Nagayasu Nakanishi
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: New York State Department of Health (1989); Tokai University (1989); Wadsworth Center (1989); Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1989); Queensland University of Technology (2014); University of California, Los Angeles (2007–2016); The University of Queensland (2014–2019); Eli Lilly (United States) (1989); University of Washington (1989); Central Institute for Experimental Animals (1989); UCLA Health (2010); Whitney Museum of American Art (2016); The Netherlands Cancer Institute (1989); National Jewish Health (1989); Yale University (1989); University of Florida (2016); University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (2019); Center for Cancer Research (1989); University of Bergen (2011); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989); Columbia University (1992); University of Amsterdam (1989); University of Colorado Denver (1989); University of California, Berkeley (2007)
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Nagayasu Nakanishi's research focuses on the molecular and developmental mechanisms underlying sensory neuron diversity in cnidarians, with a particular emphasis on mechanoreceptors. He has investigated the role of specific transcription factors, such as the class IV POU transcription factor, in defining mechanoreceptor identity during hair cell development in cnidarians. His work also explores the structural, molecular, and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity within cnidarian mechanosensory neurons across different life cycle phases and across various cnidarian classes, including Hydrozoa.
Nakanishi is a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award totaling $1,150,000 for his project on the neuropeptidergic control of life cycle transitions in Cnidaria. His scholarly contributions include 47 publications with over 2,469 citations, reflecting an h-index of 24. He actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ethan Ozment, Arianna N. Tamvacakis, Miguel A.P. Silva, and Julia Baranyk, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.
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- h-index: 24
- Publications: 47
- Citations: 2,481
Selected Publications
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Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024 (2026)
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Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024 (2025)
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Diversification of Cnidarian Mechanosensory Neurons Across Life Cycle Phases: Evidence from Hydrozoa (2025)
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Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons (2025)
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Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons (2024)
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Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons (2024)
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Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
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Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
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Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity (2021)
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Expression Analysis of Cnidarian-Specific Neuropeptides in a Sea Anemone Unveils an Apical-Organ-Associated Nerve Net That Disintegrates at Metamorphosis (2020)
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Genotyping of Sea Anemone during Early Development (2019)
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Genotyping of Sea Anemone during Early Development (2019)
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Author response: CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone (2018)
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CRISPR knockouts reveal an endogenous role for ancient neuropeptides in regulating developmental timing in a sea anemone (2018)
Federal Grants 1 $1,150,000 total
CAREER: Neuropeptidergic control of life cycle transition in Cnidaria
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- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Author response: Cnidarian hair cell development illuminates an ancient role for the class IV POU transcription factor in defining mechanoreceptor identity
- Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural, molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Structural molecular and developmental evidence for cell-type diversity in cnidarian mechanosensory neurons
- Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
- Correction: Discoveries and innovations in cnidarian biology at Cnidofest 2024
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