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Umezu Kohei

ウメヅ コウヘイ | Umezu Kohei
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Instructor
Research field  (1): Zoological sciences
Research keywords  (5): 受精 ,  排卵 ,  卵管 ,  精巣 ,  精子
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (3):
  • 2022 - 2024 In vivo sperm navigation by rheotaxis
  • 2021 - 卵管内フローによる精子を卵子へと導く機構の全容解明
  • 2017 - 2020 ニューロテンシンを介したウシの受精現象調節メカニズムの解明と応用
Papers (19):
  • Kohei Umezu, Frank J. Brooks, Irina Larina. In vivo volumetric visualization and quantification of cumulus expansion in mice with intravital optical coherence tomography. Biomedical Optics Express. 2026. 17. 1. 38-48
  • Courtney M Sutton, Kohei Umezu, Daisuke Mashiko, Masahito Ikawa, Irina V Larina, Thomas X Garcia, Martin M Matzuk. Rescue of male infertility by human PRSS55 in transgenic mice establishes a contraceptive research model. Scientific reports. 2025. 15. 1. 28657-28657
  • Deirdre M Scully, Tian Xia, Guzel R Musina, Michaela A McCown, Kohei Umezu, Bonnie K Kircher, Richard R Behringer, Irina V Larina. Region-specific roles of oviductal motile cilia in oocyte/embryo transport and fertility. Biology of reproduction. 2025
  • Tian Xia, Kohei Umezu, Deirdre M. Scully, Shang Wang, Irina V. Larina. In vivo volumetric depth-resolved imaging of cilia metachronal waves using dynamic optical coherence tomography. Optica. 2023
  • Kohei Umezu, Guzel R Musina, Irina V Larina. In vivo dynamic volumetric imaging of mouse testis and epididymis with optical coherence tomography†. Biology of reproduction. 2023
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MISC (13):
Lectures and oral presentations  (18):
  • In vivoイメージングを活用した排卵の時空間的動態の解明
    (第118回日本繁殖生物学会 公募型シンポジウム 2025)
  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of ovulation visualized in live mice
    (The 58th Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting 2025)
  • In vivo dynamics of mouse ovulation and oocyte transport
    (The 57th Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting 2024)
  • In vivo dynamic volumetric imaging of mouse testis and epididymis
    (The 57th Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting 2024)
  • In vivo dynamic investigation of mouse ovulation
    (Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and the Activation of Development 2023)
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Education (3):
  • 2017 - 2020 Tohoku University Division of Life Science
  • 2015 - 2017 Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science Division of Life Science
  • 2011 - 2015 Tohoku University Department of Applied Bio-Sciences
Professional career (1):
  • Ph.D. (Tohoku University)
Work history (5):
  • 2024/05 - 現在 Baylor College of Medicine Department of Integrative Physiology Instructor
  • 2022/05 - 2024/04 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2020/11 - 2024/04 Baylor College of Medicine Department of Integrative Physiology Postdoctoral Associate
  • 2020/04 - 2020/11 Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science
  • 2017/04 - 2020/03 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Awards (9):
  • 2024/07 - Society for the Study of Reproduction 1st Place of Trainee Research Award
  • 2024/07 - Lalor Foundation Merit Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction
  • 2023/09 - 第116回日本繁殖生物学会 優秀発表賞
  • 2022/07 - Society for the Study of Reproduction Lalor Foundation Merit Award
  • 2022/05 - Baylor College of Medicine Dean's Award of Excellence
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Association Membership(s) (3):
Society for the Study of Reproduction ,  日本繁殖生物学会 ,  日本畜産学会
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