National Institute of Genetics 国立遺伝学研究所 木村暁研究室

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The cell is a highly organized architecture that, inside the cell, organelles and the cell division plane are positioned in the right place at the right time. Our group is searching for design principles in spatial organization of cell architecture, and analyzing mechanical bases underlying the principles. We are using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans embryo as a model system. In addition to molecular biology approaches, we use computational approaches such as image processing, quantitative measurement, and computer simulation.



2023

April 1
Saaya Koizumi joined the lab.

2022

Oct 1
Saya Ichihara became a post-doc of the lab.
June 1
Saya Ichihara Joined the lab as a Research Student for NIG Special Collaboration with the Sado Lab of Kindai University.
March 31
Fumiko Iwase left the lab. We thank her for great contribution to the lab for past years. We wish her a good luck.

2021

April 1
Akiteru Maeno joined the lab.

2020

June 30
Kazuko Oishi left the lab. We thank her for great contribution to the lab for past years. We wish her a good luck.
April 1
Zenki Ikeda joined the lab.

2019

October 1
Aiya Yesbolatova joined the lab.
June 1
Noritaka Masaki joined the lab.
April 1
Ken Fujii, Daichi Ukai, and Fumiko Iwase joined the lab.
March 31
Kenji Kimura and Yohei Kikuchi left the lab. We thank them for huge contribution to the lab for past years. We wish them a good luck in their new place.

2018

June 1
Takayuki Torisawa joined the lab as the assistant professor.
March 31
Kazunori Yamamoto left the lab, and started a new research at Prof. Guillaume Charras's lab at University College London, UK. Good luck!


  • Akatsuki (Aki) KIMURA
  • Takayuki TORISAWA
  • Akiteru MAENO
  • Noritaka MASAKI
  • Saya ICHIHARA
  • Ken FUJII
  • Zenki IKEDA
  • Aiya YESBOLATOVA
  • Saaya KOIZUMI
  • Tomoko OZAWA