Professor Dr. Kunimasa Ohta
Dr. Ohta is the principal investigator (PI) of the lab. He is serving as a Professor of Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University. Dr. Ohta received his PhD degree from Kyushu University in Molecular Life Science. He did his post doctoral research at Dr. Keynes Lab, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, England.
Dr. Ohta was an associate professor at the Department of Developmental Neurobiology, Kumamoto University worked with Dr. Tanaka. He received Kumamoto Medical Young Investigator award in 2005 and Saito award in 2015 for his distinguished work in neurogenesis and stem cell biology. He is a nominated member of the advisory scientific committee of International CCN Society and the secretary general of Japanese Society of Developmental Biology. His research endeavours are focused on unrevealing the mystery of stem cell regulation and its creation. His work emphasizes mammalian neurogenesis and diseases (stem cell regulation) and ribosome-mediated cell reprogramming (stem cell creation).
Assistant professor Dr. Keisuke Yamashita
Dr. Yamashita is an Assistant professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Kyushu University, and belonging to Department of Stem Cell Biology (Professor Dr. Kunimasa Ohta’s lab). He received his PhD degree from graduate school of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University (Professor Dr. Shun-ichiro Kawabata’s lab). He did post doctoral research at Faculty of Sciences, Fukuoka University (Professor Dr. Takumi Koshiba’s lab). He is from Kagoshima.
His research of doctoral course is functional analysis coagulation factors of horseshoe crabs (Kabutogani in Japanese) using recombinant proteins. Horseshoe crabs is important species in terms of endotoxin check reagents. He joined the project of mitochondrial proteins as a postdoctoral fellow in Fukuoka University. In this lab, he will work for contribution to the field of stem cell biology.
Ph.D. Student
Anamika Datta
Anamika Datta is a PhD, D3 student. She is from Bangladesh. She is a former Faculty member of the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University, Bangladesh. She is studying the molecular mechanism involved in the ribosome mediated multi-potency acquisition on the “Ribosome “project. She is the recipient of Next Generation “SPRING” Program Scholarship from the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Wearing Saree and being photographed is my favorite pastime. Reading and traveling are the next two!
Tan Fuchao
Tan Fuchao is a PhD, D1 student. He is from SHENZHEN city, CHINA. He graduated from Kyushu University worked on lipid metabolism. He is involved in the ribosome project.
I have passion for making music, reading books and cooking. I enjoy the felling of knowing new fact and discoveries.
Tenta Ohkubo
Tenta Ohkubo is a PhD, D1 Student. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Oita University. He is from Oita prefecture, Japan. Currently, he is involved in the “Tsukushi” project.
My hobbies are playing Mahjong and taking a walk. I am interested in brain inflammation and researching it.
Master's Student
Gu Haoxuan
Gu Haoxuan is a Master’s, M2 student. He is from DALIAN, CHINA. He completed his Undergraduate degree from JI LIN University, China. His undergraduate research focus was “the enzymatic preparation of chiral diamine compounds”. Now he is working on the ribosome project.
I like fitness and music in my daily life. I love Japanese music, and I can sing many hit Japanese pop songs. In my leisure time, I like playing different kinds of music games to relax. I love watching youtube and doing body stretching exercises. I want to have versatile expertise in various fields.
Undergraduate Student
Shota Inoue
Shota Inoue is an undergraduate, B4 student. He is from Miyazaki city, Japan. He is involved in the ribosome project.
I like basketball, baseball and cooking. I have been playing basketball since I was a child. I absorbed into baseball after becoming an undergraduate student. I can cook basically anything.
Akito Shima
Akito Shima is an undergraduate, B3 student. He is from Fukuoka city, Japan. He is involved in the ribosome project. He is the recipient of the “Yamakawa” Scholarship from Kyushu University.
International Student
Sabrina Quaresima
Sabrina Quaresima is from Italy.
She came as an international student in 2022 and 2023.
Pomies Lucile
Pomies Lucile is from France.
She came as an international student in 2023.
I am from Bordeaux and there is nothing in the world I love more than sitting around a table with my family, friends and good wine. Coming to Japan is a dream come true and my ambition is to contribute to the advancement of tomorrow’s biomedicine.
Alumni
Arif Istiaq
Arif Istiaq successfully completed his PhD in 2022. Currently working as a Postdoc in University of Washington since 2024.
Mikiko Kudo
Mikiko Kudo successfully completed her PhD in 2022. Currently working as a Postdoc in Kyushu University.
Kousei Takashi
Takashi Kousei was a Master’s student graduated 2022. Currently he is working as a specialist in a Food manufacturing company.
Shintaro Nakayama
Shintaro Nakayama was a Master’s student graduated 2021.
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