Research theme for competitive and other funds (2):
2024 - 2025 Spatiotemporal characterization of the neuronal mechanism underlying transfer of anorexia
2022 - 2024 負の情動共有に関わる神経回路メカニズムの時間空間的な探索
Papers (10):
Kenichiro Nagahama*, Veronica Hyeyoon Jung*, Hyung-Bae Kwon. Cutting-edge methodologies for tagging and tracing active neuronal coding in the brain. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2025. 92. 102997-102997
Seungkyu Son*, Kenichiro Nagahama*, Jinsu Lee*, Kanghoon Jung*, Chuljung Kwak, Jihoon Kim, Young Woo Noh, Eunjoon Kim, Sangkyu Lee#, Hyung-Bae Kwon#, et al. Real-time visualization of structural dynamics of synapses in live cells in vivo. Nature Methods. 2024
Kisho Obi-Nagata, Norimitsu Suzuki, Ryuhei Miyake, Matthew L. MacDonald, Kenneth N. Fish, Katsuya Ozawa, Kenichiro Nagahama, Tsukasa Okimura, Shoji Tanaka, Masanobu Kano, et al. Distorted neurocomputation by a small number of extra-large spines in psychiatric disorders. Science Advances. 2023. 9. 23
Jung Ho Hyun*, Kenichiro Nagahama*, Ho Namkung*, Neymi Mignocchi, Seung-Eon Roh, Patrick Hannan, Sarah Krüssel, Chuljung Kwak, Abigail McElroy, Bian Liu, et al. Tagging active neurons by soma-targeted Cal-Light. Nature Communications. 2022. 13. 1
2015 - 2019 The University of Tokyo Functional Biology, Graduate School of Medicine Department of Neurophysiology
2007 - 2013 Nippon Medical School
Professional career (2):
Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo)
M.D. (Nippon Medical School)
Work history (5):
2026/02 - 現在 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School of Health Science and Technology Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (Principal Investigator)
2020/04 - 2026/01 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience (Hyungbae Kwon lab) Postdoctoral fellow
2022/04 - 2024/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellow
2019/04 - 2020/03 Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Department of Neurophysiology (Masanobu Kano lab) Postdoctoral fellow
2013/04 - 2015/03 National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital Department of Internal Medicine Resident
Awards (5):
2024/07 - NEURO2024 (Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry) Young Investigator Award
2024/05 - United Japanese researchers Around the world (UJA) Outstanding Paper Award Tagging active neurons by soma-targeted Cal-Light
2021/08 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellowship
2019/02 - Glia Club Award Roles of the schizophrenia related gene Setd1a in synaptic transmission in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex and disease-related behavior
2017/12 - National Institute for Physiological Sciences Young Presentation Award, Jisedai-no Symposium Knockdown analysis of schizophrenia-related molecule setd1a in synapse development of mouse medial prefrontal cortex
Association Membership(s) (4):
Japanese Society for Biological Psychiatry
, Society for Neuroscience
, The Physiological Society of Japan
, The Japan Neuroscience Society