Our Team
Opportunities for joining our lab
Students： Genetics Program of The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Postdoc： JSPS Fellowships, NIG Postdoc Fellow
Please contact Shigehiro Kuraku if you are interest in joining our lab.
Shigehiro Kuraku
Professor
skuraku [at] nig.ac.jp
1999 Graduated from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
2005 Ph.D., Kyoto University
2007 Junior Faculty, University of Konstanz (Germany)
2012 RIKEN (CDB / CLST / BDR) Unit Leader
2019 RIKEN (BDR) Team Leader
April 2021 National Institute of Genetics, Professor
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Akane Kawaguchi
Assistant professor
Yohey Ogawa
Project postdoc
2017 Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Biological Sciences Major (Doctor of Science)
2018 Washington University
School of Medicine
Pathology and Immunology
Postdoctoral researcher
Current position since May 2025
Yawako W Kawaguchi
NIG Postdoc
Yawako W Kawaguchi
NIG Postdoc
Akifumi Yao
JSPS Postdoc
Kenji Morikami
Project postdoc
(Medaka NBRP)
Kenji Morikami
Project postdoc
(Medaka NBRP)
Akane Oishi
Technical specialist
Hatsune Makino-Itou
Technical staff
Akemi Ohkubo
Technical staff
Min Xu
NIG Special Collaborative Research Student
Setsuko Oura
Office assistant
Please contact Shigehiro Kuraku if you are interest in joining our lab.
Please contact Shigehiro Kuraku if you are interest in joining our lab.