Members

Faculty

  • Keisuke Shoji庄司 佳祐Associate ProfessorElucidation of Dynamic RNA Mechanisms That Respond to Changing Non-Self

Researchers

  • Jie Yu喩 婕ResearcherSelf-organization of piRNA sequences through competition between adjacent ping-pong sites

PhD students

  • Xiyue Cao曹 曦月PhD student (2nd year)How Wolbachia manipulates the host piRNA pathway
  • Satsuki Tanaka田中 幸来PhD student (working professional)Creation of a piRNA Reference List and Cross-Cancer Analysis
  • Xiao Qi漆原 和輝(漆嘯)Visiting researcherConditions under which piRNA clusters change dynamically

Master's students

  • Taito Arai荒井 泰斗Master's student (1st year)Predicting piRNA production sites by machine learning and the sequence rules of fluctuation
  • Chang Sun孫 暢Master's student (1st year)
  • 鄧 皓月Master's student (1st year)
  • Minori Higashino東野 美祈Master's student (1st year)Spatial control of piRNA biogenesis studied by manipulating nuage localization
  • Sho Iijima飯島 翔Master's student (1st year)Function and evolution of antiviral piRNA mechanisms in Lepidoptera

Undergraduates

  • Ichiro Kishi岸 一郎Undergraduate (4th year)
  • Gakuto Matsuba松葉 学人Undergraduate (4th year)
  • Yujin Takenaka竹中 右迅Undergraduate (4th year)

Staff

  • Braava jet m6Cleaning robot
  • AirROBO P20Cleaning robot

Alumni and visitors

  • Punyaporn NaranitusExchange student2025.04–2025.06
  • Nattaporn SripairojExchange student (Mahidol University)2026.03–2026.05