Development, Differentiation, and Regeneration in Biological Systems

Research Supervisor

Yoshiki Hotta

Year Started : FY2002

Keiichi Nakayama

Professor, Kyushu University

Activation of Regeneration by Promoted Reentry into Cell Cycle

Yasushi Hiromi

Professor, National Institute of Genetics

Organizing the Nervous System through Intracellular Pattering

Fumio Matsuzaki

Group Director, RIKEN

Genetic Programs for Neuronal Diversity and Brain Formation

Year Started : FY2001

Takashi Kadowaki

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Mechanism and Regulation of Adipocyte de-differentiation or "transformation"

Hitoshi Sakano

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Generation and Regeneration of Olfactory Neural Network

Noriyuki Satoh

Professor, Kyoto University

Large-Scale Analysis of Novel Function of Specific Developmental Genes

Masaharu Noda

Professor, National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Regional Specification, Topographic Projection and Regeneration of the Optic Nerve

Year Started : FY2000

Tadashi Uemura

Professor, Kyoto University

Single-cell Patterning: Investigation of Regulatory Mechanisms of Cell Polarization

Hideyuki Okano

Professor, Keio University

Study on the Development and Regeneration of the Central Nervous System Based on the Stem Cell Biology

Hitoshi Okamoto

Group Director, RIKEN

Genetic Dissection of Neural Network Formation

Satoru Kobayashi

Professor, National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Clarification of the Mechanisms Underlying Germ Cell Formation and its Application to Mammalian Development

Tadaomi Takenawa

Professor, The University of Tokyo

Signaling of Cell Migration and its Role in Organ Formation, and Application to Regeneration

Hiroshi Hamada

Professor, Osaka University

Molecular Mechanism Generating Morphological Asymmetries

Kunihiro Matsumoto

Professor, Nagoya University

Molecular Mechanism of Morphogenesis and Cell Differentiation during Development