Selected Publications

• Different endosymbiotic interactions in two hydra species reflect the evolutionary history of endosymbiosis
  M. Ishikawa, I. Yuyama, H. Shimizu, M. Nozawa, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori
  Genome Biol Evol., 8(7):2155-63, (2016)
• Two-step evolution of endosymbiosis between hydra and algae
  M. Ishikawa, H. Shimizu, M. Nozawa, K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori
  Mol Phylogenet Evol., 103:19-25, (2016)
• Innexin gap junctions in nerve cells coordinate spontaneous contractile behavior in Hydra polyps
  Y. Takaku, J.S. Hwang, A. Wolf, A. Böttger, H. Shimizu, C.N. David, T. Gojobori
  Sci Rep., 7, 4:35-73, (2014)
• Symbiosis between hydra and chlorella: molecular phylogenetic analysis and experimental study provide insight into ...
  H. Kawaida, K. Ohba, Y. Koutake, H. Shimizu, H., Tachida,, and Y. Kobayakawa
  Molecular Phylogenetics of Evolution 66, 906-914, (2013)
• Subcellular localization of the epitheliopeptide
  Hym-301 in hydra. Y. Takaku, H. Shimizu, T. Takahashi, and T. Fujisawa
  Cell and Tissue Research 351, 419-424, (2013)
• Transplantation analysis of developmental mechanisms in Hydra
  H. Shimizu
  International Journal of Developmental Biology. 56, 463-472, (2012)
• Vette to Volt: Evolution of Cardiac System
  H. Shimizu
  International Journal of Evolution 1, 1-2, (2012)
• Microtubules are involved in regulating body length in hydra
  Y. Takaku, H. Shimizu, and T. Fujisawa
  Developmental Biology. 350, 228-237, (2011)
• The body plan of the cnidarian medusa: distinct differences in positional origins of polyp tentacles and medusa ten...
  H. Shimizu, and H. Namikawa
  Evolution and Development 11, 619-621, , (2009)
• The extracellular matrix of hydra is a porous sheet and contains type IV collagen
  H. Shimizu, R. Li L. Aufschnaiter, M. P. Jr, Sarras, D. B. Borza, D. R. Abrahamson, Y. Sad...
  Zoology (Jena). 111, 410-418, (2008)