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Group Photo(2023)
Apr. 2023: In Higashiyama-campus, Nagoya University.
Dr. Sobue, Ms. Nagata, Dr. Shimohata, Ms. Higuchi, Dr. Horiuchi, and Ms. Wang from the left in the front.
Dr. Komine, Mr. hashimoto, Ms. Yanagisawa, Dr. Oiwa, Ms. Maekawa, and Dr. Kawade from the left in the middle.
Ms. Kato, Dr. Yamanaka, Ms. Kakimi, Mr. Sakai, and Dr. Watanabe from the left in the back.


Group Photo(2022)
Apr. 2022: In Higashiyama-campus, Nagoya University.
Dr. Watanabe, Dr. Sobue, Ms. Yanagisawa, Dr. Kawade, and Ms. Shimogawa from the left in the front.
Ms. Wang, Ms. Maekawa, Ms. Higuchi, Ms. Nagata, and Dr. Horiuchi from the left in the middle.
Ms. Kato, Dr. Hashimoto, Dr. Yamanaka, Ms. Kakimi, Mr. Sakai, and Dr. Komine from the left in the back.

Lab members

Professor

Yamanaka Photo(2018) Koji Yamanaka M.D., Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

  • Koji Yamanaka

    Born in Sep. 1967


    Positions and Employments

    • 1992-1996 Medical Residency (Dept. of Neurology, Kyoto University Hospital, Dept. of Medicine, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, Fukui, and Dept. of Neurology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo.)
    • 1996-2000 PhD. program, Graduate school of Medicine, Kyoto University
    • 2000-2001 Research associate, Department of Neurology, Graduate school of Medicine, Kyoto University
    • 2001-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, USA
    • 2006-2009 Unit Leader (Principal Investigator), Yamanaka Research Unit, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
    • 2009-2014 Laboratory head, Laboratory for Motor Neuron Disease, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
    • 2010-2013 Joint affiliated associate professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
    • 2011-2013 Joint affiliated Professor, Brain Science Institute, Saitama University; Hiroshima University
    • 2013-current Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University

    Other Experience

    • 1992 Japan #344441 (Japanese National License to practice medicine)
    • 1996 Diplomat, Japanese Board of Neurology (#2299)

    Professional Memberships

    • Society for Neuroscience
    • American Academy of Neurology
    • Japanese Society of Neurology
    • The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
    • The Japan Neuroscience Society
    • The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
    • The Japanese Biochemical Society

    Journal Editor

    • Associate Editor, FEBS Open Bio
    • Section Editor(Neuroscience and Disease), Neuroscience Research
    • Editorial Board, Molecular Brain
    • Associate Editor, Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology

    Honors (Selected)

    • 2004 Muscular Dystrophy Association: Carrier Development Award, USA
    • 2013 Year 2013 Award, Japanese Society of Neurology


iD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-0035
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Lecturers

Komine Photo(2018) Okiru Komine Ph.D.

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Watanabe Photo(2018) Seiji Watanabe Ph.D.

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Fumito Endo(2023) Fumito Endo M.D., Ph.D. (Designated)
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Assistant Professors

Sobue Photo(2018) Akira Sobue Ph.D. (Designated)
Convolution of Informatics and Biomedical Sciences on Glocal Alliances (CIBoG), cocurrent
Medical Interactive Research and Academia Industry Collaboration Center (MIRAIC), cocurrent


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Kawade Photo(2021) Noe Kawade Ph.D. (Designated)

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Shimohata Photo(2023) Atsushi Shimohata Ph.D. (Designated)

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Researcher

Mai Horiuchi M.D.

Wang Ting(Goverment-sponsored International Student)

Visiting Researcher

Kotaro Oiwa M.D., Ph.D.

Technical Staff

Harumi Higuchi

Chihiro Kakimi

Noriko Nagata

Graduate Students

Kei Hashimoto D.V.M. (D4) (JSPS Reserch Fellow DC2)

Kasumi Maekawa (D4) (Nagoya Univ. Interdisciplinary Frontier Fellow)

Shohei Sakai (D3) (JSPS Research Fellow DC1) (Convolution of Informatics and Biomedical Sciences on Glocal Alliances (CIBoG) Student)

Sara Yanagisawa (M2) (CIBoG Student)

Undergraduate Students

Shunsuke Yokoi

Ayumi Matsui

Secretaries

Takako Kato

Guest Professor

Takashi Saito Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Neurocognitive Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya City University)

OB & OGs

Hirofumi Yamashita M.D., Ph.D. (Chief Neurologist, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center)

Shoji Watanabe Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Kansai Medical University)

Jurate Lasiene Ph.D.(PSI CRO AG, United Kingdom)

Hitomi Tusiji Ph.D.(Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Science, Aichi Gakuin University)

Shijie Jin Ph.D. (Tufts University, USA)


Hiroshi Sato (Graduated in March, 2012)

Shinji Nagatsu (Graduated in March, 2013)

Mizuki Hatano (Graduated in March, 2015)

Syuhei Ohnuma (Graduated in March, 2017)


Kohei Nishino M.D. (Training for Medical Research in 2014-2017, Graduated in March, 2018)

Mayumi Oishi (Training for Medical Research in 2013)

Hanae Nomura (Training for Medical Research in 2014)

Saori Ikeda (Training for Medical Research in 2014)

Sho Okazaki (Training for Medical Research in 2015)

Akira Miyazaki (Training for Medical Research in 2015)

Nao Adachi (Training for Medical Research in 2016)

Taito Kurita (Training for Medical Research in 2016)

Hajime Kidou (Training for Medical Research in 2017)

Hidekazu Inami (Training for Medical Research in 2017)

Keishi Natsume (Training for Medical Research in 2018)

Shunichi Iida (Training for Medical Research in 2018)

Yuri Banno (Training for Medical Research in 2019)

Chitose Imai (Training for Medical Research in 2019)

Yukako Kinoshita (Training for Medical Research in 2020)

Sosuke Sakakibara (Training for Medical Research in 2020)

Maika Kato (Training for Medical Research in 2021)

Rikuto Sugihara (Training for Medical Research in 2022)

Lara Ohashi (Training for Medical Research in 2022)


Ryutaro Yamazaki

Ayaka Ueda (Assistaint Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)

Mio Nakashima

Yuki Watakabe (NIPS technical staff)

Yusei Inui (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)


Asako Nishikawa (Secretary, RIEM, Nagoya University)

Yuka Miyoshi (Technical staff, Osaka University)

Yuri Murata

Ikuyo Inoue (RIKEN technical staff)

Kumi Kaneko (RIKEN technical staff)

Noriko Fujimori-Tonou (RIKEN technical staff)

Asako Furuya (RIKEN technical staff)

Naoko Kume (RIKEN technical staff)

Masae Sato (RIKEN technical staff)

Ayane Kataoka (RIKEN technical staff)

Kuniko Tanaka (RIKEN assistant)


Milun Liu (Research student in 2015-2017)

Kenta Maruyama (Master course in 2016)