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.
Laboratories
Brain and Nervous System
| Neuroethology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor TANIMOTO Hiromu Associate Professor KOGANEZAWA Masayuki Assistant Professor HUANG Tzu Ting Assistant Professor THOMA Vladimiros |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Biology | ||
| Campus | Katahira | ||
| Keywords | The neural foundation of sensory processing and memory and learning, behavioral analysis, neuroanatomy | ||
| Molecular Ethology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor TAKEUCHI Hideaki Assistant Professor KAJIYAMA TOWAKO |
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| Campus | Katahira | ||
| Keywords | Social recognition, individual recognition, Face recognition, Genome editing, Social brain | ||
| Brain Development | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor ABE Kentaro Assistant Professor AOKI Sho |
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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 | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor TSUTSUI Ken-ichiro Associate Professor OHARA Shinya Specially Appointed Associate Professor NAKAMURA Shinya Specially Appointed Senior Assistant Professor WATANABE Hidenori Assistant Professor KIMURA Kei (C) |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Biology | ||
| Campus | Katahira | ||
| Keywords | Higher order brain functions, systems neuroscience | ||
Cellular Network
| Membrane Trafficking Mechanisms | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor FUKUDA Mitsunori Assistant Professor KASAHARA Atsuko |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Biology | ||
| Campus | Aobayama | ||
| Keywords | Intracellular vesicle transport, melanosome transport, autophagy, secretion,neurotransmitter release, small GTPase Rab | ||
| Developmental Dynamics | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor SUGIMOTO Asako Specially Appointed Senior Assistant Professor TABARA Hiroaki Lecturer (Cross Appointment) OHTA Midori Assistant Professor HARUTA Nami |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Biology | ||
| Campus | Katahira | ||
| Keywords | Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Live Imaging | ||
| Organelle Pathophysiology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor TAGUCHI Tomohiko Specially Appointed Associate Professor KISHIMOTO Takuma Assistant Professor KUCHITSU Yoshihiko |
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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 | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor MATSUI Ko Assistant Professor IKOMA Yoko |
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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
| Cancer Biology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor CHIBA Natsuko Assistant Professor YOSHINO Yuki Assistant Professor FANG Zhenzhou |
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| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Tumor suppressor, centrosome, DNA damage response, genome integrity | ||
Cooperative faculties
| Developmental Neuroscience | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor OSUMI Noriko |
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Undergrad education |
Medicine | ||
| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Brain Development, Transgenerational epigenetis | ||
| Molecular Oncology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor TANAKA Kozo |
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Undergrad education |
Medicine | ||
| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Cell division, Cancer, Aging | ||
| Immunobiology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor OGASAWARA Koetsu |
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| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Allergy, Autoimmune diseases, Tumor immunity, Trogocytosis, NK cell, NKG2D, T cell receptor | ||
| Neuronal Cell Biology | |||
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| Faculty |
Associate Professor NIWA Shinsuke |
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| Campus | Aobayama | ||
| Keywords | axonal transport, kinesin, microtubules | ||