2019
- (2019/12/29) Published Repbase Reports 19(12).
- (2019/11/30) Published Repbase Reports 19(11).
- (2019/10/28) Published Repbase Reports 19(10).
- (2019/09/26) Published Repbase Reports 19(9).
- (2019/09/14) The office of GIRI moved to Cupertino.
- (2019/08/27) Published Repbase Reports 19(8).
- (2019/07/25) Published Repbase Reports 19(7).
- (2018/06/23-28) Had oral and poster presentation at FASEB Science Research Conference "Mobile DNA 2019: 25 Years of Discussion and Research".
- (2019/06/20) Published Repbase Reports 19(6).
- (2018/06/18) Had a seminar at Nagoya University (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan).
- (2018/06/13) Had a seminar at National Institute for Basic Biology (Okazaki, Aichi, Japan).
- (2019/05/26) Published Repbase Reports 19(5).
- (2019/04/26) Published Repbase Reports 19(4).
- (2019/04/12) Repbase transitioned to the subscription funding model. Please see announcement.
- (2019/03/23) Published Repbase Reports 19(3).
- (2019/02/25) Published Repbase Reports 19(2).
- (2019/02/20) Published "2018 Year in Review" of Repbase. It includes the number of new entries on 2018 and the current classification.
- (2019/01/27) Published Repbase Reports 19(1).
2018
- (2018/12/24) Published Repbase Reports 18(12).
- (2018/11/24) Published Repbase Reports 18(11).
- (2018/10/31) Published Repbase Reports 18(10).
- (2018/09/27) Published Repbase Reports 18(9).
- (2018/08/27) Published Repbase Reports 18(8).
- (2018/07/31) Quitted the Assistant Professor job at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
- (2018/07/28) Published Repbase Reports 18(7).
- (2018/06/25) Published Repbase Reports 18(6).
- (2018/05/25) Published Repbase Reports 18(5).
- (2018/05/21-26) Had a presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting "Retroviruses"..
- (2018/04/27) Published Repbase Reports 18(4).
- (2018/03/26) Published Repbase Reports 18(3).
- (2018/03/13-14) Dr. So Nakagawa of Tokai University, Japan visited our lab and had a seminar. The title was "Dynamic eukaryotic genome evolution by endogenous viral elements (EVEs)"..
- (2018/02/26) Published Repbase Reports 18(2).
- (2018/01/31) Published Repbase Reports 18(1).
- (2018/01/28) Published "2017 Year in Review" of Repbase. It includes the number of new entries on 2017 and the current classification.
- (2018/01/13-17) Had a presentation at "Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XXVI", San Diego, CA, USA
- (2018/01/04) Published a research article as the only author on Genome Biology and Evolution. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2018/01/04) Published a review article as the only author on Mobile DNA. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
2017
- (2017/12/26) Published Repbase Reports 17(12).
- (2017/11/23) Published Repbase Reports 17(11).
- (2017/11/08) Published an article as a co-author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2017/11/05-06) Have a presentation at "International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics", Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
- (2017/11/03) Had a lecture at Institute of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
- (2017/10/29) Published Repbase Reports 17(10).
- (2017/10/11-14) Had a presentation at "The Mobile Genome: Genetic and Physiological Impacts of Transposable Elements", EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
- (2017/10/10) Had a seminar at Paul-Ehlich-Institut in Langen, Germany
- (2017/09/27) Published Repbase Reports 17(9).
- (2017/08/25) Published Repbase Reports 17(8).
- (2017/08/01-02) Had a presentation at "Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information between Species" at NIG, Mishima, Japan
- (2017/07/27) Published Repbase Reports 17(7).
- (2017/07/24) Dr. David H. H. Chou at National Taiwan University visited my office at National Cheng Kung University and had fruitful discussion.
- (2017/07/06) Grant application "Tracing back retroviruses to the Mesozoic" is approved!
- (2017/06/26) Published Repbase Reports 17(6).
- (2017/05/28) Published Repbase Reports 17(5).
- (2017/05/09) Published Repeatmasked genomes of human and mouse on the GIRI website .
- (2017/04/28) Published Repbase Reports 17(4).
- (2017/03/29) Published Repbase Reports 17(3).
- (2017/02/28) Published Repbase Reports 17(2).
- (2017/02/07) Published "2016 Year in Review" of Repbase. It includes the number of new entries on 2016 and the current classification.
- (2017/01/31) Launched GIRI's new website.
- (2017/01/24) Published Repbase Reports 17(1).
- (2017/01/12) Grant application "Toward the understanding of the process of macroevolution: population genomics of transposable elements in crucifers." is approved!
2016
- (2016/12/28) Published Repbase Reports 16(12).
- (2016/11/30) Organized a symposium and had a presentation at the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society, Japan.
- (2016/11/29) Published Repbase Reports 16(11).
- (2016/11/24-25) Attended The International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics (ISEGB 2016)
- (2016/11/21) Wrote an essay on a news letter of the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan (in Japanese)
- (2016/10/XX) Published a review (in Japanese) on Helicobacter Research
- (2016/10/23) Published Repbase Reports 16(10).
- (2016/09/27) Published Repbase Reports 16(9).
- (2016/09/23) Published an article as the first author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2016/09/07) Published an article as the first author on Molecular Biology and Evolution. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2016/08/31) Published Repbase Reports 16(8).
- (2016/08/26) Organized a workshop titled "Evolutionary Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements" at the annual meeting of the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan.
- (2016/08/09) Published an article as a co-author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2016/08/01) Became an Assistant Professor at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan.
- (2016/07/27) Published Repbase Reports 16(7).
- (2016/06/30) Received Young Scientist Initiative Award from the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan.
- (2016/06/28) Published Repbase Reports 16(6).
- (2016/05/26) Published Repbase Reports 16(5).
- (2016/04/26) Published Repbase Reports 16(4).
- (2016/04/20) Visited Prof. Todd Lowe at UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- (2016/04/01) Became a Project Researcher at Foundation for Advancement of International Science (FAIS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- (2016/04/01) Became a Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- (2016/04/01) Became the Scientific Director at Genetic Information Research Institute, Los Altos, CA, USA.
- (2016/03/27) Published Repbase Reports 16(3).
- (2016/02/26) Had a presentation at RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
- (2016/02/24) Published Repbase Reports 16(2).
- (2016/01/27) Published Repbase Reports 16(1).
- (2016/01/09-13) Had a presentation at Plant and Animal Genomics XXIV (poster).
2015
- (2015/12/16) Reported transposable elements from Hydra magnipapillata (hydra), and Oryza sativa (rice) on Repbase Reports 15(12).
- (2015/12/16) Published Repbase Reports 15(12).
- (2015/11/27) Published an article as a co-author on ISME Journal. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2015/11/27) Reported transposable elements from Hydra magnipapillata (hydra) on Repbase Reports 15(11).
- (2015/11/27) Published Repbase Reports 15(11).
- (2015/11/10) Published an article as the first author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2015/11/10) Had a presentation at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.
- (2015/10/29) Reported transposable elements from cichlids in Lake Malawi, Bombyx mori (silkworm) and Rhodnius prolixus on Repbase Reports 15(10).
- (2015/10/29) Published Repbase Reports 15(10).
- (2015/10/20) Published an article as the first author on BMC Genomics. The full article is available from a link in Publication list.
- (2015/09/27) Reported transposable elements from Papilio xuthus (Asian Swallowtail) and Papilio polytes (common mormon) on Repbase Reports 15(9).
- (2015/09/27) Published Repbase Reports 15(9).
- (2015/08/28) Reported transposable elements from Puccinia graminis (wheat stem rust) on Repbase Reports 15(8).
- (2015/08/28) Published Repbase Reports 15(8).
- (2015/07/29) Published Repbase Reports 15(7).
- (2015/06/29) Reported transposable elements from Lactuca sativa (lettuce) on Repbase Reports 15(6).
- (2015/06/29) Published Repbase Reports 15(6).
- (2015/06/14-18) Had a presentation at FASEB Science Research Conference "Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes"(poster & lightning talk).
- (2015/06/02) Published an article as a co-author on Mobile DNA. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2015/05/27) Reported transposable elements from Jatropha curcas and Puccinia triticinaon Repbase Reports 15(5).
- (2015/05/27) Published Repbase Reports 15(5).
- (2015/05/27) Published an article as the only author on Genome Biology and Evolution. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2015/04/23) Published Repbase Reports 15(4).
- (2015/03/31) Published Repbase Reports 15(3).
- (2015/02/27) Published Repbase Reports 15(2).
- (2015/01/26) Published Repbase Reports 15(1).
- (2015/01/20-21) Attended International Symposium on Genome Science 2015.
2014
- (2014/12/16) Published Repbase Reports 14(12).
- (2014/12/12) Published three articles as a co-author on Science, Retrovirology, and Genome Biology and Evolution. The full article is available from links in Publication list
- (2014/11/30) Published Repbase Reports 14(11).
- (2014/10/15) Reported transposable elements from Oryzias latipes (medaka), Gasterosteus aculeatus (stickleback), Heliconius melpomene (postman butterfly), Drosophila santomea (fruit fly), Rhizopus oryzae, Phytophthora sojae, Phytophthora ramorumon Repbase Reports 14(10).
- (2014/09/22) Reported transposable elements from Ricinus communis (castor bean plant) and Theobroma cacao (cacao) on Repbase Reports 14(9).
- (2014/08/19) Reported transposable elements from Phytophthora infestans on Repbase Reports 14(8).
- (2014/08/04) Became Acting Co-Editor of Repbase Reports.
- (2014/07/30) Reported transposable elements from Capitella teleta (polychaete worm) on Repbase Reports 14(7).
- (2014/06/26) Reported transposable elements from Danio rerio (zebrafish) on Repbase Reports 14(6).
- (2014/05/23) Reported transposable elements from Danio rerio (zebrafish) on Repbase Reports 14(5).
- (2014/04/25) Reported transposable elements from Camponotus floridanus (Florida carpenter ant) and Harpegnathos saltator (jumping ant) on Repbase Reports 14(4).
- (2014/03/24) Reported transposable elements from Acromyrmex echinatior (Panamanian leafcutter ant), Atta cephalotes (ant) and Pogonomyrmex barbatus (red harvester ant), and two groups of telomeric repeat-specific non-LTR retrotransposon families, TRAS and SART on Repbase Reports 14(3).
- (2014/02/25) Reported transposable elements from Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) and Solenopsis invicta (fire ant) on Repbase Reports 14(2).
- (2014/01/17) Reported transposable elements from Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) on Repbase Reports 14(1).
2013
- (2013/12/20) Reported transposable elements from Latimeria chalumnae (Coelacanth) on Repbase Reports 13(12).
- (2013/11/21) Reported transposable elements from Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) on Repbase Reports 13(11).
- (2013/10/31) Reported transposable elements from Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) on Repbase Reports 13(10).
- (2013/09/29) Reported transposable elements from Chrysemys picta bellii (painted turtle) on Repbase Reports 13(9).
- (2013/08/25) Reported transposable elements from Chrysemys picta bellii (painted turtle) on Repbase Reports 13(8).
- (2013/07/20) Reported transposable elements from Chrysemys picta bellii (painted turtle) on Repbase Reports 13(7).
- (2013/07/09) Published an article as the first author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2013/06/21) Reported transposable elements from Petromyzon marinus (lamprey) and Glycine max (soybean) on Repbase Reports 13(6).
- (2013/05/21) Reported transposable elements from Petromyzon marinus (lamprey) on Repbase Reports 13(5).
- (2013/04/28) Reported transposable elements from Anolis carolinensis (gren anole) on Repbase Reports 13(4).
- (2013/02/21) Reported transposable elements from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin), Fragaria vesca (strawberry), and Arabidopsis lyrata on Repbase Reports 13(2).
- (2013/01/30) Reported transposable elements from Anolis carolinensis (gren anole), Crassostrea gigas (oyster) and nematodes on Repbase Reports 13(1).
2012
- (2012/12/20) Reported transposable elements from Anolis carolinensis (gren anole) and Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) on Repbase Reports 12(12)
- (2012/11/04) Reported transposable elements from Blumeria graminis on Repbase Reports 12(11).
- (2012/10/25) Published an article as a co-author on Biology Direct. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2012/10/07) Reported transposable elements from Saccoglossus kowalevski, Serpula lacrymans, Melampsora larici-populina, and Puccinia graminis, and ancient transposable elements from mammals on Repbase Reports 12(10).
- (2012/09/22) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(9).
- (2012/08/31) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(8).
- (2012/08/03) Presented my research at Fujihara Seminar "A new horizon of retroposon research" (Kyoto, Japan).
- (2012/07/21) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(7).
- (2012/06/06) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(6).
- (2012/05/24) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(5).
- (2012/04/21) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(4).
- (2012/03/31) Reported transposable elements from Drosophila on Repbase Reports 12(3).
- (2012/02/24-28) Presented my research at 3rd International Conference/Workshop Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements (Pacific Grove, California, USA).
- (2012/02/15) Reported transposable elements from Glycine max (soybean) on Repbase Reports 12(2)
- (2012/01/31) Reported transposable elements from Anolis carolinensis (green anole), Takifugu rubripes (pufferfish) and Phoenix dactylifera (date) on Repbase Reports 12(1).
2011
- (2011/11/22) Reported transposable elements from Carica papaya (papaya) and Tuber melanosporum (black truffle) on Repbase Reports 11(11).
- (2011/11/01) Became a Staff Scientist.
- (2011/10/18) Published an article as the first author on Mobile DNA. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2011/10/08) Presented my research at Bay Area Seminar (San Francisco, California, USA).
- (2011/09/30) Reported transposable elements from Phaeodactylum tricornutum (diatom), and new groups of transposable elements, MuDRF and Sagan on Repbase Reports 11(9).
- (2011/09/19) Published an article as a co-author on Biology Direct. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2011/09/15) Published an article as a co-author on PLoS ONE. The full article is available from a link in Publication list
- (2011/08/27) Reported transposable elements from Puccinia triticina, Puccinia graminis and Melampsora larici-populina, and new groups of transposable elements, MuDRF and Sagan on Repbase Reports 11(8).
- (2011/08/25) Presented my research at GSC Tanabata Meeting (Yokohama, Japan).
- (2011/08/01) Presented my research at Young Researchers Conference on Evolutionary Genomics (Tokyo, Japan).
- (2011/07/29) Reported transposable elements from Vitis vinifera (grape) on Repbase Reports 11(7).
- (2011/07/27) Presented my research at SMBE2011 (Kyoto, Japan).
- (2011/06/30) Reported transposable elements from Daphnia pulex (water flea) and Puccinia graminis on Repbase Reports 11(6).
- (2011/05/31) Reported ancient transposable elements from mammals and transposable elements from Naegleria gruberi on Repbase Reports 11(5).
- (2011/04/30) Reported transposable elements from Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) on Repbase Reports 11(4).
- (2011/03/31) Reported transposable elements from Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) on Repbase Reports 11(3).
- (2011/02/28) Reported transposable elements from Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Felis catus (cat) on Repbase Reports 11(2).
- (2011/01/06) Reported transposable elements from Culex quinquefasciatus (mosquito) on Repbase Reports 11(1).
2010
- (2010/12/17) Published two articles as the first author on Molecular Biology and Evolution. The full articles are available from links in Publication list
- (2010/12/18) Reported transposable elements from Erinaceus europaeus (hedgehog) on Repbase Reports 10(12).
- (2010/11/30) Reported transposable elements from Danio rerio (zebrafish), Nematostella vectensis (sea anemone), Nasonia vitripennis (jewel wasp), Saccoglossus kowalevski (acorn worm) on Repbase Reports 10(11).
- (2010/10/30) Reported transposable elements from Malus x domestica (apple) on Repbase Reports 10(10).
- (2010/08/28) Reported transposable elements from Ciona savignyi (sea squirt), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum), and Anolis carolinensis (green anole) on Repbase Reports 10(8).
- (2010/07/27) Reported transposable elements from Pristionchus pacificus (nematode) on Repbase Reports 10(7).
- (2010/06/30) Reported transposable elements from Hydra magnipapillata (hydra), Monodelphis domestica (opossum), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum), and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (sea urchin) on Repbase Reports 10(6).
- (2010/04/30) Reported transposable elements from Sorghum bicolor (sorghum) on Repbase Reports 10(4).
- (2010/03/31) Reported transposable elements from mammals, Anolis carolinensis (green anole), cichlids, Gasterosteus aculeatus (stickleback), Danio rerio (zebrafish), Oryzias latipes (medaka), and Sorghum bicolor (sorghum) on Repbase Reports 10(3).
- (2010/02/28) Reported transposable elements from Populus trichocarpa (popular), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum) and insect non-LTR retrotransposons Ingi on Repbase Reports 10(2).
- (2010/01/31) Reported transposable elements from Sorghum bicolor (sorghum) on Repbase Reports 10(1).

[20] Kojima KK and Jurka J.
	A superfamily of DNA transposons targeting multicopy small RNA genes PLoS ONE, 2013; 8(7): e68260 Epub 2013 Jul 9
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[19] Jurka J, Bao W, Kojima KK, Kohany O and Yurka MG.
	Distinct groups of repetitive families preserved in mammals correspond to different periods of regulatory innovations in vertebrates. Biology Direct, 2012; 7: 36. Epub 2012 Oct 25
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[18] Kojima KK, and Jurka J.
	Crypton transposons: identification of new diverse families and ancient domestication events Mobile DNA, 2011; 2: 12. Epub 2011 Oct 18
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[17] Jurka J, Bao W, Kojima KK
	Families of transposable elements, population structure and the origin of species. Biology Direct, 2011; 6:44. Epub 2011 Sep 19.
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[16] Cantu D, Govindarajulu M, Kozik A, Wang M, Chen X, Kojima KK, Jurka J, Michelmore RW, Dubcovsky J.
	Next generation sequencing provides rapid access to the genes of wheat stripe rust. PLoS ONE, 2011; 6(8):e24230. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
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[15] Kojima KK, Kapitonov VV, Jurka J.
	Recent expansion of a new Ingi-related clade of Vingi non-LTR retrotransposons in hedgehogs Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2011; 28 (1): 17-20 (E-pub 2010/08/17)
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[14] Kojima KK.
	Alu monomer revisited: Recent generation of Alu monomers Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2011; 28 (1): 13-15 (E-pub 2010/08/16)
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[13] Kojima KK.
	Different integration site structures between L1 protein-mediated retrotransposition in cis and retrotransposition in trans Mobile DNA, 2010; 1: 17
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[12] Kojima FN, Kojima KK, Kobayakawa S, Higashide N, Hamanaka C, Nitta A, Koeda I, Yamaguchi T, Shichiri M, Kohno S, and Kubota S.
	Whole chromosome elimination and chromosome terminus elimination both contribute to somatic differentiation in Taiwanese hagfish Paramyxine sheni Chromosome Research, 2010; 18(3):383-400
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[11] Kojima KK, and Okada N.
	mRNA retrotransposition coupled with 5' inversion as a possible source of new genes Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2009; 26 (6): 1405-1420
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[10] Kojima KK, and Kanehisa M.
	Systematic survey for novel types of prokaryotic retroelements based on gene neighborhood and protein architecture Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2008; 25 (7): 1395-1404
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[9] Kojima KK, Kuma K, Toh H, and Fujiwara H.
	Identification of rDNA-specific non-LTR retrotransposons in Cnidaria Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2006; 23 (10): 1984-1993
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[8] Osanai M, Kojima KK, Futahashi R, Yaguchi S, and Fujiwara H. (* These authors made equal contributions to this work.)
	Identification and characterization of the telomerase reverse transcriptase of Bombyx mori (silkworm) and Tribolium castaneum (flour beetle) Gene, 2006; 376 (2): 281-289
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[7] Kojima KK, and Fujiwara H.
	Long-term inheritance of the 28S rDNA-specific retrotransposon R2 Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2005; 22 (11): 2157-2165
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[6] Kojima KK, Matsumoto T, and Fujiwara H.
	Eukaryotic translational coupling in UAAUG stop-start codons for the bicistronic RNA translation of non-LTR retrotransposon SART1 Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2005; 25 (17): 7675-7686
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[5] Kojima KK, and Fujiwara H.
	An extraordinary retrotransposon family encoding dual endonucleases Genome Research, 2005; 15 (8): 1106-1117
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[4] Osanai M, Takahashi H, Kojima KK, Hamada M, and Fujiwara H.
	Essential motifs in the 3' untranslated region required for retrotransposition and the precise start of reverse transcription in non-long-terminal-repeat retrotransposon SART1 Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2004; 24(18): 7902-7913
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[3] Kojima KK, and Fujiwara H.
	Cross-genome screening of novel sequence-specific non-LTR retrotransposons: various multicopy RNA genes and microsatellites are selected as targets Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2004; 21(2): 207-217
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[2] Kojima KK, and Fujiwara H.
	Evolution of target specificity in R1 clade non-LTR retrotransposons Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2003; 20(3): 351-361
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[1] Kojima KK, Kubo Y, and Fujiwara H.
	Complex and tandem repeat structure of subtelomeric regions in the Taiwan cricket, Teleogryllus taiwanemma. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2002; 54(4): 474-485
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Kojima KK, Bao W, Jurka J
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences PAG (Plant and Animal Genome) XXIV, San Diego, California, USA, Jan 09-13, 2016
Kojima KK
	A new class of SINEs with snRNA gene-derived heads FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes", Palm Beach, Florida, USA, Jun 14-18, 2015
Kojima KK, Bao W, Jurka J
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences 42st IMSUT Founding Commemorative Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Jun 1-2, 2015
Kojima KK, Jurka J
	Dada - a new superfamily of DNA transposons targeting small RNA genes Fujihara Seminar 2012 "A new horizon of retroposon research", Kyoto, Japan, Jul 31-Aug 03, 2012
Kojima KK, Jurka J
	Dada - a new superfamily of DNA transposons interrupting small RNA genes 3rd International Conference/Workshop "Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements", Pacific Grove, California, USA, Feb 24-28, 2012
Kojima KK, Jurka J
	Ancient Domestication of Tyrosine Recombinase-encoding Crypton Family of DNA Transposons 2011 Genomic Sciences Research Complex (GSC) Tanabata Meeting, Yokohama, Japan, Aug 25, 2011
Kojima KK, Jurka J
	Ancient Domestication of Tyrosine Recombinase-encoding Crypton Family of DNA Transposons Young Researchers Conference on Evolutionary Genomics, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1-2, 2011
Kojima KK, Jurka J
	Ancient Domestication of Tyrosine Recombinase-encoding Crypton Family of DNA Transposons SMBE2011, Kyoto, Japan, Jul 26-30, 2011 "Workshop 2: Reverse transcriptase as an evolutionary force"
Kojima KK and Okada N
	Different integration site structures between L1 protein-mediated retrotransposition in cis and in trans 2009 FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile Elements in Mammalian Genomes", Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA, Jul 5-10, 2009
Kojima KK, Kanehisa M, and Okada N
	Identification of Novel Types of Prokaryotic Retroelements based on Gene Neighborhood and Protein Architecture 2007 FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile Elements in Mammalian Genomes", Tucson, Arizona, USA, Jun 2-7, 2007
Kojima KK and Kanehisa M
	Identification of Novel Types of Prokaryotic Retroelements based on Gene Neighborhood and Protein Architecture The 17th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2006), Yokohama, Japan, Dec 18-20, 2006
Kojima KK and Fujiwara H
	Three groups of LINEs independently evolved different sequence-specificity XIX International Congress of Genetics, Melbourne, Australia, Jul 6-11, 2003

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	London Calling 2021	2021/05/19(Wed)-05/21(Fri)	Virtual
	The Genomes of Animals & Plants (GAP)	2021/01/12(Tue)-01/14(Wed)	Virtual
2020	CSHL Meeting "Transposable Elements"	2020/10/06(Tue)-10/09(Fri)	Virtual
	Biodiversity Genomics 2020	2020/10/05(Mon)-10/09(Fri)	Virtual
	International Congress on Transposable Elements (vICTE)	2020/09/08(Tue)-2021/03/09(Tue)	Virtual
	4th Uppsala Transposon Symposium	2020/09/30(Wed)-10/02(Fri)	Uppsala, Sweden
	International Congress on Transposable Elements (ICTE)(CANCELLED)	2020/04/25(Sat)-04/28(Tue)	St Malo, France
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXVIII	2020/01/11(Sat)-01/15(Wed)	San Diego, CA	Town and Country Hotel
2019	FASEB's Mobile DNA 2019: 25 Years of Discussion and Research	2019/06/23(Sun)-06/28(Fri)	Rancho Mirage, CA	Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXVII	2019/01/12(Sat)-01/16(Wed)	San Diego, CA	Town and Country Hotel
2018	CSHL Meeting "Transposable Elements"	2018/11/01(Thu)-11/04(Sun)	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	International Plant Epi/genetics Symposium plant epigenetics and transposable elements - from basic research to plant breeding	2018/10/29(Mon)-10/31(Wed)	Angers, France
	2nd Uppsala Transposon Symposium: Bridging Gaps with Single Molecules and Cells	2018/10/04(Thu)-10/05(Fri)	Uppsala, Sweden	Uppsala Biomedical Center
	Evolution 2018	2018/08/18(Sat)-08/22(Wed)	Montpellier, France	Le Corum conference center
	Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2018 (SMBE2018)	2018/07/08(Sun)-07/12(Thr)	Yokohama, Japan	Pacifico Yokohama
	Evolution Genetic Novelty/Genomic Variations by RNA Networks and Viruses	2018/07/04(Wed)-07/08(Sun)	Salzburg, Austria	St. Virgil Salzburg
	CSHL Meeting "Retroviruses"	2018/05/21(Mon)-05/26(Sat)	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	The 1st AsiaEvo Conference	2018/04/18(Wed)-04/20(Fri)	Shenzhen, China	China National GeneBank
	Mobile Genetic Elements and Genome Plasticity (B7)	2018/02/11(Sun)-02/15(Thr)	Santa Fe, NM	Eldorado Hotel & Spa
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXVI	2018/01/13(Sat)-01/17(Wed)	San Diego, CA	Town and Country Hotel
2017	International Symposium Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics 2017 (ISEGB2017)	2017/11/05(Sun)-11/06(Mon)	Hualien, Taiwan	Tzu Chi University
	The Mobile Genome: Genetic and Physiological Impacts of Transposable Elements	2017/10/11(Wed)-10/14(Sat)	Heidelberg, Germany	EMBL Heidelberg
	Mobile Genetic Elements: In Silico, In Vitro, In Vivo	2017/08/31(Thu)-09/02(Sat)	Woods Hole, MA	Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
	Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 2017 (SMBE2017)	2017/07/02(Sun)-07/06(Thr)	Austin, TX	JW Marriott Austin Hotel
	Evolution 2017	2017/06/23(Fri)-06/27(Tue)	Portland, OR
	FASEB: Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes	2017/06/18(Sun)-06/23(Fri)	Big Sky, MT	Big Sky Resort
	42nd annual meeting on Retroviruses	2017/05/22(Mon)-05/27(Sat)	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	Second International Scientific Conference on Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERV) and Diseases	2017/03/13(Mon)-03/14(Tue)	Washington DC	Marriot at Metro Center
	18th International Conference on Human Retrovirology "HTLV and Related Viruses Tokyo 2017"	2017/03/07(Tue)-03/10(Fri)	Tokyo, Japan	Hotel Grand Arc Hanzomon
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXV	2017/01/14(Sat)-01/18(Wed)	San Diego, CA	Town and Country Hotel
2016	International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics (ISEGB 2016)	2016/11/24(Thr)-11/25(Fri)	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Garden Villa
	Transposable Elements	2016/11/02(Wed)-11/05(Sat)	New York, NY	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	International Congress on Transposable Elements (ICTE) 2016	2016/04/16(Sat)-04/19(Tue)	Saint Malo, France
	International Symposium on Genome Microbiology	2016/03/06(Sun)	Tokyo, Japan	Tokyo Institute of Technology
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXIV	2016/01/09(Sat)-01/13(Wed)	San Diego, CA	Town and Country Hotel
2015	FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes"	2015/06/14(Sat)-06/18(Wed)	Palm Beach, FL
2012	Fujihara Seminar 2012 "A new horizon of retroposon research"	2012/07/31(Tue)-08/03(Fri)	Kyoto, Japan	Kyoto University
	3rd International Conference/Workshop "Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements"	2012/02/24(Fri)-02/28(Tue)	Pacific Grove, CA	Asilomer Conference Center
2009	FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes"	2009/07/05(Sat)-07/10(Wed)	Snowmass Village, CO
	2nd International Conference/Workshop "Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements"	2009/02/06(Fri)-02/10(Tue)	Pacific Grove, CA	Asilomer Conference Center
2007	FASEB Summer Research Conference "Mobile DNA in Mammalian Genomes"	2007/06/02(Sat)-06/07(Wed)	Tucson, AR
2006	1st International Conference/Workshop "Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements"	2006/03/31(Fri)-04/04(Tue)	Pacific Grove, CA	Asilomer Conference Center

(from 2005/10/08)

Kojima KK, Bao W, Kojima NF, Kohany O
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons Genomes of Animals & Plants Virtual Conference 2022, Virtual, Feb 16-18, 2022
Kojima KK
	Diversity and evolution of multicopy gene-specific DNA transposons from actinopterygian fish 5th Uppsala Transposon Symposium, Virtual, Oct 7-8, 2021
Kojima KK, Bao W, Kojima NF, Kohany O
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons Biodiversity Genomics 2020, Virtual, Sep 27-Oct 1, 2021
Kojima KK
	Tet/JBP dioxygenase genes were transferred across different superfamilies of DNA transposons FASEB Science Research Conference "The Mobile DNA Conference: Evolution, Diversity, and Impact", Virtual, Jun 8-9, 2021
Kojima KK, Bao W, Kojima NF, Kohany O
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons Genomes of Animals & Plants Virtual Conference 2021, Virtual, Jan 12-14, 2021
Kojima KK
	Tet/JBP dioxygenase genes were transferred across different superfamilies of DNA transposons CSHL meeting "Transposable Elements", Virtual, Oct 6-9, 2020
Kojima KK, Bao W, Kojima NF, Kohany O
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons Biodiversity Genomics 2020, Virtual, Oct 5-9, 2020
Kojima KK
	Tet/JBP dioxygenase genes were transferred across different superfamilies of DNA transposons 4th Uppsala Transposon Symposium, Virtual, Sep 30-Oct 2, 2020
Kojima KK, Bao W
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons (Poster & Digital Tools and Resources) PAG (Plant and Animal Genome) XXVIII, San Diego, California, USA, Jan 11-15, 2020
Kojima KK
	Tet/JBP dioxygenase genes were transferred across different superfamilies of DNA transposons FASEB Science Research Conference "Mobile DNA 2019: 25 Years of Discussion and Research", Rancho Mirage, California, USA, Jun 23-28, 2019
Kojima KK, Bao W
	Diversity of endogenous retroviruses seen in Repbase CSHL meeting "Retroviruses", Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA, May 21-26, 2018
Kojima KK, Bao W, Kohany O
	Repbase: a comprehensive database of eukaryotic repeat sequences and transposons PAG (Plant and Animal Genome) XXVI, San Diego, California, USA, Jan 13-17, 2018
Kojima KK
	Human transposable elements in Repbase: genomic traces of human evolution International Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics, Hualien, Taiwan, Nov 5-6, 2017
Kojima KK
	Human transposable elements in Repbase: genomic traces of human evolution The Mobile Genome: Genetic and Physiological Impacts of Transposable Elements, Heidelberg, Germany, Oct 11-14, 2017

2022	FASEB Science Research Conference "The Mobile DNA Conference: Evolution, Diversity, and Impact"	2022/06/05(Sun)-06/09(Thu)	Malahide, Ireland	Grand Hotel
	CSHL Meeting "Fifty Years of Reverse Transcriptase"	2022/04/20(Wed)-04/23(Sat)	Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
	KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA "Epigenetic Mechanisms and the Treatment of Cancer Joint Meeting with Transposable Elements at the Crossroads of Evolution, Health and Disease "	Postponed	Whistler BC, Canada	Whistler Conference Centre
	KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA "Gene Drives and Selfish Genetic Elements"	CANCELLED	Tahoe City, CA	Granlibakken Tahoe
	The Genomes of Animals & Plants (GAP) 2-22	2021/01/12(Tue)-01/14(Wed)	Virtual
	International Plant & Animal Genome XXIX	2022/01/08(Sun)-01/12(Wed)	Virtual

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[37] Kojima KK
	Diversity and evolution of DNA transposons targeting multicopy small RNA genes from actinopterygian fish Biology, 2022;11(2):166.
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[36] Kojima KK
	Hagfish genome reveals parallel evolution of 7SL RNA-derived SINEs. Mobile DNA, 2020;11:15.
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[35] Sultana N, Menzel G, Heitkam T, Kojima KK, Bao W, Serce S
	Bioinformatic and Molecular Analysis of Satellite Repeat Diversity in Vaccinium Genomes. Genes (Basel), 2020 May 9;11(5):527
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[34] Kojima KK
	AcademH, a lineage of Academ DNA transposons encoding helicase found in animals and fungi. Mobile DNA, 2020;11:15.
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[33] Kojima KK
	LINEs contribute to the origins of middle bodies of SINEs besides 3' tails. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2018 Jan 1;10(1):370-379.
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[32] Wan TW, Higuchi W, Khokhlova OE, Hung WC, Iwao Y, Wakayama M, Inomata N, Takano T, Lin YT, Peryanova OV, Kojima KK, Salmina AB, Teng LJ, Yamamoto T.
	Genomic comparison between Staphylococcus aureus GN strains clinically isolated from a familial infection case: IS1272 transposition through a novel inverted repeat-replacing mechanism. PLoS ONE, 2017;12(11): e0187288.
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[31] Kojima KK, Seto Y, Fujiwara H.
	The wide distribution and change of target specificity of R2 non-LTR retrotransposons in animals. PLoS ONE, 2016 Sep 23;11(9): e0163496.
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[30] Kojima KK, Furuta Y, Yahara K, Fukuyo M, Shiwa Y, Nishiumi S, Yoshida M, Azuma T, Yoshikawa H, Kobayashi I.
	Population evolution of Helicobacter pylori through diversification in DNA methylation and interstrain sequence homogenization. Mol. Biol. Evol., 2016 Nov;33(11):2848-2859. Epub 2016 Sep 7
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[29] Uchiyama I, Albritton J, Fukuyo M, Kojima KK, Yahara K, Kobayashi I.
	A novel approach to Helicobacter pylori pan-genome analysis for identification of genomic islands. PLoS ONE, 2016 Aug 9;11(8):e0159419. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159419. eCollection 2016.
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[28] Lescot M, Hingamp P, Kojima KK, Villar E, Romac S, Veluchamy A, Boccara M, Jaillon O, Iudicone D, Bowler C, Wincker P, Claverie J-M, Ogata H.
	Reverse transcriptase genes are highly abundant and transcriptionally active in marine plankton assemblages ISME Journal, 2016; 10(5):1134-1146
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[27] Kojima KK, Jurka J.
	Ancient origin of the U2 small nuclear RNA gene-targeting non-LTR retrotransposons Utopia PLoS ONE, 2015; 10(11): e0140084
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[26] Kojima KK, and Kobayashi I.
	Transmission of PabI family of restriction DNA glycosylase genes: mobility and long-term inheritance BMC Genomics, 2015; 16: 817
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[25] Kojima KK.
	A new class of SINEs with snRNA gene-derived heads. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2015; 7: 1702-1712
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[24] Bao W, Kojima KK, Kohany O.
	Repbase Update, a database of repetitive elements in eukaryotic genomes. Mobile DNA, 2015; 6: 11
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[23] Suh A, Churakov G, Ramakodi MP, Platt RN 2nd, Jurka J, Kojima KK, Caballero J, Smit AF, Vliet KA, Hoffmann FG, Brosius J, Green RE, Braun EL, Ray DA, Schmitz J.
	Multiple lineages of ancient CR1 retroposons shaped the early genome evolution of amniotes. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2014; 7: 205-17.
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[22] Green RE, Braun EL, Armstrong J, Earl D, Nguyen N, Hickey G, Vandewege MW, St John JA, Capella-Gutierrez S, Castoe TA, Kern C, Fujita MK, Opazo JC, Jurka J, Kojima KK, Caballero J, Hubley RM, Smit AF, Platt RN, Lavoie CA, Ramakodi MP, Finger JW Jr, Suh A, Isberg SR, Miles L, Chong AY, Jaratlerdsiri W, Gongora J, Moran C, Iriarte A, McCormack J, Burgess SC, Edwards SV, Lyons E, Williams C, Breen M, Howard JT, Gresham CR, Peterson DG, Schmitz J, Pollock DD, Haussler D, Triplett EW, Zhang G, Irie N, Jarvis ED, Brochu CA, Schmidt CJ, McCarthy FM, Faircloth BC, Hoffmann FG, Glenn TC, Gabaldon T, Paten B, Ray DA.
	Three crocodilian genomes reveal ancestral patterns of evolution among archosaurs. Science, 2014 Dec 12;346(6215): 1254449. doi: 10.1126/science.1254449. Epub 2014 Dec 11.
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[21] Chong AY, Kojima KK, Jurka J, Ray DA, Smit AFA, Isberg SR, Gongora J
	Evolution and gene capture in ancient endogenous retroviruses-insights from the crocodilian genomes Retrovirology, 2014; 11: 71.
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[4] Kojima KK
	Structural and sequence diversity of eukaryotic transposable elements Genes & Genetic Systems, 2020; 94(6):233-252 (Epub 2018 Nov 9).
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[3] Kojima KK
	Human transposable elements in Repbase: genomic footprints from fish to humans Mobile DNA. 2018;9:2.
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[2] Jurka J, Bao W, Kojima K, and Kapitonov VV.
	Repetitive Elements: Bioinformatic Identification, Classification and Analysis. Encyclopedia of Life Science, 2011. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0005270
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[1] Fujiwara H, Osanai M, Matsumoto T, and Kojima KK
	Telomere-specific non-LTR retrotransposons and telomere maintenance in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Chromosome Research, 2005;13(5):455-67.
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