. HK-01, Cell Survival over Three Years during the Tanpopo Mission

Kaori Tomita-Yokotani Shunta Kimura Midori Ong Miku Tokita Hiroshi Katoh Tomoko Abe Hirofumi Hashimoto Kintake Sonoike Masayuki Ohmori

Astrobiology 21(12) 1505-1514 Dec 2021 [Refereed]

Cytokinins affect the akinete-germination stage of a terrestrial filamentous cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01

Shunta Kimura Masatoshi Nakajima Emi Yumoto Koji Miyamoto Hisakazu Yamane Midori Ong Kaori Tomita-Yokotani Tadao Asami

Plant Growth Regulation 92(2) 273-282 Jun 2020 [Refereed]

© 2020, Springer Nature B.V. Cyanobacteria are distributed globally in the sea, fresh water, and land. Akinetes (dormant cells) of cyanobacteria are highly resistant to dry conditions, contributing to the survival of terrestrial cyanobacteria. How...

Complete Life Cycle and Heat Tolerance of Dry Colonies of a Terrestrial Cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01

Shunta Kimura Kaori Tomita-Yokotani Hiroshi Katoh Seigo Sato Masayuki Ohmori

Biological Sciences in Space 31(0) 1-8 2017 [Refereed]