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Mareki Honma, Professor
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The Honma Lab studies radio astronomy and galactic astronomy. Using ultra-high-resolution interferometric observations that combine many radio telescopes, the lab works on directly imaging black holes. The lab also investigates the structure of the Milky Way and dark matter through astrometric observations, which precisely measure the positions of stars. Prof. Honma belongs to the Mizusawa VLBI Observatory of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and serves as the observatory's director.
Takuma Izumi, Associate Professor
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The Izumi Lab studies active galactic nuclei, the brightly shining centers of galaxies. Using radio waves, mainly millimeter and submillimeter waves, the lab observes active galactic nuclei across the universe, both nearby and in the distant past. The lab investigates how supermassive black holes grow and how active galactic nuclei affect the growth and evolution of galaxies. Associate Professor Izumi belongs to the ALMA Project at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Kazunori Kori, Professor
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The Kori Lab theoretically studies the beginning of the universe and the mysteries that arise in compact objects such as black holes. To do so, the lab uses quantum field theory, general relativity, cosmology, and mathematics. The universe was born 13.8 billion years ago and expanded from a fireball state known as the Big Bang into the vast universe we see today. The lab keeps asking what happened before that fireball formed, and what dark matter and dark energy really are.
Yasuo Ihara, Associate Professor
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The Evolutionary Anthropology Lab studies the evolution of human behavior from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. It asks why human behavior differs so greatly from that of other animals, and how natural selection has shaped human behavior. Using methods from mathematical biology and computational approaches, the lab investigates the evolution of social behavior and cultural evolution.
Osamu Kondo, Associate Professor
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The Morphological Anthropology Lab studies human evolution, as well as variation and adaptation among human populations, based on the shapes of human bones and teeth. In addition to traditional methods, the lab incorporates new approaches such as CT scanning, three-dimensional morphometrics, simulation, and statistical methods. At the same time, the lab places great importance on collecting and organizing human skeletal collections and on carrying out their conservation treatment and description reliably. Graduate students working in macroscopic morphological anthropology can pursue their own research themes without being tied to a fixed topic.
Naomichi Ogihara, Professor
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The Human Evolutionary Biomechanics Lab studies why the skeletal and muscular structures of the human body have come to take their present form. From a mechanical perspective, the lab aims to clarify the evolution of motor functions unique to humans, such as upright bipedal locomotion and the ability to grasp objects precisely. The lab mainly uses three-dimensional shape analysis based on CT images, movement analysis using methods such as motion capture, and simulation with musculoskeletal models. The lab is also pursuing research that applies its findings to the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases.
Jun Ohashi, Professor
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The Human Genome Diversity Lab studies the evolutionary history of humans through individual and population differences in the human genome (the complete set of genetic information). The genomes of modern humans retain traces of the natural selection, population splits, admixture, and migrations that their ancestors experienced. The lab combines fieldwork, experiments to examine genomic diversity, statistical and mathematical analysis, and computer simulation. It also investigates how genetic differences relate to differences in individual traits such as body build.
Rei Ueshima, Associate Professor
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The Evolutionary Phylogenetics Lab studies the evolution and systematics of invertebrates, using molluscs such as snails as its main study material. From classical comparative morphology to molecular phylogenetics and analysis of genome structure, the lab seeks to understand animal evolution from many perspectives. Its research covers evolution at many levels, from the early stages of species divergence to the origin of animal phyla. A model in which reversal of left-right asymmetry in snails gives rise to new species through a single gene was published in Nature.
Yu Hayashi, Professor
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The Hayashi Lab studies why animals sleep, investigating the significance and evolutionary origins of sleep. Human sleep consists of REM sleep, which produces dreams, and non-REM sleep, which is accompanied by slow waves, a characteristic pattern of brain activity. Using mice and nematodes, the lab combines chemogenetic and optogenetic techniques with behavioral experiments, recording of neural activity, and imaging.
Kazuo Emoto, Professor
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The Emoto Lab studies how the brain is customized by the combination of genes and environment, with the aim of elucidating the mechanisms underlying human individuality and psychiatric disorders. The lab focuses on how neural networks are rewired in response to external information, and on neurogenesis, the generation of new neurons. Another goal is to clarify the brain mechanisms that flexibly change instinctive behaviors depending on states such as fear and hunger. The lab mainly uses Drosophila and mice as model organisms.
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