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Suzuki Ikuo K

Suzuki Ikuo | Suzuki Ikuo K
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Associate Professor
Homepage URL  (1): http://www.bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Research field  (4): Genomics ,  Neuroscience - general ,  Evolutionary biology ,  Developmental biology
Research keywords  (12): Evo-Devo ,  gene duplication ,  pluripotent stem cell ,  human specific gene ,  neurogenesis ,  NOTCH2NL ,  NOTCH ,  cell lineage ,  evolution ,  development ,  neural stem cell ,  cerebral cortex
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (12):
  • 2025 - 2028 ヒト脳進化を促したグリア発生プログラムの変更
  • 2023 - 2027 Human biologies through the lens of human-specific genes
  • 2023 - 2026 Study of the genetic association between recently duplicated genes and brain diseases
  • 2022 - 2025 Sex differences in the neural circuitry for fear extinction
  • 2022 - 2025 The balancing mechanism of signal transduction driving human brain evolution
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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
  • Satoshi Inagaki, Yuya Morimoto, Ikuo K. Suzuki, Kazuo Emoto, Shoji Takeuchi. Co-culture system of human skin equivalents with mouse neural spheroids. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2023
  • 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
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MISC (5):
Lectures and oral presentations  (57):
  • Genomic and molecular mechanisms of human brain evolution
    (The 30th TMIMS International Symposium: Principles of Neocortical Development and Evolution II 2025)
  • NOTCH2NLが制御するヒト神経幹細胞の発生進行とシグナルネットワークの解析
    (先進ゲノム支援拡大班会議 2024)
  • 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)
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Education (2):
  • 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
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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
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