Professor ISHIMARU Yoshiro of the Food Functional Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, School of Agriculture, visited Dr. Maude Baldwin, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence in Germany, from August 15 to 24, 2026, to discuss their collaborative research.
During the visit, they shared the latest unpublished data from their collaborative research and engaged in lively discussions on future research directions.
Their collaborative research has previously resulted in publications in leading international scientific journals, including Science and Current Biology.
| Early origin of sweet perception in the songbird radiation (2021) | Toda et al. Science 373(6551):226-231. |
| Genomic and physiological changes in a sexually selected and frugivorous bird radiation (2026) | Balakrishnan et al. Curr Biol. 36(12):3061-3076.e15. |
| Early origin of sugar sensing in jawed vertebrates (2026) | Liang et al. bioRxiv 2026.08.28.746343 |