Yuki Kitahara

Profile Information

Affiliation

Arthur D. Little Japan

Degree

Ph.D(2022, Université Paris Cité )

MSc(2014, Tsinghua University)

M.Eng(2014, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

B.S(2011, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-9058

J-GLOBAL ID

202401018225725995

researchmap Member ID

R000070405

Research Areas

• Life sciences / Cell biology / Quantitative microbiology, Quantitative phase microscopy, Cell growth model
• Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering) / Applied biofunctional and bioprocess engineering / Fermentation, Biorefinery, Biofuels
• Humanities & social sciences / Business administration / Innovation management, Innovation process

Research History

• Jul, 2026 - Present

  researcher, Graduate School of Agriculture Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
• 2023 - Present

  Consultant, Arthur D. Little Japan
• 2021 - 2023

  postdoc, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal
• 2017 - 2021

  chercheur junior, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur
• 2014 - 2017

  健康科学研究所, サントリーホールディングス株式会社

Education

• 2017 - 2021

  Université Paris Diderot (Université Paris Cité)
• 2011 - 2014

  Institute of Applied Chemistry, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
• 2011 - 2014

  生物プロセス専攻, 生命理工学研究科, 東京工業大学
• 2009 - 2011

  生物工学科, 生命理工学部, 東京工業大学
• 2007 - 2009

  経済学部(中退), 一橋大学

Committee Memberships

• 2019

  Workshop Committee, Thematic workshop: From Bench to Bedside (Paris)

Awards

• Dec, 2022

  Consulate General of Japan Award, How do bacteria coordinate cell-size growth and biomass growth, The 7th Japan-US Science Forum (Boston Forum)

Papers

• Advancement in cell and gene therapy research: A 35-year bibliometric perspective

  Yuki Kitahara, Hiroaki Koda, Junya Kataoka, Kumiko Tatsumi, Ryo Nishino, Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Sumimasa Nagai

  Cytotherapy, Apr, 2026 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Cell envelope growth of Gram‐negative bacteria proceeds independently of cell wall synthesis

  Enno R Oldewurtel, Yuki Kitahara, Baptiste Cordier, Richard Wheeler, Gizem Özbaykal, Elisa Brambilla, Ivo Gomperts Boneca, Lars D Renner, Sven van Teeffelen

  The EMBO Journal, Jul 17, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
• Bacterial growth - from physical principles to autolysins.

  Kitahara Y, van Teeffelen S

  Current opinion in microbiology, Jun 4, 2023 InvitedLead author
• The role of cell-envelope synthesis for envelope growth and cytoplasmic density in Bacillus subtilis

  Yuki Kitahara, Enno R Oldewurtel, Sean Wilson, Yingjie Sun, Silvia Altabe, Diego de Mendoza, Ethan C Garner, Sven van Teeffelen

  PNAS Nexus, Sep 1, 2022 Lead author
• Cell-volume regulation and cell-envelope homeostasis in bacteria

  Yuki Kitahara

  Oct 22, 2021
• Robust surface-to-mass coupling and turgor-dependent cell width determine bacterial dry-mass density

  Enno R. Oldewurtel, Yuki Kitahara, Sven van Teeffelen

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(32), Aug 10, 2021
• Integrative transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the mutant lignocellulosic hydrolyzate-tolerantRhodosporidium toruloides

  Feng Qi, Xuebing Zhao, Yuki Kitahara, Tian Li, Xianjin Ou, Wei Du, Dehua Liu, Jianzhong Huang

  Engineering in Life Sciences, 17(3) 249-261, Mar, 2017
• Novel mutant strains ofRhodosporidium toruloidesby plasma mutagenesis approach and their tolerance for inhibitors in lignocellulosic hydrolyzate

  Feng Qi, Yuki Kitahara, Zitian Wang, Xuebing Zhao, Wei Du, Dehua Liu

  Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 89(5) 735-742, May, 2014 Lead author
• Isolation of oleaginous yeast (Rhodosporidium toruloides) mutants tolerant of sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate

  Yuki Kitahara, Tie Yin, Xuebing Zhao, Masaaki Wachi, Wei Du, Dehua Liu

  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 78(2) 336-342, Feb 1, 2014 Lead author
• Double mutation of cell wall proteins CspB and PBP1a increases secretion of the antibody Fab fragment from Corynebacterium glutamicum

  Yoshihiko Matsuda, Hiroshi Itaya, Yuki Kitahara, Natalia Theresia, Ekaterina Kutukova, Yurgis Antanas Yomantas, Masayo Date, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Masaaki Wachi

  Microbial Cell Factories, 13(1) 56-56, 2014
• One-pot three-step continuous enzymatic synthesis of 5-fluoro-5-deoxy-d-ribose

  Noritaka Iwai, Yuki Kitahara, Tomoya Kitazume

  Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 73(1-4) 1-4, Dec, 2011

Misc.

• 細胞成長の舞台裏:バクテリアが生死をかけた調整メカニズム

  Yuki Kitahara

  生物工学会誌, 103(4) 165, Apr 25, 2025 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author

Presentations

• How does Bacillus subtilis coordinate cell expansion and biomass growth?

  EMBO Workshop on Bacterial cell Biophysics (Ein Gedi, Israel), 2022
• How do bacteria coordinate cell-size growth and biomass growth?

  The 7th Japan-US Science Forum (Boston, United States), 2022
• How does Bacillus subtilis coordinate cell expansion and biomass growth?

  Gordon Research Seminar on Bacterial Cell Surfaces (Mount Snow, United States), 2022
• Surface expansion and biomass growth are robustly coupled through cell- envelope synthesis

  Subtilery, 2020
• 細胞伸張とバイオマス成長の制御機構の解明

  新学術領域研究「情報物理学でひもとく生命の秩序と設計原理」IPBセミナー, 2019 Invited
• Research & Development in Food Industry

  Cooperative Symposium Toward New Biotechnology by Tsinghua-Tokyo Tech & Industry, 2017 Invited
• Corynebacterium glutamicumの細胞表層形成に関与する遺伝子の解析

  北原裕己, 松田吉彦, 和地正明

  日本農芸化学会, 2014
• Isolation of oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides mutants tolerant to sugarcane bagasse hydrolysates

  Yuki Kitahara, Xuebing Zhao, Masaaki Wachi, Wei Du, Dehua Liu

  2013
• サトウキビバガス加水分解物に耐性を有する油脂酵母Rhodosporidium toruloides変異株の単離

  北原裕己, Du Wei, 和地正明, Liu Dehua

  日本農芸化学会, 2013