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Masaaki KITAJIMA, Ph.D.

Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
The University of Arizona

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad

Date of birth: January 1984 (28 years old)
Citizenship: Japan

Academic Degree

2006 Mar. B.S. Eng. in Urban Environmental Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
2008 Mar. M.S. Eng. in Urban Environmental Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
2011 Mar. Ph.D. Eng. in Urban Environmental Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.


Overseas Research

2009 Dec.~2010 Feb. Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program (funded by JSPS)
  Department of Civil, Architechtural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA)
  [Host researcher: Dr. Charles N. HAAS (Department Head; L.D. Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering)]


Career

2008 Apr.~2011 Mar. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (DC1 category)
   Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
   [Development of virus particle detection method for monitoring of enteric viruses in water supply system, and its application for risk assessment]

2008 Apr.~                 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad
   Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, The University of Arizona, USA

Research Activity

[Peer Reviewed Papers]

  1. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, and Mikie Otagiri. (in press) Development of a reverse transcription-quantitative PCR assay for detection of salivirus/klassevirus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
     
  2. Setsuko Iizuka, Reiko Takai-Todaka, Hitoshi Ohshiro, Masaaki Kitajima, Qiuhong Wang, Linda J. Saif, Takaji Wakita, Mamoru Noda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Tomoichiro Oka*. (in press) Detection of multiple human sapoviruses from imported frozen individual clams. Food and Environmental Virology.
     
  3. Brandon C. Iker, Kelly R. Bright, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, and Masaaki Kitajima*. (in press) Evaluation of commercial kits for the extraction and purification of viral nucleic acids from environmental and fecal samples. Journal of Virological Methods.
     
  4. Akihiko Hata*, Masaaki Kitajima, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2013. Occurrence and reduction of human viruses, F-specific RNA coliphage genogroups and microbial indicators at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant in Japan. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 114(2):545-554.
     
  5. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, Naohiro Kishida, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, and Michihiro Akiba. 2012. Occurrence of viruses and protozoa in drinking water sources of Japan and their relationship to indicator microorganisms. Food and Environmental Virology. 4(3):93-101.
     
  6. Eiji Haramoto*, Mikie Otagiri, Hiroshi Morita, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2012. Genogroup distribution of F-specific coliphages in
    wastewater and river water in the Kofu basin in Japan    . Letters in Applied Microbiology. 54(4):367-373.
     
  7. Masaaki Kitajima*, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Hiroaki Furumai. 2012. Molecular detection and genotyping of human noroviruses in influent and effluent water at a wastewater treatment plant in Japan. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112(3):605-613. [Abstract][PubMed]
     
  8. Masaaki Kitajima*, Yin Huang, Toru Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Charles N. Haas. 2011. Dose-response time modeling for highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 53(4):438-444. [Abstract][PubMed]

  9. Akihiko Hata*, Hiroyuki Katayama, Masaaki Kitajima, Chettiyappan Visvanathan,  Chea Nol, and Hiroaki Furumai. 2011. Validation of internal controls for nucleic acid extraction and amplification of enteric viruses in water samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(13):4336-4343. [Abstract][PubMed]
     
  10. Masaaki Kitajima*, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Genotype distribution of human sapoviruses in wastewater in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(12):4226-4229. [Abstract][PubMed]

  11. Yuko Shimizu, Masaaki Kitajima, Yuko Hayakawa, Yukinobu Tohya, and Hiroshi Ushijima*. 2011. Inactivation of murine norovirus in breast milk by heat treatment. Japanese Journal of Environmental Infections. 26(2):79-82. [In Japanese]

  12. Masaaki Kitajima*, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Aichi viruses in wastewater and river water in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(6):2184-2187. [Abstract][PubMed][PDF]

  13. Kyungju Kim*, Hiroyuki Katayama, Masaaki Kitajima, Yukinobu Tohya, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2011. Development of a real-time RT-PCR assay combined with ethidium monoazide treatment for RNA viruses and its application to detect viral RNA after heat exposure. Water Science and Technology. 63(3):502-507. [Abstract][PubMed]
  14. Masaaki Kitajima* , Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Genetic diversity of genogroup IV noroviruses in wastewater in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 52 (2):181-184. [Abstract][PubMed]
  15. Masaaki Kitajima*, Hiroyuki Katayama, Charles N. Haas, and Hiroaki Furumai.  2010. Quantitative risk assessment of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus infections through water. Environmental Engineering Research. 47:485-496. [In Japanese]
  16. Masaaki Kitajima*, Tomoichiro Oka, Hirotaka Takagi, Yukinobu Tohya, Hiroyuki Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, and Kazuhiko Katayama. 2010. Development and application of a broadly reactive real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay to detect murine noroviruses. Journal of Virological Methods. 169(2):269-273. [Abstract][PubMed]
  17. Masaaki Kitajima*, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Hiroyuki Katayama. 2010. Seasonal distribution and genetic diversity of genogroups I, II, and IV noroviruses in the Tamagawa River, Japan. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(18):7116-7122. [Abstract][PubMed]
  18. Eiji Haramoto*, Mikie Otagiri, Masaaki Kitajima, Kei Nishida, and Yasushi Sakamoto. 2010. Analysis of human-animal fecal contamination in aquatic environments using F-specific RNA coliphages. Journal of Water and Waste. 52(8):640-646. [In Japanese]
  19. Masaaki Kitajima*, Yukinobu Tohya, Koichi Matsubara, Eiji Haramoto, Etsuko Utagawa, and Hiroyuki Katayama.  2010. Chlorine inactivation of human norovirus, murine norovirus and poliovirus in drinking water. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 51(1):119-121. [Abstract][PubMed]
  20. Masaaki Kitajima*, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2010. Detection and genetic analysis of human sapoviruses in river water in Japan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(8):2461-2467. [Abstract][PubMed][PDF]
  21. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2010. Real-time PCR detection of adenoviruses, polyomaviruses, and torque teno viruses in river water in Japan. Water Research. 44(6):1747-1752. [Abstract][PubMed]

  22. Yuko Shimizu, Hiroshi Ushijima*, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Yukinobu Tohya. 2009. Murine norovirus as a novel surrogate to evaluate disinfectants for human norovirus. Japanese Journal of Environmental Infections. 24(6):388-394. [In Japanese] [Abstract]
  23. Masaaki Kitajima*, Eiji Haramoto, Chanetta Phanuwan, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Detection of genogroup IV norovirus in wastewater and river water in Japan. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 49(5):655-658. [Abstract][PubMed]
  24. Masaaki Kitajima*, Tomoichiro Oka, Yukinobu Tohya, Hiroyuki Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, and Kazuhiko Katayama. 2009. Development of a broadly reactive nested reverse transcription-PCR assay to detect murine noroviruses, and investigation of the prevalence of murine noroviruses in laboratory mice in Japan. Microbiology and Immunology. 53 (9):531-534. [Abstract][PubMed]
  25. Masaaki Kitajima*, Koichi Matsubara, Sethy Sour, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki.  2009. First detection of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus RNA in river water in Cambodia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103(9):955-957. [Abstract][PubMed]
  26. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, Michihiro Akiba, and Shoichi Kunikane.  2009. Application of real-time PCR assays to genotyping of F-specific phages in river water and sediments in Japan. Water Research. 43(15):3759-3764. [Abstract][PubMed]
  27. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Takafumi Ito, and Shinichiro Ohgaki.  2009. Development of virus concentration methods for detection of koi herpesvirus in water. Journal of Fish Diseases. 32(3):297-300. [Abstract][PubMed]
  28. Nguyen Thi Van Ha*, Masaaki Kitajima, Nguyen Vo Minh Hang, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi Takizawa, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki.  2008. Bacterial contamination of raw vegetables, vegetable-related water and river water in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Water Science and Technology. 58(12):2403-2411. [Abstract][PubMed]
  29. Masaaki Kitajima*, Yukinobu Tohya, Koichi Matsubara, Eiji Haramoto, Etsuko Utagawa, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. Use of murine norovirus as a novel surrogate to evaluate resistance of human norovirus to free chlorine disinfection in drinking water supply system. Environmental Engineering Research. 45:361-370. [In Japanese] [Abstract]
  30. Eiji Haramoto*, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Detection of koi herpesvirus DNA in river water in Japan. Journal of Fish Diseases. 30(1):59-61. [Abstract][PubMed]
    (* Corresponding author)     
     

[Books]

  1. Koichi Matsubara*, Chanetta Phanuwan, Nguyen Thi Van Ha, Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Satoshi Takizawa, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Noroviruses and faecal contamination in Saigon River and urban canals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, pp.95-102. In Satoshi Takizawa, Futoshi Kurisu, and Hiroyasu Satoh (eds.), Southeast Asian Water Environment 3. IWA Publishing, London, UK.

[Non-Peer Reviewed Papers]

  1. Masaaki Kitajima, Koichi Matsubara, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Satoshi Takizawa. 2007. Detection methods for infectious microbes in water and their application for monitoring of water environments in Vietnam and Cambodia. Environmental Conservation Engineering. 36(8):10-16. [In Japanese]
     
  2. Kumiko Oguma, Koichi Matsubara, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Satoshi Takizawa. 2007. Modern Media. 53(5):127-133. [In Japanese]

[Oral Presentations in English]

  1. Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Molecular epidemiological analysis of noroviruses, sapoviruses, and Aichi viruses in wastewater and river water in Japan. 16th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. (September 18-23, 2011, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand) [Invited Presentation]

  2. Sunhee Suk, Masaaki Kitajima, Koichi Matsubara, Yukinobu Tohya, Kumiko Oguma, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Disinfection efficiency of UV combined with silver on murine norovirus and fecal indicators. 15th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. p.369-371. (May 31-Jun 05, 2009, Ursulines Conference Centre , Naxos, Greece)
  3. Kyungju Kim, Hiroyuki Katayama, Masaaki Kitajima, Yukinobu Tohya, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Development of ethidium monoazide (EMA)-RT-PCR for selective detection of enteric viruses. 15th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. p.92-94. (May 31-Jun 05, 2009, Ursulines Conference Centre , Naxos, Greece)
  4. Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Shoichi Kunikane, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. One-year monthly monitoring of sapoviruses and other viruses at a wastewater treatment plant in Japan. 6th IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition. 663181. (September 7-12, 2008, Austria Center, Vienna, Austria)

  5. Nguyen Thi Van Ha, Masaaki Kitajima, Nguyen Vo Minh Hang, Koichi Matsubara, Satoshi Takizawa, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Bacterial contamination of raw vegetables, vegetable-related water and river water in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. 14th International Sympopsium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, p.7-9. (September 9-15, 2007, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
  6. Masaaki Kitajima, Koichi Matsubara, Nguyen Thi Van Ha, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Satoshi Takizawa, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2006. Microbial contamination of raw vegetable and drinking water in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. 3rd International Symposium on the Development of Water Resource Management System in Mekong Watershed. p.19-26. (December 7, 2006, Asian Institute of Technology Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand)


[Poster Presentations in English]

  1. Eiji Haramoto, Mikie Otagiri, Hiroshi Morita, and Masaaki Kitajima. 2011. Detection and genogrouping of F-specific coliphages in wastewater and river water in the Kofu basin, Japan. 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition. P-11-22. pp.471-472. (October 2-6, 2011, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan)
     
  2. Akihiko Hata, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Quantitative Detection and Genetic Analysis of Human Astroviruses in Wastewater in Japan. 16th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. (September 18-23, 2011, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand)
     
  3. Akihiko Hata, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama. 2011. Detection of novel astroviruses of MLB and VA from wastewater in Japan by newly developed nested-RT-PCR. XV International Congress of Virology, International Union of Microbial Societies 2011 Congress. (September 11-16, 2011, Sapporo Convention Center, Sapporo, Japan)
     
  4. Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Eiji Haramoto, Naokazu Takeda, Kazuhiko Katayama, and Hiroyuki Katayama.  2010. Genetic diversity of human noroviruses and sapoviruses in river water, Japan. Fourth International Conference on Caliciviruses. p.75. (October 16-19, 2010, Hotel Santa Cruz Plaza, Santa Cruz, Chile)

  5. Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Kazuhiko Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Seasonal distribution and genetic diversity of noroviruses, sapoviruses, and Aichi viruses in river water in Japan. 15th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. p.369-371. (May 31-Jun 05, 2009, Ursulines Conference Centre, Naxos, Greece)
  6. Akihiko Hata, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Removal characteristics of enteric viruses and genotyped F-specific RNA coliphages at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. 15th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. p.355-357. (May 31-Jun 05, 2009, Ursulines Conference Centre , Naxos, Greece)
  7. Masaaki Kitajima, Tomoichiro Oka, Kazuhiko Katayama, Naokazu Takeda, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Genetic diversity of noroviruses and sapoviruses in river water in Japan. 109th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology. Q-403. (May 17-21, 2009, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
  8. Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2009. Norovirus contamination in river water in Japan. International Symposium on Contributing to the Solution of Water Issues in Asia through Human Resources Development. P-15. (Jan 28-29, 2009, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan)
  9. Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2008. Quantitative detection of norovirus genogroup IV in wastewater in Japan. 108th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology. Q-447. p.608. (June 1-5, 2008, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
  10. Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroyuki Katayama, Mari Asami, Michihiro Akiba, Shinichiro Ohgaki, and Shoichi Kunikane. 2008. Detection and genotyping of F-specific RNA bacteriophages as indicators of noroviruses in river water in Japan. 108th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology. Q-451. p.609. (June 1-5, 2008, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
  11. Masaaki Kitajima, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Quantitative detection of enteric adenovirus particles from water using real-time PCR combined with immunomagnetic capture. 14th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. P1080. p.236-237. (September 9-15, 2007, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
  12. Sunhee Suk, Masaaki Kitajima, Koichi Matsubara, Yukinobu Tohya, Kumiko Oguma, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki. 2007. Comparative inactivation of murine norovirus, poliovirus, and coliphage by sequential treatment by UV irradiation and silver disinfectant. 14th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology. P1082. p.240-241. (September 9-15, 2007, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

Awards

2011 Nov. Best Paper Award for Young Professionals, Environmental Engineering Research (47th Environmental Engineering Forum)

2011 Sep. IWA-HRWM Willie Grabow Young Investigator Award (IWA Health-Related Water Microbiology specialist group) [Link]

2011 Mar. The University of Tokyo President's Award (The University of Tokyo)

2011 Mar. Graduate School of Engineering Dean's Award (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

2011 Mar. Distinguished Doctoral Research Award (Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

2011 Mar. Japan Society on Water Environment President's Award (45th Annual Meeting of Japan Society on Water Environment)

2011 Feb. Ikushi Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2010 Sep. Best Doctoral Research Award (13th Annual Symposium of Japan Society on Water Environment )

2009 Nov. Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Research (45th Environmental Engineering Forum)

2008 Mar. Best Presentation Award (42th Annual Meeting of Japan Society on Water Environment)

2006 Nov. Best Poster Award (43th Environmental Engineering Forum)
 

Competitive Grants

2008 Apr.~2011 Mar.  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (Grant no. 20-6610): by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2009 Dec.~2010 Feb.  Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program: by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Membership in Professional Societies

International Water Association (IWA)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE)
Japanese Society for Virology
Japan Gastroenteritis Virus Study Group
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japanese Society of Environmental Infections

Contact Address

Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
 The University of Arizona, Building 38, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

Masaaki KITAJIMA

E-mail: kitajima.masaaki[at]gmail.com

 Last updated: February 6, 2012
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