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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

　　
05-10-2025 A short video about our research has been released (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).
03-06-2025 A collaborative work with Dr. Shi-Hong Gu has been accepted.
26-03-2025 New undergrad students have started their research projects.
25-03-2025 Chika, Misaki, and undergrad students graduated from our lab.
03-03-2025 Chika and Misaki passed the final examination for their master's degree.
14-02-2025 Chika and Misaki took the final examination for their master's degree.
06-02-2025 Three undergrad students presented their results at the graduation research presentation.
22-01-2025 We received a research grant from the Japan Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Research Foundation.
20-12-2024 Four undergrad students decided to join our lab from the next semester.
28-11-2024 Misaki gave a poster presentation at MBSJ2024(47th).
27-11-2024 Chika gave a poster presentation at MBSJ2024(47th).
27-09-2024 A confocal image taken by Chika was chosen as the cover image for Development 151(18).
04-09-2024 An undergrad student passed the entrance exam for graduate school.
26-08-2024 We gave a poster presentation at the ICE2024 Kyoto.
12-08-2024 Chika, Aya, Yuanchang and Mire's work has been accepted.
28-06-2024 We received an additional budget for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from JSPS.
20-06-2024 We gave a poster presentation at the 57th Annual meeting of JSDB.
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