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Suzuki Lab
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A lab that studies how the brain's wiring is built, starting from the visual system of the fruit fly.
AboutAbout the lab
How are neural circuits built?
The Suzuki Lab studies how the neural circuits that underlie our perception, memory, and thinking are built.
The lab's model system is the visual system of the fruit fly (Drosophila).
It investigates how axons recognize their partners and form synapses, and how synapses change in response to experience.
The lab approaches these questions by combining genetic engineering, cell engineering, biochemistry, and light-based imaging methods.
Key terms
- Synapse
- The junction where neurons connect and pass signals to one another
- Axon
- A long projection extending from a neuron that sends signals to other neurons
- Plasticity
- The property by which the strength and shape of neural connections change in response to experience and environment
ResearchResearch themes
Using the Drosophila visual system as a model, the lab studies at the molecular level how neural circuits and synapses are formed and how they change. With genetic and optical methods, it examines how far genetic programs determine the wiring of the brain.
*Illustrative imageAxon projection to selective synaptic layers
It is still unexplained how different types of axons recognize specific partner neurons and form synapses with them. The lab has identified new receptor-type membrane proteins and is trying to explain the specificity of connections from their combinations and functions.
*Illustrative imageSynaptic specificity
In the visual system, after axons extend, neurons form synapses with specific partners at specific positions. The lab uses genetic engineering and biochemical methods to investigate which genes drive the formation of these synapses, which are built by genetic programs.
*Illustrative imageSynaptic plasticity
Neural circuits in the brain change flexibly in response to experience and the surrounding environment. Focusing on changes in the active zone, a part of the synapse, the lab aims to clarify the molecular mechanisms that control them, using visual system neurons as a model.
MembersFaculty
The Suzuki Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, technical assistants, and PhD, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi SuzukiPublications ↗
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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: “Visualization of the Drosophila blood brain barrier ( )” Gerit Linneweber / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Axon projection to selective synaptic layers: “Neuron Heart” Piku4chemia / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Synaptic specificity: “Cortical Neuron Synapses” Dchordpdx / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Synaptic plasticity: “Layer V Pyramidal cell from mouse visual cortex” Quorumetrix / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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