Innovation
Leaders
World Class Researchers from UTokyo, Institut Pasteur and Other Institutions
Prof. Yukiko Gotoh
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
It has long been thought that cells in our mammalian brains never regenerate again as adults. However, it has recently been shown that adult neural stem cells exist at least in the hippocampus and subventricular zone of the brain to continue to regenerate neurons throughout life.
Prof. Goto is the first in the world to clarify how neurogenesis by adult neural stem cells contributes to learning, memory, and the repair of brain damage by reorganizing existing neural circuits.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Genetic engineering
Immunology
Infectious diseases
Neuroscience
EDUCATION
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo