Members

Hideyuki Okano

Hideyuki Okano Visiting Professor

Concurrent Appointments
Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center
Laboratory for Marmoset Models of Brain Disease, RIKEN Center for Brain Science,
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Expertise
Neuroscience, Neural Regeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Drug Discovery
Positions
Union of Brain Science Association in Japan – President (2025-)
Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine– President (2023–)
International Society for Stem Cell Research, ISSCR – President (2025-)
Editor and Editorial Boards
Inflammation and Regeneration (Editor-in-Chief)
Cell Stem Cell (Editorial Board)
Stem Cell Reports (Editorial Board)
Stem Cells (Editorial Board)
Stem Cells Translational Medicine (Editorial Board)
Regenerative Medicine (Editorial Board)
Development, Growth and Differentiation (Editor)
Neuroscience Research (Section Editor)
Genes to Cells (Associate Editor)

Mitsuru Ishikawa

Mitsuru Ishikawa Senior Assistant Professor

Concurrent Appointments
Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center
Expertise
Disease Modeling with iPS Cells, Differentiation Induction, Gene Introduction, Gene Therapy, Live Cell Imaging

Hirotaka Watanabe

Hirotaka Watanabe Senior Assistant Professor

Concurrent Appointments
Keio University School of Medicine, Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP)
Expertise
Pathological Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Disease

Sopak Supakul

Sopak Supakul Assistant Professor

Expertise
Alzheimer’s Disease, Disease Modeling with iPS Cells, Sex Differences in Medicine

Yo Mabuchi

Yo Mabuchi Collaborative researcher(Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University)

Concurrent Appointments
Department of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University Intractable Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Juntendo University
Expertise
Stem Cell Biology, Tissue Stem Cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine, Cell Therapy
Positions
Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine – Board Member Japan Society for Cytometry – Board Member International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) - Next Generation of Leaders

Jun Muto

Jun Muto Collaborative Researcher (Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University)

Expertise
Regenerative Medicine, Brain Tumors, Spinal Cord Tumors
Positions
Deputy Director, Surgical Training Center, Fujita Health University
Board Member, Japan Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Committee Member, Skull Base Committee, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
Committee Member, Education and Training Committee, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
Secretary, Japanese Society for Photodynamic Neurosurgery
Councilor, Japan Society for Hypothalamic and Pituitary Tumors
Instructor, Technical Certification Committee, Japan Society for Neuroendoscopy
Committee Member, Academic Database Committee, Japan Spinal Surgery Society
Steering Committee Member, Japanese Society for Fluorescence-Guided Surge

Yoko Fujii

Yoko Fujii Technical Staff

Saki Murase

Saki Murase Administrative Assistant

Masanori Taguchi

Masanori Taguchi Graduate Student, MD

Expertise
Neurosurgery

Yoshiyuki Asai

Yoshiyuki Asai Visiting Researcher

Kazuki Nawashiro

Kazuki Nawashiro Visiting Researcher

Yoshiki Izumizawa

Yoshiki Izumizawa Undergraduate Student

Shotaro Ichida

Shotaro Ichida Undergraduate Student

Kosuke Karasawa

Kosuke Karasawa Undergraduate Student

Sakura Sakaguchi

Sakura Sakaguchi Undergraduate Student

Yuya Sasaki

Yuya Sasaki Undergraduate Student

Yuta Fukushima

Yuta Fukushima Undergraduate Student

Sumire Mizuno

Sumire Mizuno Undergraduate Student

Chikako Sato

Chikako Sato Undergraduate Student

Teigen Kin

Teigen Kin Undergraduate Student

Shoko Nishibu

Shoko Nishibu Undergraduate Student

Himeki Sugiyama

Himeki Sugiyama Undergraduate Student

Rin Hoshi

Rin Hoshi Undergraduate Student