Tetsuya Miyamoto

Tetsuya Miyamoto, PhD is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics at Texas A&M University's School of Medicine. His work focuses on neuroscience and metabolic regulation in Drosophila models. Miyamoto holds a BS from Hokkaido University (1999), MS (2001) and PhD (2004) from Nagoya University. He conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University Medical Center before joining Texas A&M in 2010, becoming faculty in 2018.

Research interests center on neuronal gluconeogenesis and its role in systemic glucose homeostasis. Using fruit flies, his lab employs glucose imaging and genetic tools to study metabolic signaling pathways in neurons. Key projects investigate how brain-specific gluconeogenesis coordinates energy balance across organ systems. Techniques include functional imaging of single neurons and biochemical assays of metabolic enzymes.

Publications span Drosophila chemosensation, sugar receptors, and developmental neurobiology, with recent work emphasizing metabolic signaling mechanisms. No scientific awards were explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Advising and grant activities are not detailed here, though his research pipeline suggests active collaborations in metabolic neuroscience. Current lab activities focus on integrating cellular metabolism with neural communication processes.