I have started a new lab at the Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University, on April 1. www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/

The Japanese Archipelago sheltered cave lions, not tigers, during the Late Pleistocene doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Our new paper is out. Kalinzu Forest Reserve in Uganda has been added to the list of wild chimpanzee populations with stable isotope analysis. doi.org/10.1002/ajp....

The Python script reported in Mackie et al. 2018 (Angew Chem Int 57:736–7374) for calculating N and Q deamidation rates from proteomic results has now been ported to the R environment. GitHub github.com/tsutatsuta/r... Zenodo doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Actually, my legal surname was no longer Tsutaya, due to this outdated law in Japan. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Amazed at the molecular investigations of the Harbin cranium. These are important results that further clarify the distribution and morphology of Denisovans. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... doi.org/10.1126/scie... I have provided my comments for an interview with Nature magazine. doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Hello, Our paper on enamel proteins from Paranthropus robustus has finally been peer reviewed, please have a read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Paranthropus robustus has been puzzling scientists since its discovery in 1938 in South Africa, where a high number of fossils have been found.

Researchers' voices from Taiwan on the newly identified Denisovan mandible from Taiwan. smctw.tw/18409/

Our paper on the #palaeoproteomic identification of a male Denisovan mandible from Taiwan is out in @science.org ! doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Thank you, Frido! It was a really nice experience for me, and I enjoyed working with wonderful colleagues in Copenhagen. This research would not have been possible without the contributions of everyone involved.

Visited GSSP of Chibanian in this winter holiday

Our paper was out in PEPS. Using compound-specific stable #isotope analysis of amino acids, we quantitatively demonstrated subtle differences in faunivory in four sympatric civet species in Borneo. doi.org/10.1186/s406...

Co-authored paper was published. We applied sequential stable #isotope analysis to brown bear femurs to identify a tamed juvenile for the bear cult in Ainu. doi.org/10.1007/s125...