Members

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)

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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, Synthetic Biology

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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 Assistant Professor

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

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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

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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

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Yoko Fujii Technical Staff

Saki Murase Administrative Assistant

Masanori Taguchi Graduate Student, MD

Expertise
Central nervous system regeneration; Glial cell reprogramming; Cerebrovascular diseases (neurosurgery); Occupational Health (contract occupational physician)
Positions
Chairman,Medical Corporation Nagomikai (Tokyo Ginza Dream Life Clinic)
Committee Member, Certified Special Committee for Regenerative Medicine International Society for Cell Regenerative Medicine Association

Taiichiro Katayama, M.D. Visiting Researcher

Concurrent Appointments
Department of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Medical Innovation Center Tokyo, Fujita Health University
Eye Center, Fujita Health University Haneda Clinic
Yokohama Sotetsu Building Eye Clinic
Expertise
Ophthalmology, corneal and ocular surface diseases, corneal endothelial regenerative medicine, cell therapy, and clinical research
Positions
Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Medicine, Fujita Health University

Yoshiyuki Asai Visiting Researcher

Expertise
Neurodegenerative diseases(e.g., PD, ALS)
Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Fujita Health University