Rate My Professor Tsuyoshi Shimmura

Tsuyoshi Shimmura is a Professor in the Division of Science of Biological Production at the Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. He earned his PhD in Veterinary Science from Azabu University in 2009. His career includes serving as a JSPS Research Fellow at Azabu University and Nagoya University, Assistant Professor at the National Institute for Basic Biology, and Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology before his appointment as Professor in 2021.

Shimmura’s research focuses on understanding and regulating animal behaviour and emotion across molecular to population levels, with emphasis on livestock such as chickens. His work addresses animal welfare, behavioural inheritance, brain science, molecular biology, and the development of welfare management systems and automatic evaluation technologies. He received the Japan Prize in Agricultural Science Achievement Award for Young Scientists in 2019. Key publications include studies on genomic and neurobiological bases of fighting strategies in gamecocks (2026), spatiotemporal understanding of laying hen behaviours using wearable sensors (2024), and related papers on seasonal biology and animal physiology. He contributes to teaching in biological production and holds grants for research on animal behaviour control and ecosystem evaluation.