Haruhiko Itagaki
Professor
Department of Biology
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022
(740) 427-5394
itagaki@kenyon.edu
Education and training:
1986-1990 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Arizona Research Labs, Div.
of Neurobiology, Univ. of Arizona with Dr. J. G. Hildebrand
1984-1985 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of S. Alabama with Dr. J. L. Parmentier
1979-1984 Ph.D. Dept. of Zoology, Duke University with Dr. W. E. Conner
1980,1985 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA (Summer Courses in Neurobiology (1985) and Neural Systems and Behavior (1980))
1975-1979 B.S. in Biology, Yale University
Academic positions:
2003-Present Professor, Dept. of Biology, Kenyon College
1996-2003 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Kenyon College
1990-1996 MacArthur Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Kenyon College
Current External Grant:
2008-13 Co-PI, NSF Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Grant (# 0827208) Title: Investigating the Mathematical Biology of Metabolic Scaling using Manduca InSTaRs (Interdisciplinary Science Training and Research)
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships:
2008 Faculty Distinguished
Service Award, Kenyon College
2000 Robert J. Tomsich Science Award, Kenyon College
1995 Trustee's Teaching Award for Junior Faculty, Kenyon College
1987-90 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
1980-83 NSF Graduate Fellowship
1975 National Merit Scholarship
Professional Society Memberships:
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Animal Behavior Society
Council
for Undergraduate Research
International Society for Neuroethology
Sigma Xi
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society
for Neuroscience
Publications (* Indicates Kenyon Undergraduate):
Itagaki, H.
(2013) The use of mock NSF-type grant proposals and blind peer review
as the capstone assignment in upper-level neurobiology and cell biology
courses. J. Undergrad. Neurosci. Educ. 12:A75-A84. (pdf)
Sears, K.E*, A.J. Kerkhoff,
A. Messerman*, and H. Itagaki (2012) Ontogenetic scaling of
metabolism, growth and assimilation: Testing metabolic scaling theory
with Manduca sexta
larvae. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 85:159-173 (pdf)
Gillen, C.M, C.R. Blair*, N.R. Heilman", M. Somple*, M. Stulberg*, R. Thombre*, N. Watson*, K.M. Gillen, and H. Itagaki (2006) The cation-chloride cotransporter, masBSC, is widely expressed in Manduca sexta tissues. Journal of Insect Physiology. 52:661-668 (pdf)
Wasserman, S.L.* and H. Itagaki (2003) The olfactory responses of the antenna and maxillary palp of the fleshfly, Neobellieria bullata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and their sensitivity to blockage of nitric oxide synthase. Journal of Insect Physiology. 49:271-280. (pdf)
Mitchell, B., H. Itagaki, and M.-P. Rivet (1999) Peripheral and central structures involved in insect gustation. Microscopy Research and Technique. 47:401-415. (pdf)
Sheridan, S.L.*, K.A.
Iversen*, and H. Itagaki (1996) The role of chemical senses in
seed-carrying behavior by ants: A behavioral, physiological, and
morphological study. J. Insect Physiol. 42:149-159. (pdf)
Christensen, T.A., H.K. Lehman, P.E.A. Teal, H. Itagaki, J. Tumlinson,
and J.G. Hildebrand. (1992) Diel changes in the presence and
physiological actions of octopamine in the female sex pheromone glands
of Heliothine moths. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 22:841-849.
Mitchell, B.K. and H. Itagaki (1992) Physiology and morphology of
gustatory interneurons in the subesophageal ganglion of the fleshfly Sarcophaga
bullata. J. Comp. Physiol. A 171:213-230. (pdf)
Christensen, T.A., H. Itagaki, P.E.A. Teal, R. Jasensky, J.H. Tumlinson,
and J.G. Hildebrand. (1991) Neural regulation of the sex pheromone gland
in female Heliothis moths. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA
88:4971-4975. (pdf)
Itagaki, H. and J.G. Hildebrand (1990) Olfactory interneurons in the
brain of the larval tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. J. Comp.
Physiol. A 167:309-320. (pdf)
Itagaki, H. and W.E. Conner (1988) The calling behavior of Manduca
sexta (L.) (Lepidoptera:Sphingidae) with notes on the morphology
of the pheromone gland. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 81:798-807.
Itagaki, H. and W.E. Conner (1987) Physiological control of pulsatile
gland extrusion in female Utetheisa ornatrix. J. Insect Physiol.
33:177-181.
Itagaki, H. and W.E. Conner (1986) Physiological control of pheromone
release behavior in Manduca sexta. J. Insect Physiol.
32:657-664.
Conner, W.E., R.P. Webster, and H. Itagaki (1985) Calling behavior in
arctiid moths: the effects of temperature and wind speed on the rhythmic
exposure of the sex attractant gland. J. Insect Physiol. 31:815-820.
Itagaki, H. (1984) Physiological control of sex pheromone release
behavior in the moths Manduca sexta (Sphingidae) and Utetheisa
ornatrix (Arctiidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Duke University.
Conner, W.E. and H. Itagaki (1984) Pupal attendance behavior in the
crabhole mosquito Deinocerites cancer Theobald: the effects of
pupal age and sex. Physiol. Entomol. 9:263-267.
Thorp, J.H. and H. Itagaki (1982) Verification versus falsification of
existing theory: analysis of possible chemical communication in
crayfish. J. Chem. Ecol. 8:1073-1077. (pdf)
Itagaki, H. and J.H. Thorp (1981) Laboratory experiments to determine if
crayfish can communicate chemically in a flow-through system. J. Chem.
Ecol. 7:115-126. (pdf)