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header How the brain becomes functional during development?
The brain consists of an enormous number of a wide variety of neurons. These neurons form a complex neural circuit and process sensory information such as visual, olfactory, and auditory stimuli. Although neural circuit formation is essential for complex brain functions, we do not know how the neural circuit is formed successfully during brain development. To understand mechanisms that regulate neural circuit formation, it is necessary to know when, where, and how specific types of neurons are born as well as how neurons migrate to connect to their partners. In our laboratory, we use the Drosophila fruit fly as a model system to answer these questions.
In our lab, we use fruit fly Drosophila as a model system to answer the question.

News

　　　　　 　
16-04-2026 Mire, Misora, and Rino's work has been accepted.
01-04-2026 New graduate students have started their research projects.
26-03-2026 New undergrad students have started their research projects.
25-03-2026 undergrad students graduated from our lab.
03-02-2026 Four undergrad students presented their results at the graduation research presentation.
18-12-2025 Four undergrad students decided to join our lab from the next semester.
17-12-2025 An undergrad student passed the entrance exam for graduate school (December).
12-12-2025 We received a research grant from the Uehara Memorial Foundation.
04-12-2025 Mire gave a poster presentation at MBSJ2025(48th).
03-12-2025 We gave a poster presentation at MBSJ2025(48th).
18-11-2025Dr. Shi-hong Gu, an our collaborator, visited our lab.
05-10-2025 P.I. gave a short lecture at Yume-Navi live (in Japanese).
10-09-2025 Undergrad students passed the entrance exam for graduate school (August).
16-07-2025 An undergrad student passed the entrance exam for graduate school (July).
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