UCHIUMI Yu

School of Medicine Department of MedicineAssistant Professor

Research Keyword

  • Evolutionary game theory
  • Adaptive dynamics
  • Evolution of cooperation
  • Mutualistic symbiosis
  • Parasitism
  • Coevolution

Field Of Study

  • Life sciences, Evolutionary biology
  • Life sciences, Ecology and environmental science

Career

  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    Nihon University, School of Medicine, Assistant professor
  • Dec. 2018 - Mar. 2021
    The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Advanced Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Apr. 2018 - Nov. 2018
    Meiji University, Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Postdoctoral research fellow
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018
    JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Research fellow (DC1)

Member History

  • Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2025

Award

  • Jul. 2025
    日本大学医学部, ⽇本⼤学医学部優秀論⽂賞 (若⼿部⾨)
    内海邑
  • The Ecological Society of Japan, Best English Presentation Award
    Valley of free-riders on the evolution from horizontally to vertically transmitted mutualism
    Yu Uchiumi
  • The Ecological Society of Japan, Annual Meeting Award of the Ecological Society of Japan (Poster Award)
    内海邑
  • Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Poster Award
    Uchiumi Yu

Paper

  • Impact of multimedia scenarios on students’ perceptions and discussion tendencies in problem-based learning: a comparative study of three sequential cohorts among Japanese medical students
    Yuriko Abe; Eric Hajime Jego; Shuichiro Maruoka; Hideto Nakajima; Naoko Otani; Saki Suzuki; Tetsuya Taniguchi; Yu Uchiumi; Shinobu Masuda; Chiaki Hidai
    BMC Medical Education, Sep. 2026, Refereed
  • Growth regulation bringing modularity to morphogenesis of complex three-dimensional exoskeletons
    Hiroshi C. Ito; Yu Uchiumi
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Dec. 2024, Refereed, Not invited
    Last
  • Evolutionary double suicide in symbiotic systems
    Yu Uchiumi; Masato Sato; Akira Sasaki
    Ecology Letters, Jan. 2023, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Evolution of division of labour in mutualistic symbiosis
    Yu Uchiumi; Akira Sasaki
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Jul. 2020, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Evolution of self-limited cell division of symbionts
    Yu Uchiumi; Hisashi Ohtsuki; Akira Sasaki
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Jan. 2019, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Evolutionary emergence and maintenance of horizontally transmitted mutualism that do not rely on the supply of standing variation in symbiont quality
    Y. Uchiumi; H. Ohtsuki; A. Sasaki
    JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, Dec. 2017, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead

MISC

  • 病原体の盛衰―毒性の進化とそれが引き起こす絶滅―
    内海邑
    日本大学医学部一般教育研究紀要, Dec. 2021, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • 相利共生系における共生者の分裂自粛の進化
    内海邑
    数理解析研究所講究録, Jul. 2020, Not refereed, Invited
    Lead

Books and other publications

  • 理論生物学事典
    巌佐, 庸; 大槻, 久; 佐竹, 暁子; 望月, 敦史, Contributor, 共進化
    朝倉書店, Nov. 2025
    9784254172034

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • ★Evolutionary transition from partner choice-based to vertical transmission based mutualistic symbiosis (K12)
    Yu Uchiumi
    Evolution2024, Jul. 2024, Not invited
  • ★Valley of free-riders between horizontally and vertically transmitted mutualism (661 ID: 1918)
    Yu Uchiumi
    Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB2022), Aug. 2022, Not invited
  • Host Digestive Strategies and the Origin of Kleptoplasty
    Uchiumi, Yu
    The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Sep. 2026, Not invited
  • Evaluation of AI Based Assessment in Medical Interviews Using an AI Simulated Patient System (O-37-3)
    Abe, Yuriko; Yu Uchiumi; Yasuhiro Gon; Kenji Mizumura; Takeshi Yamaguchi; Yukihiro Maeda; E.H. Jego; Saki Suzuki; Miyoshi Tomomi; Hidai Chiaki
    The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education, Aug. 2026, Not invited
  • Problem-Based Practical Session Using Mathematical Simulation of Infectious Disease Dynamics
    Uchiumi, Yu; Naoki Noda; Akiko Yamashita; Saki Suzuki; Yuriko Abe; Chiaki Hidai
    The 58th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education, Aug. 2026, Not invited
  • Evolutionary dynamics toward kleptoplasty (J01-09)
    Uchiumi, Yu
    73rd Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, Mar. 2026, Not invited
  • モニタリング調査全体の結果と解析
    小長谷達郎; 内海邑; 徳嶋賀彰
    第22回チョウ類の保全を考える集い, Feb. 2026, Invited
  • Development and evaluation of a generative AI-based medical interview learning system (O-5-1)
    Abe, Yuriko; Yasuhiro Gon; Kenji Mizumura; Yu Uchiumi; Takeshi Yamaguchi; Chiaki Hidai
    The 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education, Jul. 2025, Not invited
  • Evolution of kleptoplasty (E01-01)
    Uchiumi, Yu
    72nd Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of Japan, Mar. 2025, Not invited
  • 共生と進化ゲーム
    内海邑
    佐々木顕先生退職記念研究会, Feb. 2025, Not invited
  • モニタリング調査全体の結果と解析について
    小長谷達郎; 内海邑; 徳嶋賀彰
    第21回 チョウ類の保全を考える集い, Feb. 2025, Invited
  • 相利共生系の多様な維持機構とその進化
    内海邑
    理論進化生態フォーラム, Feb. 2025, Invited
  • Evolutionary ecology of endosymbiosis and kleptoplasty from a theoretical perspective
    Yu Uchiumi
    The 2nd NIBB Workshop KleptoBiology, Sep. 2024, Invited
  • 細胞内共生者が細胞小器官へと至る進化過程 (進化3:O12-03)
    内海邑
    2024年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2024, Not invited
  • 細胞内共生の共生体と宿主における分裂率を合わせる進化 (WS9 バクテリアからオルガネラに至る普遍的な増殖機構を紐解く)
    内海邑
    日本遺伝学会第96回大会, Sep. 2024, Invited
  • ゲノムコンフリクトによる胚乳での倍数性の進化 (S19 倍数性構造集団における生態・進化)
    内海邑
    日本生態学会第71回全国大会, Mar. 2024, Invited
  • 強毒な病原体の進化は絶滅をもたらすか?
    内海邑
    理論進化生態フォーラム, Feb. 2024, Invited
  • モニタリング調査全体の結果について
    小長谷達郎; 内海邑
    第20回 チョウ類の保全を考える集い, Feb. 2024, Invited
  • 共生系における進化的心中 (O3-7①)
    内海邑; 佐藤正都; 佐々木顕
    2023年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2023, Not invited
  • ゲノムコンフリクトによる胚乳の進化 (進化G01-06)
    内海邑; 別所和博; 佐々木顕
    日本生態学会第70回全国大会, Mar. 2023, Not invited
  • ニッチの変化をともなう相利共生の進化 (O3-3(4))
    内海邑
    2022年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2022, Not invited
  • Valley of free-riders on the evolution from horizontally to vertically transmitted mutualism (B04-02)
    Yu Uchiumi
    日本生態学会第69回全国大会, Mar. 2022, Not invited
  • 相利共生系の進化における裏切りの谷 (O3-6(5))
    内海邑
    2021年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2021, Not invited
  • 共生系における進化的心中
    内海邑; 佐藤正都; 佐々木顕
    日本生態学会第68回全国大会, Mar. 2021, Not invited
  • 相利共生系における進化的心中 (o22a2-7)
    内海邑; 佐藤正都; 佐々木顕
    2020年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2020, Not invited
  • 相利共生系における分業の進化 (特別セッション「生物学とゲーム理論の接点」)
    内海邑; 佐々木顕
    ゲーム理論ワークショップ2020, Mar. 2020, Invited
  • 相利共生系における水平伝達型から垂直伝達型への進化的移行 (L02-14)
    内海邑
    日本生態学会第67回全国大会, Mar. 2020, Not invited
  • 細胞内共生者は増殖を自粛するか (シンポジウム「種間相互作用の進化的帰結」)
    内海邑
    第16回生物数学の理論とその応用〜生命現象の定量的理解に向けて〜, Jan. 2020, Invited
  • 細胞内共生者における分裂自粛の進化と毒性の進化
    内海邑
    研究集会「数理生物学の歩みとこれからの展望」, Sep. 2019, Invited
  • 相利共生系における分業の進化 (O-07)
    内海邑; 佐々木顕
    2019年度日本数理生物学会年会, Sep. 2019, Not invited
  • Evolutionary emergence and maintenance of mutualistic symbiosis
    Yu Uchiumi
    第 29 回CMMA月例セミナー, Nov. 2018, Invited
  • Evolutionary maintenance of horizontally transmitted mutualism without frequent mutations
    Yu Uchiumi
    Recent Progresses in Mathematical Theories for Biological Phenomena, Nov. 2018, Invited
  • 相利共生系の成立と進化的維持
    内海邑
    第61回つくば進化生態学セミナー, Oct. 2018, Invited
  • Evolution of symbionts to limit their own cell division for reproductive synchrony with the host
    Yu Uchiumi
    MIMS Café Seminar, Jul. 2018, Invited
  • Coevolution of Horizontally Transmitted Mutualism (Recent progress in evolutionary theory (M23-A))
    Yu Uchiumi
    2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology & the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Jul. 2018, Invited
  • Evolutionary emergence and maintenance of discrimination in mutualistic symbiosis
    Yu Uchiumi
    Applied Analysis Tutorial Seminar at Nakano, May 2018, Invited
  • 種子植物の胚乳形成におけるゲノムコンフリクト (自由集会「性が駆動する進化と生態:ゲノムから群集まで」W21)
    内海邑; 別所和博; 佐々木顕
    日本生態学会第65回全国大会, Mar. 2018, Invited
  • 共生による宿主のニッチシフトが共生者の伝達様式の進化におよぼす影響 (P2-100)
    内海邑; 大槻久; 佐々木顕
    日本生態学会第65回全国大会, Mar. 2018, Invited
  • 共生による宿主のニッチシフトが共生者の伝達様式の進化におよぼす影響 (T04)
    内海邑; 大槻久; 佐々木顕
    第50回日本原生生物学会大会 第1回日本共生生物学会大会, Nov. 2017, Not invited
  • ゲノムコンフリクトが引き起こす胚乳の倍数性と重複受精の進化 (O-02)
    内海邑; 別所和博; 佐々木顕
    2017年度日本数理生物学会年会, Oct. 2017, Not invited
  • Evolution of vertical transmission through self-restrained cell division of symbionts (Symposium 31. Evolution across the mutualist-parasite continuum: 23)
    Yu Uchiumi; Hisashi Ohtsuki; Akira Sasaki
    The Congress of European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2017), Aug. 2017, Not invited
  • Evolution of vertical transmission of symbionts by reducing the rate of cell division
    Yu Uchiumi; Hisashi Ohtsuki; Akira Sasaki
    Modelling Biological Evolution 2017, Apr. 2017, Not invited
  • 共生者分裂率をめぐる宿主と細胞内共生者の共進化 (B15)
    内海邑; 大槻久; 佐々木顕
    日本藻類学会第41回大会, Mar. 2017, Not invited
  • 共生者分裂率をめぐる宿主と細胞内共生者の共進化 (P1-A-013)
    内海邑; 大槻久; 佐々木顕
    日本生態学会第64回全国大会, Mar. 2017, Not invited

Courses

  • 2022 - Present
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  • 2022 - Present
  • 2021 - 2021
  • 2020 - 2020
  • 2019 - 2020
  • 2019 - 2020

Affiliated academic society

  • Apr. 2026 - Present
    Japan Society for Medical Education
  • Aug. 2013 - Present
    THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
  • Oct. 2012 - Present
    THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Research Themes

  • VR診察とコミュニケーション機能を搭載したAI模擬患者の開発と教育効果の検証
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 01 Apr. 2026 - 31 Mar. 2030
    阿部 百合子; 権 寧博; 水村 賢司; 内海 邑; 山口 健; 関 弘翔; JEGO Eric; 大澤 正彦; 大谷 尚子
  • Theoretical study on the establishment of kleptoplasty through the evolution of host digestive strategies
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 01 Apr. 2026 - 31 Mar. 2029
    内海 邑
  • 相利共生系における水平伝達型から垂直伝達型に至る進化過程の理論的解明
    日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業 若手研究, 01 Apr. 2022 - 31 Mar. 2025
    内海 邑
  • 相利共生系の起源と多様化の理論的研究 研究課題
    文部科学省, 科学研究費補助金 特別研究員奨励費, Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018
    内海邑