Members
Faculty
Professor
Exploring the relationship between genome evolution and phenotypic evolution across diverse animal and plant species — evolutionary genomics of gene duplication and non-coding regulatory regions
Associate professor (FRIS)
Translational regulation of brain function and behavior in Drosophila
Associate professor (Cross-appointment)
Mechanisms by which interactions between environment and development shape phenotypic evolution
Lecturer
Ryusuke Yokoyama
Mechanisms of parasitism and evolutionary processes in Cuscuta
Assistant professor
Molecular mechanism and evolutionary processes underlying the development of novel plant organs
Research Assistant professor
Software development for population genetic simulation, comparative genomics analysis, and public databases
Assistant professor (FRIS)
Molecular mechanisms and Evolution on the bioluminescence using fishes, jellyfishes, bugs, and some deep-sea animals
Researcher
Shankar Chereddy
Development of RNA Interference-Based Control Methods for Terrestrial Planarians
Risa Aoki
Uptake Mechanisms of Prey-Derived Luciferase in Bioluminescent Fish
Ahammad Kabir
Inference of orthologous non-coding regulatory regions across distantly related species
Natsumi Maruoka
Ecological Functions of Diapause and Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Resting Egg Production in Daphnia
Avian Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Biology through Field Surveys and Genomic Analyses
Doctoral student
D3 Yuto Nakata
Development of Genome-Based Prediction Models for Mental Disorders
D3 Kanako Kumagai
Comparative Analysis of Gall Formation Mechanisms in Cuscuta Species
D1 Shinichiro Ono
Prediction of Distant Metastasis Risk from Gene Expression in Normal Tissue Adjacent to Tumor
D1 Mine Watanabe
Conserved Long Non-coding RNAs and CTCF Binding at TAD Boundaries
Master student
M2 Noriyuki Saeki
Identification of Conserved Non-coding Sequences Associated with Convergent Traits in Fishes
M2 Kosuke Sano
Identification of Gall-Formation Genes in the Weevil Mesalcidodes trifidus through Interspecific Genome Comparisons
M2 Masaki Takagawa
Evolution of Flowering-Time Genes in Parasitic Cuscuta Plants
M1 Yunqi Zhang
Mechanisms of Gall Formation Induced by Weevil-Derived Cytokinin
M1 Riku Toshima
Identification of Factors Inducing Vascular Differentiation in Cuscuta
M1 Yuta Harada
Rooting the Eukaryotic Tree of Life Using Ancient Gene Duplications
M1 Rui Kurosaka
Function and Evolution of Luciferases in Echinoptilum macintoshi
Undergraduate student
B4 Seima Kagino
Identification of Horizontally Transferred Genes that Replaced Endogenous Genes
B4 Kotaro Sasaki
Genome Asymmetry and Gene Expression Evolution Following Whole-Genome Duplication
B4 Rene Yoshikawa
Transcriptional States Underlying Cancer-Type-Specific Differences in Chromothripsis Prevalence
Former members
2026
Kanchi Nanjo
Yuki Ohori
Kento Niinaka
Ya Zhang
2025
Yuhang Jia
Takuya Konuma
Erik Widén
The Hana
Sara Kaoru Rehder
Fuku Sakamoto
Sota Arai
2024
Yuma Nakamura
Yuta Suzuki
Noriaki Tachibana
Yuki Matsuda
Yuki Aminaga
Riki Takara
Kyoko Ishida
2023
Sitong Lyu
Yicheng Xu
Mizuki Kashiuchi
Daiki Nakayama
2022
Miyu Yamada
2021
Pinglin Cao
Kento Kumazawa
Xuejiao Dai
Thoma Itoh
Yoko Makiyama
2020
Ryo Aoyagi
Kazuya Saitoh
Ryo Yokosaka
