Developmental Biology


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Kumano lab. Developmental Biology
  Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology, Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku University

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Gaku Kumano, Director and Professor

1998: Ph.D. @ Tokyo Institute of Technology (Adviser: Dr. Hiroki Nishida)
1998-2002: Post-doctoral Research Fellow @ UC Santa Barbara (Adviser: Dr. William C. Smith)
2002-2003: Assistant Research Biologist @ UC Santa Barbara
2003-2013: Assistant Professor @ Osaka University
2013- : Professor @ Tohoku University
2014- : Director @ Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology
 
 
  Shumpei Morita, Assistant Professor

 

  Yuma Miyazawa, 1st year in the Doctor course

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  Yutaro Kawamura, 1st year in the Doctor course

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  Mako Takahashi, 1st year in the Doctor course

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  Kaori Yamasaki, 2nd year in the Master course

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  Halocynthia roretzi

 
 
 Past members
  Akiyo Fujiki, Completed master course and graduated in March, 2018

Research project Morphogenesis of tentacle branch formation in the jellyfish,
Cladonema pacificum.
 
  Kaori Miyaoku, Completed PhD course and graduated in June, 2018

Research project Germline transcriptional regulation during embryogenesis in the ascidian,
Halocynthia roretzi.
  Tao Zheng, Completed PhD course and graduated in March, 2020

My name is 郑涛(Zheng Tao), come from China. In 2013, I graduated from Harbin Normal University. In 2015, I graduated from Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of  Technology with my master's degree.  Now, I am so lucky to be one of this warm team to study the embryo development and germ segregation of cute ascidians (titleEvolutionary and DevelopmentalEvo-Devoanalysis of germline formation in primitive chordates). Besides that, I like cookingreading and playing billiards. I also hope meeting new friends and learning from each other, making precious memories in Japan!
 
Ayaki Nakamoto, Moved to Aomori university as an associate professor in April, 2021

Research project Mechanisms of "KUBIRE" formation in the neurula embryo of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi.
 
 
  Takuya Yamaguchi, Completed master course and graduated in March, 2021

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  Saki Shibata, Transferred to Kitasato university in April, 2021

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    Hou Shiting, Completed PhD course in March, 2021

Hi there, I came from Fujian province of P.R. China. And in the childhood, I was living with my grandparents by the seaside and frequently playing near the coast although incapable of swimming. In 2016 I became an international student for one year studying in Kochi University of Japan and conducted marine surveys about drifting seaweeds and juvenile fishes in Tosa Bay. In 2017 I graduated from the College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University. From then on, I entered the Pro. Kumano's lab in Tohoku University. My doctoral topic is mainly focused on the branching morphogenesis and patterning of medusa in the jellyfish, Cladonema pacificum. My hobby is bicycling, fishing and falling to daydreams. When I happened to some problems difficult to solve, my motto is "Go to sleep instead of fighting".
 
 
 
  Zhu Jianrong, Left for an industry job in September, 2022

I am from Shanghai China. I graduated from Ocean University of China in 2017 and decided to study abroad in Japan. Then I studied Japanese for a year at a language school in Kyoto and came to the center in October 2018 qualified as a research student. I am going to start my master's degree in April 2019. My current research project is mainly focused on the function of interstitial cells in the branch morphogenesis of jellyfish, Cladonema pacificum. My hobby is to assemble Gundam plastic model and playing a trumpet. My favorite line is "I do not want to admit ... what is wrong with my own youth."
 
 
 
  Shizuya Hashimoto, Left for an industry job in March, 2023

Hi there, I'm from Matsumoto (Nagano prefecture). It's surrounded by Japan Alps, and there is no sea. So I didn't expect that I involve marine biology. I graduated Nagoya University and its graduate school master course. Until Master course, I have studied self-incompatibility of ascidian Ciona rousta and Halocynthia roretzi. Now, my theme is the development of PGCs (Primordial Germ Cells) at Halocynthia roretzi. Ny hobby is board games online and my motto is "Where there is will, there is a way".