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Members

Brief History

2019 – Present Director, GIAR Viral Vector Core, Gunma University(Concurrent position)
2015 – Present Professor, Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine(The faculty’s name was changed)
2014 Program Director, GIAR Neural Signaling Research Program, Gunma University(Concurrent position)
2011 Chairman, Neurophysiology & Neural Repair, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine(Concurrent position:Ended in March 2015)
2009 – Present Director, Biosignal Genome Resource Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University(Concurrent position)
2006 Professor, Department of Neurophysiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
2004 Associate Professor, Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University
2001 Special Fellow, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA
1997 Researcher, RIKEN Center for Brain Science(Masao Ito Lab)
1996 Frontier Researcher, RIKEN International Frontier Research System(Masao Ito Lab)
1994 Humboldt Research Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (Frankfurt, Germany)(Heinrich Betz Lab)
1989 Resident, Kobe University Hospital(Department of Radiology)

Main Achievements

  • Electrophysiological and Imaging Analysis of GFP-Tagged Protein Kinase C γ Translocation in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells.
    Hirokazu Hirai, Yuuki Fukai, Ayumu Konno, Nobutake Hosoi
    Cerebellum (London, England) February 26, 2022
  • Protein kinase Cγ in cerebellar Purkinje cells regulates Ca2+-activated large-conductance K+ channels and motor coordination.
    Masashi Watanave, Nobutaka Takahashi, Nobutake Hosoi, Ayumu Konno, Hikaru Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yasui, Mika Kawachi, Takuro Horii, Yasunori Matsuzaki, Izuho Hatada, Hirokazu Hirai
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119(7) February 15, 2022
  • A cortical cell ensemble in the posterior parietal cortex controls past experience-dependent memory updating.
    Akinobu Suzuki, Sakurako Kosugi, Emi Murayama, Eri Sasakawa, Noriaki Ohkawa, Ayumu Konno, Hirokazu Hirai, Kaoru Inokuchi
    Nature communications 13(1) 41-41 January 11, 2022
  • Distinct temporal integration of noradrenaline signaling by astrocytic second messengers during vigilance.
    Yuki Oe, Xiaowen Wang, Tommaso Patriarchi, Ayumu Konno, Katsuya Ozawa, Kazuko Yahagi, Hirokazu Hirai, Takashi Tsuboi, Tetsuya Kitaguchi, Lin Tian, Thomas J McHugh, Hajime Hirase
    Nature communications 11(1) 471-471 January 24, 2020
  • Advanced CUBIC tissue clearing for whole-organ cell profiling.
    Katsuhiko Matsumoto, Tomoki T Mitani, Shuhei A Horiguchi, Junichi Kaneshiro, Tatsuya C Murakami, Tomoyuki Mano, Hiroshi Fujishima, Ayumu Konno, Tomonobu M Watanabe, Hirokazu Hirai, Hiroki R Ueda
    Nature protocols 14(12) 3506-3537 December, 2019 (Peer-reviewed paper)

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