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Department of Integrative Life Sciences

Department of Integrative Life Sciences

Integrative Life Sciences

Multicellular organisms are the life forms wherein the basic unit comprises many cells derived from an egg to form and fulfill the function of a single individual. Each of the cells undergoes differentiation and diversification to fulfill independent roles during the process of ontogeny, and the mutual interaction of these cells (network formation) is the foundation of integrated function as an individual. We aim to clarify the mechanisms by which cell populations (e.g., neural networks) control life phenomena (e.g., brain functions), implementing research and education, making full use of cutting-edge technologies.

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Brain and Nervous System
Neuroethology
Faculty Professor TANIMOTO Hiromu
Associate Professor KOGANEZAWA Masayuki
Assistant Professor HUANG Tzu Ting
Assistant Professor THOMA Vladimiros
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Katahira
Keywords The neural foundation of sensory processing and memory and learning, behavioral analysis, neuroanatomy
Molecular Ethology
Faculty Professor TAKEUCHI Hideaki
Assistant Professor KAJIYAMA TOWAKO
Campus Katahira
Keywords Social recognition, individual recognition, Face recognition, Genome editing, Social brain
Brain Development
Faculty Professor ABE Kentaro
Assistant Professor AOKI Sho
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Katahira
Keywords Experience dependent gene regulation, Postnatal skill development, Live imaging, Social interaction, Communication, Song learning, Disease model animals.
Systems Neuroscience
Faculty Professor TSUTSUI Ken-ichiro
Assistant Professor OHARA Shinya
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Katahira
Keywords Higher order brain functions, systems neuroscience
Cellular Network
Membrane Trafficking Mechanisms
Faculty Professor FUKUDA Mitsunori
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Aobayama
Keywords Intracellular vesicle transport, melanosome transport, autophagy, secretion,neurotransmitter release, small GTPase Rab
Developmental Dynamics
Faculty Professor SUGIMOTO Asako
Associate Professor NIWA Shinsuke (C)
Assistant Professor HARUTA Nami
Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment) OHTA Midori
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Katahira
Keywords Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Live Imaging
Organelle Pathophysiology
Faculty Professor TAGUCHI Tomohiko
Undergrad
education
Science / Biology
Campus Aobayama
Keywords Proteome analysis of organelle membrane proteins,Biological reactions that proceed on the cytosolic face of organelles,Organelle cooperation underlying the innate immunity response and inflammation,Development of specific probes for membrane phospholipids
Super-Network Brain Physiology
Faculty Professor MATSUI Ko
Assistant Professor IKOMA Yoko
Undergrad
education
Medicine
Campus Katahira
Keywords Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Fluorescent live imaging, Acute brain slice, Rodent in vivo optical cell activity manipulation and measurements, Synaptic transmission, Glial cell, Astrocyte, Neuron-glia interactions
Developmental Regulation Network
Germ Cell Development
Faculty Professor MATSUI Yasuhisa
Assistant Professor HAYASHI Yohei
Undergrad
education
Medicine
Campus Seiryo
Keywords germ cell, pluripotential stem cell, epigenetic regulation, metabolic regulation
Cancer Biology
Faculty Professor CHIBA Natsuko
Assistant Professor YOSHINO Yuki
Assistant Professor FANG Zhenzhou
Campus Seiryo
Keywords Tumor suppressor, centrosome, DNA damage response, genome integrity
Developmental Neurobiology
Faculty Professor OGURA Toshihiko
Lecturer MATSUMOTO Ken
Campus Seiryo
Keywords Developmental biology, new mechanobiology
Cooperative faculties
Developmental Neuroscience
Faculty Professor OSUMI Noriko
Undergrad
education
Medicine
Campus Seiryo
Keywords Brain Development, Transgenerational epigenetis
Molecular Oncology
Faculty Professor TANAKA Kozo
Undergrad
education
Medicine
Campus Seiryo
Keywords Cell division, Cancer, Aging