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Juliano Morimoto

Dr Juliano Morimoto

DPhil
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Academic Visitor
+44 1865 615137
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ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3561-1920
Research subgroups
  • Topological Data Analysis
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Major / recent publications

Selected out of 61 total

  1. Morimoto, J.* (2024). Expat grants won’t fix Brazilian research. Nature. 629(8011):261.https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01324-w
  2. Morimoto, J.* (2024). Optimum ratio of dietary protein and carbohydrate that maximise lifespan is shared among related insect species. Aging Cell. 23, e14067. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14067
  3. Morimoto, J.* (2023). Nutrigonometry IV: Thales’ theorem to measure the rules of dietary compromise in animals. Scientific Reports. 13, 7466. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34722-7
  4. Morimoto, J.,* Conceição, P., Mirth, C., Lihoreau, M. (2023) Nutrigonometry I: using right-angle triangles to quantify nutritional trade-offs in multidimensional performance landscapes. The American Naturalist. 5(201) https://doi.org/10.1086/723599
  5. Morimoto J.* (2022) Uric acid modulates the diet-dependent responses to intraspecific competition in Drosophila larvae. iScience. 25(12). 105598 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105598
  6. Morimoto, J.* (2022) Nutrigonometry II: experimental strategies to maximise nutritional information in multidimensional performance landscapes. Ecology and Evolution. 12. e9174. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9174
  7. Morimoto, J.,* Conceição, P., Smoczyk, K. (2022) Nutrigonometry III: curvature, area, and differences between performance landscapes. Royal Society Open Science. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221326
  8. Veiner, M., Morimoto, J., Leadbeater, E., & Manfredini, F. (2022). Machine Learning models identify gene predictors of waggle dance behaviour in honeybees. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22, 2248– 2261. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13611
  9. Conceição, P., Morimoto, J.* (2022) ‘Holey’ niche: finding holes in niche hypervolumes using persistence homology. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 84, 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-022-01763-x
  10. Morimoto, J.,* & Lihoreau, M. (2019). Quantifying nutritional trade-offs across multidimensional performance landscapes. The American Naturalist, 193(6), E168-E181. https://doi.org/10.1086/701898
Research interests

Topological Data Analysis, Differential Geometry, Mathematical Biology, Biological processes

Recent publications
Differential effects of male nutrient balance on pre-and post-copulatory traits, and consequences for female reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster
Morimoto, J Wigby, S Scientific Reports (08 Jun 2016)
Developmental environment effects on sexual selection in male and female drosophila melanogaster
Morimoto Borges, J Pizzari, T Wigby, S PLoS One volume 11 issue 5 (01 Jan 2016)
Prizes, awards, and scholarships
2024

Elected fellow, Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), UK

Elected fellow, College for Life Sciences, Wissenchaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany

Principal’s Excellence Award: Best undergraduate supervisor (University of Aberdeen), UK

Most read paper in 2023, Wiley® Insect Science

2023Rising Research Network Best 2022 Paper Award, Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE), European Union 
2022

Elected member, RSE Young Academy of Scotland (MYAS), UK

Elected fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK

Young Researcher (Entomology) Award, VISTA Foundation, India

Elected Riemann fellow. Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany.  The first and only biologist to date to be elected for the Riemann Fellowship.

2021Early Career Entomologist Award, Royal Entomological Society, UK 
2020Elected fellow, Royal Entomological Society (FRES), UK
2019

Elected fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), UK

Elected Chartered Statistician, Royal Statistical Society (CStat), UK

2018Elected fellow, Linnean Society of London (FLS), UK
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London Mathematical Society Good Practice Scheme Athena SWAN Silver Award (ECU Gender Charter) Stonewall Silver Employer 2022

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