A paper by Mitsuaki and others has been published in Cell (Cell Press).
Title: A pontine-medullary loop crucial for REM sleep and its deficit in Parkinson’s disease.
Press release: Elucidation of the Neural Circuitry Inducing REM Sleep and Identification of the Cause of the “Dream Acting Disorder”
https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/press/10524/
An illustration that symbolizes our findings (by artist Otama-shimai) was selected as the cover image for Cell (October 31, 2024).
Yoshihiko was awarded the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Tsukuba Global Science Week 2024
Yu was selected as a Project Manager for the Moonshot Research and Development Program (Health and Medical Field) (August 31, 2024).
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/moonshot/top.html
Chung-Kuan Chen (Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba) received the Dean’s Award for the 2023 academic year!
Presented Paper: Forward genetic screen of Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with impaired sleep reveals a crucial role of neuronal diacylglycerol kinase DGK-1 in regulating sleep
Kuan’s Comment: “I am very happy to have received this award . During this period, I was inexperienced and made many mistakes in experimental design, so it took me a long time to publish my first paper and receive my PhD degree. Nevertheless, this is just a beginning — the experiences in Hayashi lab will definitely be the cornerstone for my next research journey.”
Congratulations to Dr. Chen!
Kento Tanaka (at the time of the award: Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Department of Human Health Sciences; currently: 1st-year PhD student, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Department of Biological Sciences) presented a poster at the Kanto Branch Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan and received the Outstanding Presentation Award (March 2024).
Presentation Title: Verification of the Possibility that Common Neural Circuit Regulates REM Sleep and Torpor
Congratulations, Mr. Tanaka!
Shinichi was awarded Grand Prize, “The University of Tokyo School of Science Image Contest 2023”.
Ayaka was awarded the Best Dissertation Award, degree programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
Hibiki (3rd year student, Ph.D. Program in Humanics, University of Tsukuba) received the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 20th International Mini-symposium on Cell and Molecular Biology.
The presentation title is “The analyses of neural basis for individual differences in behavioral outcomes caused by social stress”.