1. Home
  2. Research
  3. Centers & Labs
  4. RIKEN Center for Brain Science

RIKEN Center for Brain Science Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit

Unit Leader: Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (M.D., Ph.D.)

Research Summary

Neuroscience Drug Discovery Unit promotes drug discovery research in the field of neuroscience, collaborating also with the AMED program “Multidisciplinary Frontier Brain and Neuroscience Discoveries (Brain/MINDS 2.0)”. Through molecular biology, biochemistry and AI-assisted histopathological analysis using animal disease models and human cells/tissues, the Unit will elucidate pathophysiology of brain diseases and apply the findings to drug discovery.

Main Research Fields

  • Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy

Related Research Fields

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Dementia
  • Neurodegenerative disease
  • Psychiatric disorder
  • Disease model animal
  • iPS cell

Lab Members

Principal investigator

Hiroyuki Kamiguchi
Unit Leader

Core members

Yoko Hanno
Research Scientist
Asuka Nakata
Technical Staff I
Noriko Ooashi
Technical Staff I
Hiromu Ito
Technical Staff I
Natsuko Matsuzaki
Technical Staff I

Contact Information

Email: hiroyuki.kamiguchi [at] riken.jp

Top