Rate My Professor Yugo Watanabe

Watanabe obtained his Bachelor of Biological Science from La Trobe University (2010–2012), Honours in Animal Science from the same institution (2013), and PhD from La Trobe University's School of Life Sciences, Department of Agriculture (2014–2018). Prior to Otago, he was a Research Scientist at AgriBio Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria (2017–2019). He now holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine at Asahikawa Medical University. Notable publications from his Otago tenure include "Developmental expression patterns of gonadal hormone receptors in arcuate kisspeptin and GABA neurons of the postnatal female mouse" (Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2024), "Defining potential targets of prenatal androgen excess: Expression analysis of androgen receptor on hypothalamic neurons in the fetal female mouse brain" (Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2023), "Deletion of Androgen Receptors From Kisspeptin Neurons Prevents PCOS Features in a Letrozole Mouse Model" (Endocrinology, 2023), and "Prenatal androgenization causes expression changes of progesterone and androgen receptor mRNAs in the arcuate nucleus of female mice across development" (Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2021). His work has garnered over 100 citations, contributing to insights into PCOS etiology and therapeutic targets. In 2024, he received a Poster Award優秀賞 from the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Vascular Biology.