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Dai Watanabe, Professor
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The Biological Information Science Lab studies neural circuits to understand how the brain works and how the mind functions. The lab examines how neurons connect to one another, their electrical activity, and how these properties change over time (plasticity). By decoding and manipulating the signals exchanged within neurons and between them, the lab explores how information processing gives rise to brain function. The lab is recruiting graduate students and states that applicants are welcome regardless of their undergraduate field.
Mitinori Saitou, Professor
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The Functional Micromorphology Lab studies how germ cells, the precursors of sperm and eggs, are formed. The lab has developed technologies to generate, from mouse ES cells and iPS cells, primordial germ cell-like cells that can give rise to sperm and eggs and ultimately to healthy offspring. Currently, the lab is working to recreate the process of germ cell formation in the test tube using cynomolgus monkeys, which are close to humans, and human iPS cells. The lab is recruiting graduate students and states that enthusiasm is what matters, regardless of undergraduate field or prior experience.
Takashi Hiiragi, Special Invited Professor
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The Developmental Biology Lab (Hiiragi Group) uses early mammalian embryos as a model to study the mechanisms of "self-organization," in which a collection of cells spontaneously forms an ordered shape. In early mouse embryos, gene activity varies greatly from cell to cell, yet embryos of nearly the same form are produced every time. The lab tackles this question by combining biology with physics and mathematics, while developing its own microscopy and computational analysis technologies.
Akiyuki Taruno, Professor
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The Molecular and Cellular Physiology Lab studies how the human body senses changes in its internal and external environment and keeps its own state constant. Much about the senses remains unexplained, and sensory cells that have not yet been discovered are thought to exist. Using mammals as subjects, the lab aims to clarify the principles of new senses and apply them to medicine and physiology. The lab was newly established in January 2026 as a lab of the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
Naoki Watanabe, Professor
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Neural and Cellular Pharmacology (Watanabe Lab) studies molecules at work inside cells by directly observing them one molecule at a time. Cells sense their surroundings and rapidly reorganize their cytoskeleton, which allows them to proliferate, change shape, and migrate. The lab has shown that fluorescent molecules deep inside cells can be observed one molecule at a time, and has investigated how signals inside cells and the actions of drugs are connected at the molecular level. Methods for observing the movement of molecules inside cells only emerged in this century, and the lab is also committed to training researchers who will develop the potential of these methods.
Seishi Ogawa, Professor
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Tumor Biology (Pathology II) studies the mechanisms of diseases, including cancer, from a genetic perspective. Because disease arises from the interaction between inherited genes and the environment, the lab believes it is important to understand its genetic basis and molecular mechanisms. The lab conducts large-scale genetic analysis using next-generation sequencers, as well as functional analysis using mouse models of disease. The lab welcomes graduate students interested in genome analysis, bioinformatics, and molecular biology, regardless of clinical experience in cancer.
Yasuhiro Murakawa, Professor
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The Pathophysiological Biomedicine Lab aims to create new ways of understanding disease and new medical care from the information in the genome, the blueprint of the human body. By combining cutting-edge measurement technologies, informatics, and classical biochemistry, the lab develops original genome analysis technologies and investigates the mechanisms of disease at the levels of genes, molecules, and cells. In collaboration with hospitals and research institutes, the lab builds large-scale data platforms and conducts research focused on the new genes discovered through them.
Ichiro Nakagawa, Professor
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The Microbial Infectious Diseases Lab studies the mechanisms by which pathogenic bacteria cause infectious diseases. The lab examines bacterial genome information to trace how bacteria acquired pathogenicity and how they evolved, and analyzes at the molecular level how bacteria behave inside host cells. The lab's distinguishing feature is a "hybrid approach" that combines information and experiments on both the bacteria and the host, with the aim of establishing new methods of preventing and treating bacterial infections. For graduate students, the professor provides guidance so that they build a foundation as researchers through research that uses diverse methods, from bioinformatics to cell biology.
Hideki Ueno, Professor
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The Immune Cell Biology Lab (Ueno Lab) specializes in research on human immunity. It has become clear that findings from mice do not always apply directly to humans. The lab therefore uses samples from healthy people and patients to study how the human immune system works and how it is disrupted in disease. Using cutting-edge methods such as single-cell analysis, the lab aims to deepen the understanding of disease, discover biomarkers, and develop new treatments. The lab's targets are infectious diseases, vaccines, cancer immunity, autoimmune diseases, and allergies, and among organs it focuses especially on the liver.
Yoko Nishitani, Professor
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Forensic medicine involves death investigation, which determines the cause of death of deceased people, and research aimed at reducing preventable deaths. The department was established in 1899 and performs autopsies of unnatural deaths in Kyoto Prefecture, so students can learn both forensic practice and research. The lab focuses on how external factors such as poisoning, injury, and daily lifestyle habits damage organs. People who did not graduate from a medical school can also enter the master's and doctoral programs.
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