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 Viadimiros |
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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 |
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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 Assistant Professor OHARA Shinya |
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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 |
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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 Associate Professor NIWA Shinsuke (C) 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 Assistant Professor MUKAI Kojiro |
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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
| Germ Cell Development | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor MATSUI Yasuhisa Assistant Professor HAYASHI Yohei |
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Undergrad education |
Medicine | ||
| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | germ cell, pluripotential stem cell, epigenetic regulation, metabolic regulation | ||
| Cancer Biology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor CHIBA Natsuko Assistant Professor YOSHINO Yuki FANG Zhenzhou |
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| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Tumor suppressor, centrosome, DNA damage response, genome integrity | ||
| Developmental Neurobiology | |||
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| Faculty |
Professor OGURA Toshihiko Lecturer MATSUMOTO Ken Assistant Professor KUBO Atsushi |
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| Campus | Seiryo | ||
| Keywords | Developmental biology, new mechanobiology | ||
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 | ||