092-802-4270

092-802-4270

Doctor of Science

No

Developmental Biology

0000-0002-5999-2505

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Germ cells are the sole and fundamental cells to leave offspring. Although germ cells in an animal body would be strictly regulated to avoid aberrant proliferation, cell death, and differentiation due to its biological significance, the regulatory mechanisms of germ cells have been largely unknown. To address the issues, we study the developmental mechanisms of germ cells in vertebrate embryos, focusing on the cellular and molecular interactions between germ cells and environmental somatic cells, in the contexts of germ cell maintenance and migration. We progress these researches by maximizing the advantages of avian system including in vivo high quality imaging, cell/tissue transplantation, germ cell culture, and transgenic chickens and quails. In addition to basic developmental researches, we are also interested in various applications of avian reproductive engineering.

Research Interests

• in vivo analysis of cancer cell behaviors
  keyword : cancer cell, metastasis
  2021.04～2022.03.
• Elucidation of mechanisms of primordial germ cell regulations in vivo.
  Applications of transgenic avian technics.
  keyword : Primordial germ cell, Avian, Developmental Biology, Niche, Transgenic animal
  2019.01～2025.03.

Academic Activities Membership in Academic Society

• The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
• 日本動物学会
• 日本発生生物学会

Awards

• 東北大学大学院理学研究科・青葉理学振興会賞
• 日本発生生物学会・日本細胞生物学会合同大会・最優秀若手ポスター賞
• 平成25年度 文部科学大臣表彰若手科学者賞
• 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学・第10回梅園賞
• 第20回井上研究奨励賞

Educational Activities Other Educational Activities

• 2018.01.