The Neural Circuit Dynamics & Translational Engineering Lab aims to bridge the gap between clinical psychiatry and basic neuroscience. By integrating innovative methodologies with state-of-the-art optogenetic and imaging technologies, we investigate the neural circuit mechanisms underlying behavioral abnormalities in animal models of neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders.
Through this multidisciplinary approach, we seek to uncover hidden neural codes and establish new frameworks for understanding and classifying these disorders, ultimately advancing the development of more effective therapeutic interventions.
이력
- –2026/03: Assistant Professor, UNIST (HST & BME)
- –2020-2026: Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- –2019-2020: Postdoctoral fellow, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- -2013-2015: Junior Resident Doctor, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
학력
- –2019: Ph.D. Functional biology (Neurophysiology), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- –2013: M.D. Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
수상
- –2024 Young Investigator award, Japanese Society for Biological Psychiatry, NEURO2024, Japan
- -2024 Outstanding Paper Award, United Japanese researchers Around the world (UJA)
- -2022 Oversea postdoctoral fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
논문
- –“Cutting-edge methodologies for tagging and tracing active neuronal coding in the brain” Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 92: 102997 (2025)
- –“Real-time visualization of structural dynamics of synapses in live cells in vivo” Nat. Methods 21(2): 353-360 (2024)
- –Tagging active neurons by soma-targeted Cal-Light” Nat. Commun. 13(1): 7692. (2022)
- -“Combining electrophysiology and optogenetics for functional screening of pyramidal neurons in the mouse prefrontal cortex” STAR Protoc., 2 (2): 100469 (2021)
- -Setd1a insufficiency in mice attenuates excitatory synaptic function and recapitulates schizophrenia-related behavioral abnormalities” Cell Rep., 32(11):108126 (2020)
