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Human Genetics Lab
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The lab decodes the diversity of the human genome to shed light on disease and the history of humankind.
AboutAbout the lab
Human heredity and diversity, explored through data and experiments.
The Human Genetics Lab studies human heredity and diversity.
The lab finds genetic diversity and variants in the human genome and clarifies what functions they have.
It aims to apply its findings to disease research.
Using both experiments and computational analysis, the lab tackles a wide range of problems in human genetics.
Key terms
- Genome
- The entirety of an organism's genetic information, written as the sequence of bases in DNA.
- Transcriptome
- The entire set of RNA molecules (transcripts) copied from DNA in a cell.
- Sequencer
- A device that reads the order of bases (the sequence) in DNA or RNA.
NewsLab news
Clinical genetics book "Shonika x Idengaku" (Pediatrics × Genetics), partly written by Professor Fujimoto, published
Paper by Assistant Professor Ikemoto and colleagues published in Bioinformatics Advances
The lab's research received the Best Papers Award at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan
Paper investigating genetic diversity that affects expression levels published in Genome Biology
Genome data analysis reference book "Genomu Tayosei Kaiseki" (Genome Diversity Analysis), partly written by Professor Fujimoto, published
ResearchResearch themes
By analyzing genome, epigenome, and transcriptome data, the lab aims to find genetic diversity and variants in the human genome, clarify their functional significance, and apply this to disease research. Its research follows three directions: genetic diversity, cancer genomes, and the history of human populations.
*Illustrative imageDetecting Previously Undiscovered Genetic Diversity
The lab analyzes sequencer data to reveal genetic diversity that could not be analyzed before. It applies the methods it has developed to disease research, leading to the discovery of new disease-associated genes.
*Illustrative imageCancer-Causing Genes and Therapeutic Targets
The lab analyzes cancer mutation data and transcripts to search for genes that cause cancer and genes that could serve as therapeutic targets.
*Illustrative imageUncovering the History of Human Populations
Using whole-genome sequencing data, the lab reveals the recent history of human populations, which has been difficult to determine with conventional methods.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Human Genetics Lab are faculty, doctoral and master's students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorFujimoto APublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKo IkemotoPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Human karyotype diagram showing autosomes and sex chromosomes - NHGRI” National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) / Public domain (cropped)
- Detecting Previously Undiscovered Genetic Diversity: “Illumina MiSeq sequencer” Konrad Förstner / CC0 (cropped)
- Cancer-Causing Genes and Therapeutic Targets: “Hepatocellular Carcinoma ( )” Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Uncovering the History of Human Populations: “Map-of-homo-sapiens-migration-6605” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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