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Young Scientists2022.12.01Satoshi MiyashitaDr Miyashita earned his PhD from Waseda University and worked as a research fellow at Dept of Biochemistry & Cellular Biology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry. He joined BRI's Dept of System Pathology for Neurological Disorders in 2021, where he carries out his research on neural development and brain disorders with bioinformatic approach.
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Careers after BRI2022.12.01Hiroki KitauraWhen I first joined BRI as a graduate student, I was doing research on functional brain imaging and electrophysiology under the mentorship of Dr Katsuei Shibuki in Dept of Neurophysiology. My doctoral thesis was electrophysiological analysis of the plasticity on neural networks in the rat cerebral cortex using the patch clamp technique. I then advanced my research to study the reorganization of the active dependent brain functional map in mouse somatosensory cortex in vivo. After my PhD, I engaged in functional brain imaging using MRI in mice supervised by Dr Hironaka Igarashi (Center for Integrated Human Brain Science) and later joined Dept of Pathology (Dr Akiyoshi Kakita's lab) to work on imaging analysis of epileptogenicity using surgical samples.
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Female Scientists2022.11.01Kanako OdaResearch using genetically modified animals has become an indispensable tool for producing human diseases and elucidating their mechanisms. The main tasks of my research are to create genetically modified animals for the assigned research and to preserve them as bioresources.
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Student life2022.11.01Kohei IkarashiMy research focuses on the mechanism to reconstruct neural circuits following stroke. Stroke causes damage to neural circuits of the brain and spinal cord, resulting in various aftereffects. Our lab studies
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Student life2022.11.01Natsuki AkiyamaMy major research interests are cerebral ischemia, tau protein accumulation, and neuroprotection. Stroke causes dynamic changes in the brain. Cerebral infarction causes motor paralysis, speech impairment, and cognitive decline, and these symptoms are the result of dynamic environmental changes in the brain after the infarction.
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Student life2021.10.01Kazuki KoderaParkinson's disease and autism spectrum disorder are the key focus of my research. I analyze a gene whose function is not yet understood. This gene may be related to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and I repeat steadily basic molecular biology experiments. As for autism research, I'm looking for ways in which the characteristics of zebrafish can help us to understand the mechanisms of autism.