Members

Principal investigator
  • Hidenobu Mizuno Ph.D.
    Hidenobu Mizuno
    Apr. 2018 –
    International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Associate Professor
    Sep. 2009 – Mar. 2018
    National Institute of Genetics, Assistant Professor
    Apr. 2009 – Aug. 2009
    JSPS Resarch Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
    Department of Biophysics, Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
    Mar. 2009
    Ph.D. in Science, Kyoto University
    Apr. 2008 – Mar. 2009
    JSPS Resarch Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2) Department of Biophysics, Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Scientist
  • Madhura S. Rao Ph.D.

    I come from Karnataka, the Southern part of India. I have majored in Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience, to thoroughly investigate and explore the neonatal mice brain developmental stages using high-level multi-dimensional imaging and take it forward to study disease state and their applicative uses in the field of neuroscience.
    It’s been a wonderful few months since I came to Japan and have been experiencing the beautiful seasons; the spring and autumn seasons are my favourite. I have seen a few places around Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Shizuoka, Niigata, and Tokyo, feasted on many varieties of authentic delicious Japanese cuisines and delicacies.
    Looking forward to many more bundles of experiences and new exciting things in the future stay over here. I am really fortunate and glad that I got this wonderful opportunity to do my studies over here. Absolutely loving the culture, tradition, kind, friendly, caring gesture of Japanese people!

Research support associate
  • Ryoko Koitabashi
Research specialist
  • Hiromi Mori MS
Technical assistant
  • Natsuki Morinaga
PhD student(D1), S-HIGO scholarship recipient
  • Elvira Abzhanova MD
Master course student (M2)
  • Takamitsu Egashira
Undergraduate student (U4)
  • Ayami Kohara
Undergraduate student (U3)
  • Yuzuki Kawae

Collaborator

Hayato Chiba (professor, Tohoku University)
Takashi Hayakawa (assistant professor, Nihon University)
Takumi Higaki (professor, Kumamoto University)
Yusuke Hirabayashi (associate professor, Tokyo University)
Takuji Iwasato (professor, National Institute of Genetics)
Yoshiaki Tagawa (professor, Kagoshima University)
Yuji Takihara (assistant professor, Kumamoto University)
Nao Tamagawa (Nakagawa) (assistant professor, Kagoshima University)
Masafumi Tsuboi (assistant professor, Tokyo University)
Naofumi Uesaka (professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

(in alphabetical order)

Alumni

Kazunori Ariyoshi Undergraduate student (2018-2022), Medical doctor in Osaka