Our Group Photo

Apr. 2025: ES building at Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya University
Dr. Horiuchi, Mr. Watanabe, Mr. Hashiba, Dr. Watanabe, and Ms. Maekawa from the left of the front.
Dr. Komine, Dr. Oiwa, Ms. Noda, Ms. Higuchi, Dr. Shinno, Ms. Kakimi, and Dr. Yamanaka from the left of the middle.
Dr, Kawade, Ms. Kato, Mr. Sakai, and Dr. Endo from the left of the back.

Professor

Koji Yamanaka M.D., Ph.D.

President, Japan Neuroscience Society
Vince President (Research), Nagoya University

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

2014-2016 Associate Director, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University
2016-2020 Director, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University
2023-current President, The Japan Neuroscience Society
2024-current Vince President (Research), 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

Honors (Selected)
2004　Muscular Dystrophy Association: Carrier Development Award, USA
2013　Year 2013 Award, Japanese Society of Neurology

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

Lecturers

Okiru Komine Ph.D.

Seiji Watanabe Ph.D.

My project is focused on disruption of the mitochondria-associated membranes, where the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contacts with the mitochondria, in ALS pathology.

Fumito Endo M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty Profiles

Assistant Professors

Researchers

Shohei Sakai

Technical Assistants

Harumi Higuchi

Chihiro Kakimi

Noriko Nagata

Graduate Students

Aki Noda

Second-year doctoral student
Convolution of Informatics and Biomedical Sciences on Glocal Alliances (CIBoG), cocurrent
Make New Standards Program for the Next Generation Researchers, RESEARDENT

Keigo Hashiba

First-year doctoral student

Koki Watanabe

First-year master course student

Undergraduate Student

Miku Kato

Third-year student, School of Medicine, Nagoya University

Secretary

Takako Kato

Guest Researchers & Guest Professor

Takashi Saito Ph.D.

Guest Professor
Professor, Graduate School of Meidicine, Nagoya City University

Naruhiko Sahara Ph.D.

Guest Professor
Chief Scientist & Group Leader, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

Takashi Kageyama M.D., Ph.D.

Guest Researcher
Vince President & Chief of Neurology, Tokai Memorial Hospital

Kotaro Oiwa M.D., Ph.D.

Guest Researcher
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Guest Researcher, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University

Akira Sobue Ph.D.

Collaborative Researcher
Assistant professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University
Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy (concurrent)

Kei Hashimoto D.V.M., Ph.D.

Collaborative Researcher
School of Medicine, Kobe University

Ritsuko Shimogawa

Guest Researcher

Past Colleagues

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)
Ting Wang Ph.D. (Postdoctoral fellow, Jilin University, China)
Atsushi Shimohata Ph.D. (Technical staff, Technical Center of Nagoya University)

Past students graduated with Master's degree

Hiroshi Sato (2012)
Shinji Nagatsu (2013)
Mizuki Hatano (2015)
Shuhei Ohnuma (2017)
Sara Yanagisawa (2023)

Past Students in Training for Medical Research

Kohei Nishino M.D. (2014-2017)
Mayumi Oishi M.D., Ph.D. (2013)
Hanae Nomura M.D., Saori Ikeda M.D. (2014)
Sho Okazaki, Akira Miyazaki M.D. (2015)
Nao Adachi M.D., Taito Kurita M.D. (2016)
Hajime Kido M.D., Hidekazu Inami M.D. (2017)
Shunichi Iida M.D., keiji Natsume M.D. (2018)
Yuri Banno M.D., Chitose Imai M.D. (2019)
Yukako Kinoshita M.D., Sousuke Sakakibara M.D. (2020)
Maika Kato M.D. (2021)
Rikuto Sugihara, Rara Ohashi (2022)
Syunsuke Yokoi, Ayumi Matsui (2023)
Keito Sano, Hideki Yamawaki (2024)

Ryutaro Yamazaki
Ayaka Ueda Ph.D. (Assistant 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)