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
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