2019 - 2023 Understanding human-specific developmental mechanism of the cerebral cortex at the early life stages
2020 - 2022 ヒト固有NOTCH2NL遺伝子による脳発達の揺らぎと脳進化方向性の研究
2019 - 2021 Deciphering the developmental mechanisms relevant to the evolution of human cerebral cortex
2019 - 2021 ヒト固有遺伝子による脳進化メカニズムの探索
2011 - 2012 An ancient origin of neurogenetic mechanisms for neocortical layer-specific neurons
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Papers (22)：
Zhuo Li, Navjot Kaur, Gabriel Santpere, Sydney K. Muchnik, Suvimal Kumar Sindhu, Cai Qi, Mikihito Shibata, Olivier Clément, Thomas S. Klarić, Xabier de Martin, et al. Adaptive Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks in Mammalian Neocortical Neurons. bioRxiv. 2025
Yuki Yamauchi, Xuanhao D Zhou, Rafat Tarfder, Pauline Rouillard, Merve Bilgic, Shuto Deguchi, Tomonori Nakamura, Yusuke Kishi, Kazuo Emoto, Ikuo K Suzuki. Non-uniform temporal scaling of neurogenesis for species-specific dosing of cortical excitatory subtypes. 2025
Louis-Jan Pilaz, Jing Liu, Kaumudi Joshi, Yuji Tsunekawa, Camila M. Musso, Brooke R. D’Arcy, Ikuo K. Suzuki, Fernando C. Alsina, Pratiksha KC, Sahil Sethi, et al. Subcellular mRNA localization and local translation of Arhgap11a in radial glial progenitors regulates cortical development. Neuron. 2023. 111. 6. 839-856.e5
Roxane Van Heurck, Jerome Bonnefont, Marta Wojno, Ikuo K. Suzuki, Fausto D. Velez-Bravo, Emir Erkol, Dan Truc Nguyen, Adele Herpoel, Angeline Bilheu, Sofie Beckers, et al. CROCCP2 acts as a human-specific modifier of cilia dynamics and mTOR signaling to promote expansion of cortical progenitors. Neuron. 2023. 111. 1. 1-16
Genomic and molecular mechanisms of human brain evolution
(The 30th TMIMS International Symposium: Principles of Neocortical Development and Evolution II 2025)
Genomic and molecular mechanisms of human brain evolution
(The 47th annual meeting of Molecular Biology Society of Japan 2024)
Recent expansion and evolutionary selection of human-specific NOTCH2NLB allele enhancing cortical neurogenesis
(25th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN) 2024)
Recent expansion and evolutionary selection of human-specific NOTCH2NLB allele enhancing cortical neurogenesis
(EMBO | EMBL symposium: Reconstructing the human past: using ancient and modern genomics 2024)
2005 - 2010 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Life Science Department of Genetics
2001 - 2005 Kyoto University
Professional career (1)：
PhD (The graduate university of advanced studies, Japan)
Work history (6)：
2019/01 - 現在 The University of Tokyo Department of Biological Sciences, The School of Science Associate professor
2019/01 - 2019/06 VIB KU Leuven, Center for Brain & Disease Research (CBD) Pierre Vanderhaeghen group Visiting Researcher
2018/10 - 2018/12 The University of Tokyo Department of Biological Sciences, The School of Science Visiting scientist
2018/03 - 2018/12 VIB KU Leuven, Center for Brain & Disease Research (CBD) Pierre Vanderhaeghen group Postdoctoral Researcher
2012/02 - 2018/02 University of Brussels (ULB) IRIBHM Pierre Vanderhaeghen group Postdoctoral Researcher
2010/04 - 2012/01 National Institute of Genetics Division of brain function Postdoctoral researcher
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Awards (5)：
2019/06 - Japan Neuroscience Society Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award
2019/05 - The Molecular Biology Society of Japan Tomizawa Jun-ichi & Keiko Fund of Molecular Biology Society of Japan for Young Scientist (Tomizawa Fund Award), Japan
2019/01 - 東京大学 2018年度東京大学卓越研究員
2014/10 - F.R.S.-FNRS (le Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium) Postdoctoral longterm fellowship (CR)
2012/07 - European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Long-Term Fellowships
Association Membership(s) (4)：
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS
, THE JAPAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY
, THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
