Members

Katsuhiko Hayashi

Professor

Management of the lab

Research themes: Understanding and reconstitution of mammalian oogenesis

Express yourself through research!

Kenjiro Shirane

Associate Professor

Research themes: Decoding regulatory elements in the oocyte genome

Obsessed about the mystery of the genome in germ cells.

Satomi Kuramochi-Miyagawa

Associate Professor

Research themes: Transcriptional control mechanisms regulating piRNA-mediated de novo DNA methylation in male germ cells

Enjoy science and singing!

Koichiro Irie

Associate Professor (Center for Medical Research and Education)

Research themes: Elucidating the mechanisms of transgenerational effects in neurological disorders

I will do my best to elucidate the relationship between neurological diseases and reproductive genetics.

Sugako Ogushi

Lecturer

Research themes: Unveiling the molecular mechanisms of the nucleolus/NPM2-mediated chromatin remodelling in mammalian zygotes

Seeing is believing

Takayuki Hirota

Assistant Professor

Research themes: Gene regulatory network for making sperm

Wrestling with the wonders of life

Chika Higuchi

Assistant Professor

Research themes: Mitochondrial dynamics during oogenesis

The happiest moments for me are when I'm enjoying delicious food and when I'm conducting research.

Mayumi Shono

Assistant Professor

Research themes: Mitochondria

I'd like to have fulfilling days in both research work and personal life.

Shuhei Uemura

Assistant Professor

Research themes: Reconstruction of Fertile Ovarian Follicles from ESCs/iPSCs of White Rhinoceros

I'm excited every day to be part of research involving non-model organisms.

Chisako Horikawa

Post-doctoral resercher

Research themes: Oocyte induction by transcription factors

I will do my best in both motherhood and research activities.

Liu Chao

Doctoral student

Research themes: Research on granulosa cells

Be better today than yesterday.

Takashi Ikeda

Doctoral student

Research themes: Genetic elements for oocyte dormancy in human

I don’t want to forget my gratitude.

Maya Otsuki

Doctoral student

Research themes: Normality of mice derived from in vitro gametogenesis

I love cats.

Yuma Kujime

Doctoral student

Research themes: Regulatory mechanism of spermatogenesis

I will do my best.

Hisashi Yagi

Doctoral student

Research themes: Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation in an infertile cryptorchidism model

I will take the results sincerely and continue to take on challenges.

Minatsu Matsufuji

Doctoral student

Research themes: From female to male conversion with Y-chr introduction

I would like to contribute to the investigation of the causes of infertility.

Hanwen Zhang

Doctoral student

Research themes: Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms controlling primordial follicle dormancy

Meaning lies in the quest; joy lies in the discovery

Yui Muraki

Doctoral student

Research themes: Research on guranulosa cells

I hope research continues to be fun for me. So far, I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I want to have amphibians as pets someday.

Yui Ayano

Doctoral student

Research themes: Mitochondrial dynamics during oogenesis

I'll do my best for approaching the enigma of life phenomena.

Risa Ogata

Doctoral student

Research themes: Transposon

mens sana in corpore sano

Akihide Onishi

Master's student

Research themes: Elucidating of the Mechanisms Maintaining Oocyte Dormancy

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart

Kyo Sakai

Master's student

Research themes: Investigation of polymers in IVG to produce high-quality oocytes

I will make my dreams come true.

Yuki Matsudaira

Master's student

Research themes: Optimization of testicular somatic cell induction method

I will my best!

Satoko Tsuda

Secretary

I would be happy to support everyone in any way I can.

Yoko Matsumoto

Secretary

I will do my best.

Mieko Kitamura

Technical Staff

I will do my best.

Akiko Sakurai

Technical Staff

Although it may be a small effort, I will try my best to be helpful to everyone in the lab.