Wednesday, September 23, 2026
A paper by Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student, graduated in March 2026), Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi, Professor Emi Kiyokage, and former Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida has been published in Royal Society Open Science.
Hanamoto, M., Kiyokage, E., Inoue, M., Toida, K., Hayashi, S.
X-linked protocadherin-19 mosaicism induces abnormal sorting of the olfactory nerve
R. Soc. Open Sci. (2026) 13 (9): rsos261070. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.261070
Monday, September 7, 2026
Human anatomy practice has started today.
Monday, August 17, 2026
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by Associate Professor Yokonishi and Dr. Blanche Capel at Duke University has been published in iScience.
Reconstruction of xenogeneic seminiferous tubule–like structures in mouse testis using cryopreserved rat testicular cells
Tetsuhiro Yokonishi and Blache Capel
iScience 29(9), 18 September 2026, 117223
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117223
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by former Assistant Professor Keita Satoh (currently Assistant Professor at Juntendo University) and former Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida (currently Specially Appointed Professor at Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare), in collaboration with Osaka University, has been accepted for publication in Cell and Tissue Research.
Satoh K., Ichikawa S., Toida K.
"Layer-specific variation in intracellular GABA immunoreactivity in the neuronal organization of the mouse main olfactory bulb"
Cell and Tissue Research, 2026, in press
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Prof. John Morris （University of Oxford） gave a lecture at the Kawasaki Medical Association Lecture.
Title：『An unexpected life in Neuroendocrinology and Medical Education』
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
The Department of Anatomy was awarded second place in the 2025 results compiled by the University Committee for the Promotion of Educational Activities.
Monday, July 13, 2026
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura's paper was published into Journal of Neuroscience.
Enhanced K⁺ currents contribute to saltatory conduction impairment in mechanically demyelinated Aα-fibers of rats
Sotatsu Tonomura and Jianguo G. Gu
Journal of Neuroscience, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2116-25.2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi and Professor Kazunori Toida (Former Professor (Chairman) of our department), in collaboration with researchers from National Institute for Physiological Sciences and University of Oxford, has been published in iScience.
Presynaptic SNAP25 supports maturation of hippocampal mossy fiber-CA3 synapses
Shuichi Hayashi, Nobuhiko Ohno, Zoltán Molnár, Kazunori Toida
iScience (2026) 29 (7), July 17, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.116503
Monday, June 15, 2026
Ms. Yuki Ohkura joined us as a Research Assistant.
Saturday, May 16, 2026
The 2025 year of "Anatomy Memorial Service" was held.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
We held a farewell party for Asami Irie (research assistants). (Research assistant Asami Irie will retire at the end of April.)
Monday, April 13, 2026
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by Professor Toida (Former Professor (Chairman) of our department), and Assistant Professor (lecture) Yamanishi has been accepted into Microscopy and published online.
Yamanishi H., Kiyokage E., Ichikawa S., Mitsuoka K., Toida T.
Wide-field montage on transmission electron microscopy via network tele-microscopy enables quantitative analysis of mouse olfactory bulb neural circuits https://doi.org/10.1093/jmicro/dfag022
Wednesday, March 31, 2026
Professor (Chairman) Toida has retired from Kawasaki Medical School upon reaching the mandatory retirement. As of the following day, he will assume the positions of Specially Appointed Professor at Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare and Visiting Professor at Osaka University (Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscope Center).
Saturday, March 28, 2026
A retirement celebration for Professor (Chairman) Toida was held (from 1:00 PM at Ryokan Tsurugata).
Monday, March 23, 2026
Professor (Chairman) Toida was honored as a Permanent Member of the Japanese Association of Anatomists.
Friday, February 27, 2026
Professor (Chairman) Toida gave his final lecture.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Ms. Ecaterina Pogorenii has passed the UK Medical Licensing Examination.
Monday, February 9, 2026
Ms. Ecaterina Pogorenii came to our school from University of Oxford. She will carry out research in the Department of Anatomy for four weeks.
Friday, January 30, 2026
Labo. Meeting (regular: 11:00-11:30)
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Today is the last day of lectures and practical training for the first-year grade of the year 2025.
Monday, January 19, 2026
Masato Motomura and Kira Yamamura from the Department of Anatomy were awarded the Outstanding Performance Award in "The Door to Medical Research".
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Histology practice class (third semester) started today.
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Labo. Meeting (regular: 11:30-12:00)
Monday, January 5, 2026
The first working day of the year.
Lectures (cardiovascular and endocrine systems, nervous system and sensory organs) have begun.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
★Happy new year! Reiwa 8 (year 2026) has started.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Assistant Professor Keita Satoh will retire today. (Transferred to department of anatomy, Juntendo University) A farewell ceremony was held at 12/12.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
The last working day of the year.
Friday, December 26, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 13:20-13:50)
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by Professor Ebara (Meiji University of Integrative Medicine), and Assistant Professor Tonomura has been published into Nature Communications.
Muramoto T., Furuta T., Koike T., Bagdasarian K., Tonomura S., Takenaka A., Kataoka Y., Maeda M., Eguchi A., Kitada M., Kumamoto K., Ahissar E., Ebara S.
Club-like receptors respond to light touch but not to whisking
Nature Communications (2025) 16:11343 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67514-w
Friday, December 12, 2025
"The Door to Medical Research" has started. A total of nine second grade students were assigned to the Department of Anatomy to study nine issues.
Ai Oka： Is neural circuit in the mouse olfactory bulb plastic depending on steroid hormones? (Supervisor： Dr. Haruyo Yamanishi)
Tsubura Higasayama： Evaluation of antimalarial activity using in vitro cultured malaria parasites. (Supervisor： Dr. Masayuki Morita)
Masahide Nakada： Quantitative analysis of intracellular localization of GABA in the mouse olfactory bulb neurons (Supervisor： Dr. Keita Satoh)
Karin Uehara： From Mentor to Protégé: The Scientific Legacy of Sherrington and Eccles (Supervisor： Prof. Zoltán Molnár, University of Oxford)
Yuma Ishikawa： Charles Sherrington and Harvey Cushing (Supervisor： Prof. Zoltán Molnár, University of Oxford)
Masato Motomura： Ruffini × Sherrington: A Scientific Friendship That Shaped Neurophysiology (Supervisor： Prof. Zoltán Molnár, University of Oxford)
Kira Yamamura： Morphological analysis of the olfactory bulb neurons using fixed slice preparations (Supervisor：Dr. Sotatsu Tonomura)
Hiromichi Li： What Japanese Healthcare Can Learn from William Osler (Supervisor： Prof. Mark Harrison)
Masahiro Nomi： Osler’s Humanities, Imperturbability, and Disaster Medicine in Japan (Supervisor： Prof. Mark Harrison)
Monday, December 8, 2025
This year’s Human anatomy and Brain/Neuroanatomy Practice are over. The coffin ceremony of “Gross Anatomy Laboratory” was held with the university president in attendance.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 10:30-11:00)
Saturday, November 29, 2025
A paper from the collaborative research conducted by Professor Hitoshi Okamura, Professor (Chairman) Toida and Professor Kiyokage has been published into Scientific Reports.
Yamaguchi Y., Masubuchi S., Kiyokage E., Toida K., Mizoro Y., Suzuki T., Sato M., Fustin j-M., Tominaga K., Okamura H.
Somatostatin regulates the clock sensitivity to evening light.
Scientific Reports (2025) 15:42664 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-26904-2
Saturday, November 29, 2025
At the General Assembly of the Japanese Society for the History of Medicine (the Centennial Anniversary Meeting of the Society), Professor Torita was appointed as the President of the 128th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for the History of Medicine.
The 128th Annual Meeting will be held from November 5 (Friday) to 7 (Sunday), 2027, with events centered around the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Brain and Neuroanatomy Practice has started.
Friday, November 28, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Friday, October 31, 2025
The collaborative research conducted by Professor Hitoshi Okamura, Professor (Chairman) Toida and Professor Kiyokage has been accepted into Scientific Reports.
Yamaguchi Y., Masubuchi S., Kiyokage E., Toida K., Mizoro Y., Suzuki T., Sato M., Fustin j-M., Tominaga K., Okamura H.
Somatostatin regulates the clock sensitivity to evening light.
Scientific Report, 2025, in press
Friday, October 3, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi was selected for the 45th Research Grant in 2025 at the Ryobi Teien Memorial Foundation.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Assistant Professor (lecture) Masayuki Morita was selected for the 45th Research Grant in 2025 at the Ryobi Teien Memorial Foundation.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
The 2nd semester of “History of Medicine” has started today.
9th“Donation of dead body contributes medical education”
Monday, September 8, 2025
Human anatomy practice has started today.
Friday, August 29, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Dr. Yukari Minami (former graduate student of Anatomy until this spring, and former assistant professor (lecturer) in Neurosurgery) has begun her study abroad at the Department of Anatomy, University of Oxford.
Prof. Zoltán Molnár, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK. https://www.hsmt.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-zoltan-molnar https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/yukari-minami-ogawa
Monday, August 18, 2025
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida gives an educational lecture at Kurume University School of Medicine.
Thursday, July 31, 2025
As part of the voluntary body donation for anatomical study, we are visiting facilities associated with the Kusunoki-kai this year (starting from Thursday, July 31).
(Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida, and faculty members of the Department of Anatomy)
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 9:30-10:00)
Friday, July 25, 2025
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida give a lecture at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Medical Education. (The lecture is available on demand for registered participants.)
On-demand Symposium 7
The importance of learning medical history. Enhancing various competencies in the model core curriculum for medical education
Theme:『Practice of “History of Medicine” at Kawasaki Medical School』
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The paper by Professor (Chairman) Toida and Professor Kiyokage has been accepted into Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) (Joint research with Professor Tamotsu Tanaka, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University)
Hanif Ali et al,
Different effects of Lorenzo’s oil components against very long-chain fatty acid-induced endoplasmic reticulumstress in peroxisome-deficient CHO cells.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) 2025, in press
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Associate Professor Hayashi was selected for the 2025 Medical Research Grant by the Takeda Science Foundation.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Professor (Chairman) Toida’s paper was published into Anatomical Science International.
Toida K, Satoh K, Yamanishi H, Minami Y, Kurial N. T. S, Kiyokage E.
“Correlative light and electron microscopy analysis for neurobiological applications”
Anatomical Science International, 2025
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-025-00868-9
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Friday, June 20, 2025
Associate Professor Yokonishi give a lecture at the 42th Annual Meeting of The Japan Society of Andrology (Lasse Hall).
Friday, June 20, 2025
Ms. Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student) received an Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Professor (Chairman) Toida has been appointed as Executive Director and Vice President of the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
Monday, June 9, 2025
The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy was held at Fukuoka Convention Center. The presentation from the Department of Anatomy was given under the following title.
Shuichi Hayashi (associate professor)：『3D-CLEM using endogenous tissue landmarks』 (Oral：6/9)
Haruyo Yamanishi (Assistant Professor(lecture))：『High Resolution and Wide Field of View of Transmission Electron Microscopy in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb』(Poster：6/9)
『Wide field montage of transmission electron microscopy via Network Tele-Microscopy: An attempt at remote use』(Oral：6/10)
Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student)：『Ultrastructural localization analysis of the cell-cell adhesion molecule Pcdh19 with knockin tagging.』(Oral：6/9)
Hayato Sumitmo (graduate student)：『Effects of unilateral olfactory deprivation on Mitral cells in the mouse olfactory bulb』(Poster：6/11)
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Assistant Professor(lecture) Masayuki Morita was selected as an Educational and Research Grant by the Kawasaki Society for the Promotion of Medicine and Medical Welfare.
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Dr. Masayuki Fukushima from Juntendo University gave a lecture at Kawasaki Medical Society Lecture Meeting.
Monday, June 2, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Monday, June 2, 2025
Dr. Simone Kurial has joined us as a Project Lecturer from University of California, San Francisco.
Friday, May 30, 2025
Histology practice class started today.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
The Department of Anatomy was awarded third place in the 2024 results compiled by the University Committee for the Promotion of Educational Activities.
Friday, May 9, 2025
We held a welcome party for Ms. Simone Kurial (project researcher) in Kurashiki.
Friday, May 2, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:30)
Friday, April 25, 2025
We held a welcome and farewell party for Hiromi Imazawa and Asami Irie, both research assistants, at restaurant Kainoki. (Research assistant Hiromi Imazawa will retire at the end of April.)
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The 2024 year of “History of Medicine” has started today.
This class is for the first-year students of Kawasaki Medical School.
Monday, April 21, 2025
Classes for the 2024 year of “Introduction to human structure” has started.
The first and second hours are for the freshmen. Those are classes by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Ms. Asami Irie joined us as a Research Assistant.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:00-11:30)
Monday, April 7, 2025
“2025th The Journal Club”, which was a meeting where everyone introduced her or his papers of interest and understand it deeply together, has started today. (Regular: 10:00-11:00)
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
1. Ms. Simone Kurial (University of California San Francisco) joined us as a project researcher.
2. Professor Toida, Chairman of Department of Anatomy, will continue to do research and education activities as a Specially Appointed Professor at the Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscope Center of Osaka University this year, too.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Assistant Professor Eiji Notsu will retire today. (Transferred to Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare)
Monday, March 31, 2025
A paper by Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student) was published.
Hanamoto, M., Kiyokage, E., Toida, K. and Hayashi, S. (2025). Tag-knockin based analysis of PCDH19 localization in the brain. The CELL 57(5).32-35
Friday, March 21, 2025
Prof. Zoltán Molnár （University of Oxford gave a lecture at the Kawasaki Medical Association Lecture.
Title：『History of Neuroscience at Oxford: Four Centuries of Discovery』
Friday, March 21, 2025
Ms. Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student) received a Graduate Student Presentation Award at the Anatomy-Physiology-Pharmacology Week in 2025 (APPW2025).
Monday, March 17, 2025
Anatomy-Physiology-Pharmacology Week in 2025 (APPW2025) was held at Makuhari Messe. The presentation from the Department of Anatomy was given under the following title.
Shuichi Hayashi (associate professor)o：『Synaptic development of hippocampal mossy fibres requires SNAP25』 (Oral：3/17)
Yukari Minami (graduate student)：『Histaminergic Projections from the Hypothalamus to the Olfactory Bulb』(Poster：3/17)
Mayu Hanamoto (graduate student)：『Mosaic expression of Protocadherin 19 induces abnormal axon sorting of olfactory sensory neurons.』(Poster and short talk：3/18)
Hayato Sumitmo (graduate student)：『Effects of unilateral olfactory deprivation on Mitral cells in the mouse olfactory bulb』(Poster and short talk：3/18)
Tuesday, March 5, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School was finished.
On the final day, we conducted individual oral tests in English.
Tuesday, February 19, 2025
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School has started.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida gave a lecture at The 17th Okayama Medical History Research Meeting.
Friday, January 31, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Today is the last day of lectures and practical training for the first-year grade of the year 2024.
Monday, January 21, 2025
Associate Professor Tetsuhiro Yokonishi has been awarded a research grant from Life Science Foundation of Japan.
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Histology practice class has started today.
Monday, January 6, 2025
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:20-12:40)
Monday, January 6, 2025
The third semester has started, lectures that the anatomy professors are in charge have begun.
Saturday, January 4, 2025
The first working day of the year.
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
★Happy new year!
Reiwa 7 (year 2025) has started.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
The last working day of the year.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 12:00-12:30)
Monday, December 9, 2024
This year’s Human anatomy and Brain/Neuroanatomy Practice are over. The coffin ceremony of “Gross Anatomy Laboratory” was held with the university president in attendance.
Monday, December 2, 2024
Labo. Meeting (regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Brain and Neuroanatomy Practice has started.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
The contribution by Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida was published in Acta Anatomica Nipponica.
Acta Anatomica Nipponica, 99 (2), 59-61, 2024
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Symposium will be held at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. (Representative: Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida)
Date: 2024.6.4 (Tue)
Title: S03 Whereabouts the future of analysis by Network Tele-Microscopy
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Labo. Meeting (regular: 9:30-10:00)
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Graduate student Mayumi Hanamoto give a lecture at the 78th Annual Academic Meeting of the Shikoku Branch of Japanese Association of Anatomists.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
A paper by graduate student Yukari Minami and Professor Kazunori Toida was published in Journal of Comparative Neurology.
Yukari Minami-Ogawa, Emi Kiyokage, Haruyo Hamanishi, Sawa Horie, Satoshi Ichikawa, Kazunori Toida*
“Structural Basis for Histaminergic Regulation of Neural Circuits in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb”
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2024; 532;e25671 1 of 13 https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25671
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 10:30-11:00)
Monday, September 16, 2024
A paper by graduate student Yukari Minami and Professor Kazunori Toida was accepted into Journal of Comparative Neurology.
Yukari Minami-Ogawa, Emi Kiyokage, Haruyo Hamanishi, Sawa Horie, Satoshi Ichikawa, Kazunori Toida*
“Structural Basis for Histaminergic Regulation of Neural Circuits in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb”
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2024 in press
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida gave a lecture titled” The actual situation of the education of medical history at Kawasaki Medical School” at Colloquium III of the 125th Academic Conference (Mito) of the Japanese Society for The History of Medicine
Monday, September 11, 2024
The 2nd semester of “History of Medicine” has started today.
9th“Donation of dead body contributes medical education”
Monday, September 9, 2024
Human anatomy practice has started today.
Wednesday, September 2, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 10:30-11:00)
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Mr. Yasuhiko Sato came to our school and gave a user’s seminar of bioimaging research unit.
Title『confocal laser scanning microscope LSM-900 Airy Scan2 : Mechanism and Application』
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Ms. Chieko Hamamoto (JAPAN ELECTRON OPTICS LABORATORY CO., LTD) came to our school and gave a lecture.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 12:00-12:15)
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
A collaborating researcher Dr. Kaori Muguruma (Chubu University) and a project researcher Dr. Masayuki Iwasaki came to our school for research. They will stay until here July 19.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Ms. Simone Natalya Thorson Kurial gave a lecture at the Kawasaki Medical Association Lecture.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Social gathering was held with Ms. Simone Natalya Thorson Kurial in Kurashiki from 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Ms. Simone Natalya Thorson Kurial (Laboratory of Holger Willenbring, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco) came to our school. She will stay here until July 12.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Assistant Professor(lecture) Haruyo Yamanishi give a lecture at the Advanced Systems Research Group for FIB Technology. (Tokyo)
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 10:30-11:00)
Friday, June 4, 2024
Symposium will be held at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. (Representative: Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida)
Date: 2024.6.4 (Tue)
Title: S03 Whereabouts the future of analysis by Network Tele-Microscopy
URL: https://conference.wdc-jp.com/microscopy/conf2024/symposium.html
Friday, May 31, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Clinical Anatomy practice was finished.
Friday, May 24, 2024
Histology practice class started today.
This class is for the first-year students attached to Introduction to human structure and general theory of histology.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
The 2023 year of "Anatomy Memorial Service" was held.
Friday, May 10, 2024
We held a welcome party of assistant professor (lecture) Masayuki Morita and research assistant Akari Furukawa at restaurant Kainoki.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:00-11:30)
Thursday, April 25, 2024
The 2024 year of “History of Medicine” has started today.
This class is for the first-year students of Kawasaki Medical School.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Classes for the 6th year of Reiwa has started.
The first and second hours are for the freshmen. The class title is Introduction to human structure. Those are classes by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Monday, April 8, 2024
“2024th The Journal Club”, which was a meeting where everyone introduced her or his papers of interest and understand it deeply together, has started today. (Regular: 16:00-17:00)
Monday, April 1, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Monday, April 1, 2024
1. Dr. Masayuki Morita has joined us as a new Assistant Professor (lecture) from Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University.
2. Professor Toida, Chairman of Department of Anatomy, will continue to do research and education activities as a Specially Appointed Professor at the Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscope Center of Osaka University this year, too.
3. Assistant professor Kaori Muguruma (Chubu University, Environmental Conservation Education and Research Center) has joined us as a collaborating researcher.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Sawa Horie will retire today. (Transferred to department of anatomy, National Defense Medical College)
A farewell ceremony was held at 3/18 (Kurashiki city, Le Pont Neuf).
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Sotatsu Tonomura (assistant professor) and Shuichi Hayashi (associate professor) made poster presentations at the 129th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association of Anatomists was held (Naha city).
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida, associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi took part in general meeting and training session of the 45th Volunteer Anatomy National Union Association.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Symposium will be held at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. (Representative: Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida)
Date: 2024.6.4 (Tue)
Title: S03 Whereabouts the future of analysis by Network Tele-Microscopy
URL: https://conference.wdc-jp.com/microscopy/conf2024/symposium.html
Friday, March 1, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School was finished.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Associate professor Shuichi Hayashi give a lecture at the ABiS symposium (Okazaki Conference Center).
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School has stared.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Friday, January 19, 2024
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida give a lecture at the LEOL 16th TEM users meeting.
Theme: Three-Dimensional Structural Analysis of Neural Circuit in the Olfactory Bulb ～Correlated Laser and Volume EM Study～
Friday, January 12, 2024
The coffin ceremony of “Gross Anatomy Laboratory” was held. This year’s practice is over. We put flowers in the coffins in gratitude to the donors who were with us during the second semester.
Thursday, January 1, 2024
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:20-12:40)
Monday, January 1, 2024
★Happy new year!
Reiwa 6 (year 2024) has started.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
The last working day of the year.
Friday, December 22, 2023
End of year party was held in Kurashiki from 6:00 p.m.
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Saturday, December 16, 2023
There was a student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research". Six students presented their research results orally.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
There was an in-department rehearsal of student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research". Six students presented their research results orally.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida give a lecture at Cross-disciplinary Fusion, Lecture on the Intersection of Academia and the Art.
Theme: Fusion of Medical and Arts
Title: Morphology and Art
Friday, November 17, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida, associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi, Takabuchi and Nakazato (Technical assistant) took part in training workshop of the 40th Volunteer Anatomy National Union Association (Kanazawa Univ.).
Monday, November 13, 2023
"The Door to Medical Research" has started. A total of six second grade students were assigned to the Department of anatomy to study five issues.
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida give a lecture titled” Network Tele-Micriscopy: Current situation, challenges, future possibilities” at The 66th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy, The 48th Academic Meeting of the Kanto Branch (G MESSE GUNMA).
Friday, November 10, 2023
The 2nd Network Tele-Microscopy meeting was held by Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida at previous day of The 66th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy (G MESSE GUNMA).
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:30-13:00)
Friday, September 29, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Toida gave a lecture titled “Architecture and Developmental Aspects of the Eye, view-points from olfactory neural circuit” at Kanazawa University.
Friday, September 22, 2023
Hiroshi Kiyonari (Team Leader) from RIKEN gave a lecture at Kawasaki Medical Society Lecture Meeting.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Toida gave a lecture titled “Donation of dead body contributes medical education” at Mimasaka city social welfare council.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The class for Kawasaki Medical University Graduate School was held by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
The first-grade liberal arts course,” Sophie's World: Philosophy for Medical Students (Liberal Arts Electives I)”, has started today.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Histology practice class has started today.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
All the first-grade students and faculty members visited the campus memorial to respect and gratitude to those who gave their bodies for the students' learning.
Monday, September 11, 2023
Human anatomy practice has started today.
Monday, September 11, 2023
Assistant Professor (lecture) Sawa Horie give a lecture titled” Structural basis for centrifugal fibers from other brain regions to olfactory bulb” at IMC20 (Busan, Korea).
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Professor (Chairman) Kazunori Toida give a lecture titled” The current situation of the education of medical history at Kawasaki Medical School” at Japanese Society for The History of Medicine (Kanagawa)
Friday, September 8, 2023
Assistant Professor Keita Satoh give a lecture titled” Diversity of GABA-immunoactivity of granule cells in mouse olfactory bulb correlative light and electron microscopy” at IMC Satellite Symposiu@Fukuoka.
Friday, September 1, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Friday, September 1, 2023
The second semester has started, lectures (Integumentary and Motor System) that the anatomy professors are in charge have begun.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Assistant Professor (lecture) Sawa Horie received IMC20 Researcher Encouragement Grants.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (16:20-18:30)
Monday, August 7, 2023
The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School was held.
Date: 2023.8.7 (Mon.) – 8 (Tue.)
Monday, August 7, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (10:00-10:30)
Friday, August 4, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (13:00-14:00)
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura made a poster presentation at “The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (Sendai International Center, Sendai-City Miyagi Prefecture)”
Title: Electrophysiological properties of the node of Ranvier at normal and demyelinated motor fibers using whole-cell patch-clamp Recording
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:00-11:30)
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Takeshi Nakazato has joined us as a new technical staff.
Monday, July 31, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (14:00-15:00)
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Clinical Anatomy practice was finished. (Digestive surgery)
Friday, July 28, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (12:00-13:00)
Monday, July 24, 2023
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura was selected for the 2023 Medical Research Grant by the Takeda Science Foundation.
Monday, July 24, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (14:00-15:00)
From Thursday, July 20, 2023 to Friday, July 21, 2023
We accepted the hands-on training of the students of the attached high school. Associate Professor Yokonishi was in charge of teaching.
Saturday, July 15, 2023
Clinical Anatomy practice was held. (Cardiovascular, Otorhinolaryngology, Breast and Thyroid surgery)
Friday, July 14, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (11:30-12:00)
Friday, July 7, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (11:30-12:00)
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Clinical Anatomy practice was held. (Urology, Plastic surgery)
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura was selected as an Educational and Research Grant by
the Kawasaki Society for the Promotion of Medicine and Medical Welfare.
Research title: Electrophysiological and Morphological analysis of the olfactory bulb in the olfactory dysfunction.
Monday, July 3, 2023
The program of the lecture and practice of anatomy of the spring semester was finished.
Friday, June 30, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (15:00-15:30)
Friday, June 30, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Monday, June 26, 2023
Assistant Professor Satoh made a poster presentation at “The 79th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Microscopy (Kunibiki Messe, Matsue-City Shimane Prefecture)”
Title: Quantitative analysis of the variation of GABA-immunoreactivity in olfactory bulb using correlative light and high-voltage electron microscopy.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Associate Professor Tetsuhiro Yokonishi give a lecture titled “Reconstruction of spermatogonial stem cell niche” at “The 42th Annual Meeting of The Japan Society of Andrology・The 33rd Spermatogenesis and Testicular Toxicity Research Conference”.
(Saturday, June 24, 2023, 9：00～10：00・WINC AICHI)
Friday, June 23, 2023
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura's paper was accepted into Molecular Pain.
Sotatsu Tonomura and Jianguo G. Gu
“Saltatory conduction and intrinsic electrophysiological properties at the nodes of ranvier of Aα/β-afferent fibers and Aα-efferent fibers in rat sciatic nerves”
Molecular Pain, in press
Satyrday, June 17, 2023
Clinical Anatomy practice has begun today. (5th grade; 5 times until July 29 this year)
Friday, June 9, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (11:30-12:00)
Friday, June 2, 2023
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi has been awarded a research grant (FY2023) from WESCO Scientific Promotion Foundation.
Research Title: Molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic development and maintenance of hippocampal neural circuits.
Friday, June 2, 2023
Histology practice class started today.
This class is for the first-year students attached to Introduction to human structure and general theory of histology.
Friday, June 2, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:15-11:45)
Friday, June 2, 2023
Dr. Haruyo Yamanishi has joined us as a new Assistant Professor (lecture).
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The website of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School” was updated.
“The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”
Date: 2023.8.7 (Mon.) – 8 (Tue.)
Official website: https://microscopy.or.jp/summerschool/
Saturday, May 13, 2023
The 4th year of Reiwa "Anatomy Memorial Service" was held.
Monday, May 8, 2023
Classes for the 5th year of Reiwa has started.
The first and second hours are for the freshmen. The class title is Introduction to human structure. Those are classes by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Friday, April 28, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Monday, April 24, 2023
Application for participation in the 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School have started.
“The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”
Date: 2023.8.7 (Mon.) – 8 (Tue.)
Official website: https://microscopy.or.jp/summerschool/
Friday, April 21, 2023
The clinical lectures for Kanazawa University (Faculty of Ophthalmology, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences.) was held by Professor (Chairman) Toida. (16:30-18:00)
Friday, April 17, 2023
The 5th year of Reiwa “History of Medicine” has started today.
This class is for the first-year students of Kawasaki Medical School.
Friday, April 14, 2023
In-classroom progress conference (last half: Tonomura) was held. (13:00-14:00)
Monday, April 10, 2023
In-classroom progress conference (first half: Horie, Notsu, Satoh, Minami) was held. (14:30-18:00)
Monday, April 10, 2023
“2023rd The Journal Club”, which was a meeting where everyone introduced her or his papers of interest and understand it deeply together, has started today. (Regular: 11:00-12:00)
Saturday, April 8, 2023
The 2022nd Annual Academic Meeting of the Kansai Branch of The Japanese Society of Microscopy was held. (10:30-13:00: online)
Friday, April 7, 2023
The website of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School” was opened.
“The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”
Date: 2023.8.7 (Mon.) – 8 (Tue.)
Official website: https://microscopy.or.jp/summerschool/
Monday, April 3, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 33rd Electron Microscopy Summer School”. (11:45-12:45)
Friday, March 31, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 12:00-12:30)
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 13:15-13:45)
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School was finished.
The scene of practical training in pairs.
The sketching and oral examination on the final day.
Friday, February 10, 2023
Pre-entry training (osteology practice) at Kawasaki Senior High School Attached to Kawasaki Medical School has stared.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (16:15-16:30).
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 16:30-17:00)
Friday, January 27, 2023
Today is the last day of lectures and practical training for the first-year grade of Reiwa 4.
Friday, January 13, 2023
A new review by Hayashi et al., overviews correlative approaches using volume electron microscopy to study brain development.
Hayashi, S., Ohno, N., Knott, G. and Molnár, Z.
"Correlative light and volume electron microscopy to study brain development."
Microscopy, in press https://academic.oup.com/jmicro/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jmicro/dfad002/6976169
Friday, January 6, 2022
A new research paper co-authored by Professor Emi Kiyokage, Professor Kazunori Toida has been published in Journal of Comparative Neurology.(December 15, 2022)
Emi Kiyokage, Satoshi Ichikawa, Sawa Horie, Shuichi Hayashi, Kazunori Toida*
“Effects of estradiol on dopaminergic synapse formation in the mouse olfactory bulb”
Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2022 Dec 15. doi: 10.1002/cne.25441
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 15:00-16:00)
Sunday, January 1, 2023
★Happy new year!
Reiwa 5 (year 2023) has started.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
The last working day of the year.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 13:15-14:15).
Friday, December 23, 2022
A paper co-authored by Ms. Takami Mori (Graduate students of master’s programs) has been published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Yuichi Shima, Kanako Miyabayashi, Takami Mori, Koji Ono, Mizuki Kajimoto, Hae Lim Cho, Hitomi Tsuchida, Yoshihisa Uenoyama, Hiroko Tsukamura, Kentaro Suzuki, Gen Yamada, Man-Ho Choi, Kazunori Toida.
“Intronic enhancer of Nr5a1 gene is essential for its expression in pituitary gonadotrope and postnatal development of male reproductive organs.”
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022.
Saturday, December 17, 2022
『There was a student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research".
Eight students presented their research results orally.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
There was an in-department rehearsal of student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research".
Nine students presented their research results orally.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
The coffin ceremony of “Gross Anatomy Laboratory” was held. This year’s practice is over. We put flowers in the coffins in gratitude to the donors who were with us during the second semester.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (12:00-12:20).
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 12:20-12:40).
Monday, November 14, 2022
"The Door to Medical Research" has started. A total of eight second grade students were assigned to the Department of anatomy to study seven issues.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (10:00-11:00).
Tuesday, November 1 , 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:00-12:00).
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (10:30-11:30).
Monday, October 24, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (9:30-10:30).
Monday, October 17, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (9:30-10:30).
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (16:00-17:00).
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
A new research paper co-authored by Associate professor Shuichi Hayashi has been published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Casas-Torremocha, D., Rubio-Teves, M., Hoerder-Suabedissen. A., Hayashi, S., Prensa, L., Molnár, A., Porrero, C. and Clasca, F.
“A combinatorial input landscape in the "higher-order relay" posterior thalamic nucleus.”
Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 Sep 12;JN-RM-0698-22.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36096667/
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Professor Kazunori Toida was selected for the 44th Research Grant (Research on Biology) in 2022 at the Ryobi Teien Memorial Foundation..
“The 65th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy”
Date: 2022.11.4(Fri.) – 11.6 (Sun.)
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Assistant Professor Keita Satoh was selected for the 44th Research Grant (Research on Biology) in 2022 at the Ryobi Teien Memorial Foundation.
“The novel neuronal classification by GABA-immunoreactivity in mouse olfactory bulb.”
Monday, October 3, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:00-12:30).
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (16:00-17:30).
Friday, September 16, 2022
“History of Medicine (the second semester)” has started today. This class is for the first-year students of Kawasaki Medical School.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
A paper co-authored by Assistant Professor (lecture) Sawa Horie has been published in Cerebral Cortex.
Istvan P.Lukacs,Ruggiero Francavilla, Martin Field,Emily Hunter, Michael Howarth, Sawa Horie, Puneet Plaha, Richard Stacey, Laurent Livermore, Olaf Ansorge, Gabor Tamas, Peter Somogyi
“Differential effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spontaneous inhibitory synaptic currents in spine-innervating double bouquet and parvalbumin-expressing dendrite-targeting GABAergic interneurons in human neocortex”
Cerebral Cortex, bhac195, 2022
Monday, September 12, 2021
All the first-grade students and faculty members visited the campus memorial to respect and gratitude to those who gave their bodies for the students' learning.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
★New Publication, just arrived on “Estrogens - Recent Advances”.
Estrogens - Recent Advances
“Functional Roles of Estradiol in the Olfactory and Vomeronasal Mucosae of Mammals: A Working Hypothesis”
Shigeru Takami and Sawa Horie
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.106662
https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/functional-roles-of-estradiol-in-the-olfactory-and-vomeronasal-mucosae-of-mammals-a-working-hypothes
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (9:30-10:00).
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura's paper was accepted into Molecular Brain.
Sotatsu Tonomura, Jennifer Ling and Jianguo G. Gu
“Function of KCNQ2 channels at nodes of Ranvier of lumbar spinal ventral nerves of rats”
Molecular Brain, 5(1):64 ,2022
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The second semester has started, lectures and practices that the anatomy professors are in charge have begun.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Assistant Professor Sawa Horie was promoted to Assistant Professor (lecture) since today.
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:15-11:45)
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:45-13:30)
Friday, August 26, 2022
Assistant Professor Sawa Horie returned form UK.
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:00-12:00).
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Assistant Professor Sawa Horie will go to study in the UK, at August 4. (until August 25, 2022)
She will belong to the Department of Pharmacy, University of Oxford (Prof. Peter Somogyi)
Monday, August 1, 2022
Assistant professor (lecture) Tetsuhiro Yokonishi was promoted to Associate Professor since today.
Friday, July 29, 2022
The website of “The 65th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy” was opened.
“The 65th Symposium of the Japanese Society of Microscopy”
Date: 2022.11.5(Sat.) – 11.6 (Sun.)
Official website: https://conference.wdc-jp.com/microscopy/sympo/65th/index.html
Friday, July 29, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 13:30-14:00)
Friday, July 29, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (14:00-15:00).
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (13:30-14:30).
Friday, July 15, 2022
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Tetsuhiro Yokonishi was selected for the 2022 Medical Research Grant by the Takeda Science Foundation.
Monday, July 4, 2022
The program of the lecture and practice of anatomy of the spring semester was finished.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:45-12:40)
Friday, June 24, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:00-12:30).
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Clinical Anatomy practice has begun today. (5th grade; 5 times until July 30 this year)
Friday, June 3, 2022
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi has been awarded a research grant from WESCO Scientific Promotion Foundation.
Research Title: Molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic development of hippocampal neural circuits.
Friday, June 3, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:30-12:30)
Friday, June 3, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (10:30-11:30).
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
★New Publication, just arrived on
"Electron Tomography in Microscopy for Visualization of Neuron"
Clinical Neuroscience Vol.40 June issue (Chugai Medical Publisher, in Japanese)
Kazunori Toida, Nobuaki Matsuda, Emi Kiyokage; Clinical Neuroscience Vol.40 No.6; 708-710, 2022
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Histology practice class started today.
This class is for the first-year students attached to Introduction to human structure and general theory of histology.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
"Biological Application by High-Voltage Electron Microscopy"
In New Guidebook of Introduction for Electron Microscopy, 3rd edition by Japan Society for Microscopy, Chapter 11, Section 4, Kokusai Bunken, 2022.
https://bunken.theshop.jp/items/61895778
Friday, May 27, 2022
A review paper co-authored by Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi has been accepted for publication in Developmental Neurobiology.
Auguste Vadisiute, Elise Meijer, Florina Szabó, Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen, Eri Kawashita, Shuichi Hayashi, Zoltán Molnár
“THE ROLE OF SNARE PROTEINS IN CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT”
Developmental Neurobiology, in press
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Assistant Professor Sotatsu Tonomura's paper was accepted into Journal of Neuroscience.
Sotatsu Tonomura, Jianguo G. Gu
"Role of voltage-gated K+ channels and K2P channels in intrinsic electrophysiological properties and saltatory conduction at nodes of Ranvier of rat lumbar spinal ventral nerves"
Journal of Neuroscience, in press.
Wednesday, May 16, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (15:45-17:00).
Saturday, May 14, 2022
The 3rd year of Reiwa "Anatomy Memorial Service" was held.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The class for Kawasaki Medical University Graduate School was held by Professor (Chairman) Toida. (15:10-16:40).
Monday, May 9, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (14:30-16:00).
Monday, May 9, 2022
Classes for the 4th year of Reiwa have started.
The first and second hours are for the freshmen. The class title is
Introduction to human structure. Those are classes by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Friday, May 6, 2022
Hiromi Imazawa joined us as a Research Assistant.
Friday, May 6, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Research assistant Ms. Rie Omori will retire at the end of May. A farewell ceremony was held.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Labo. Meeting. (Irregular: 10:30-11:30)
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (11:00-12:00).
Monday, April 18, 2022
New class “History of Medicine” has started today.
This class is for the first-year students of Kawasaki Medical School.
Monday, April 18, 2022
“2022nd The Journal Club”, which was a meeting where everyone introduced her or his papers of
interest and understand it deeply together, has started today.
Saturday, April 16, 2022
The 2021st Annual Academic Meeting of the Kansai Branch of The Japanese Society of Microscopy was held.(10:00-12:00: online)
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
New class “Overview of Medicine” has started today.
This class is for the first-year students of Department of Design for Medical and Health Care,
Faculty of Health and Welfare Services Administration, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare.
Friday, April 1, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (13:30-15:00).
Friday, April 1, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 10:30-11:00)
Friday, April 1, 2022
1. Dr. Sotatsu Tonomura has joined us as a new Assistant Professor from University of Alabama at Birmingham in U.S.
2. Mikiko Fukuda joined us as a Research Assistant.
3. Professor Toida, Chairman of Department of Anatomy,
will continue to do research and education activities as a Specially Appointed Professor at the Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscope Center of Osaka University,
and a Visiting Professor at Kanazawa University (Faculty of Ophthalmology , Department of Medicine and Health Sciences.) this year, too.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Koji Ono will retire today. He will become an Associate Professor at Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Saitama Medical University from tomorrow.
Technical Assistant Kazuo Ikeda retires today. He will continue to work as a staff of Kawasaki Gakuen.
Research Assistant Akiko Matsui retires today.
Friday, March 25, 2022
We had a Farewell Party for Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Koji Ono, Technical Assistant Kazuo Ikeda and Research Assistant Akiko Matsui.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
A project proposed by Professor Toida was adopted as a support project for educational reform at Kawasaki Medical University.
The title is "Tradition and Paradigm Shift: Learning from Medical Education in the UK and EU".
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:00-12:00).
Friday, February 4, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:00-12:00).
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Dr. Yokonishi was selected for the 2021st GSK Japan Research Grant.
Research Title: "Establishment of interstitial cystitis model mouse and novel therapy"
Friday, January 28, 2022
Today is the last day of lectures and practical training for the first year grade of Reiwa 3.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (14:00-16:00).
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
A research paper co-authored by Associate Professor Hayashi has been accepted for publication in Journal of Comparative Neurology.
Chrysoula Giasafaki, Eleanor Grant1, Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen1, Shuichi Hayashi, Sheena Lee, Zoltán Molnár
“Cross-hierarchical plasticity of corticofugal projections to dLGN after neonatal monocular enucleation”
Journal of Comparative Neurology, in press.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Secretariat meeting of “The 65th Symposium of The Japanese Society of Microscopy” (14:00-16:00).
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 13:30-14:00)
Saturday, January 1, 2022
★Happy new year!
Reiwa 4 (year 2022) has started.
Tuesday, Decenmber 28, 2021
The last working day of the year.
Saturday, Decenmber 18, 2021
『There was a student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research".
Eight students presented their research results orally.
Friday, December 17, 2021
Research assistant Ms. Emi Higashiizumi will retire today. A farewell ceremony was held.
Friday, December 17, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 16:00-16:30)
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
There was an in-department rehearsal of student presentation of "The Door to Medical Research".
Eight students presented their research results orally.
Friday, December 3, 2021
The coffin ceremony of “Gross Anatomy Laboratory” was held. This year’s practice is over. We put flowers in the coffins in gratitude to the donors who were with us during the second semester.
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Assistant Professor Sawa Horie returned form UK.
Wednesday, December 1, 2020
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 13:00-14:00)
Monday, November 15, 2021
"The Door to Medical Research" has started. A total of eight second grade students were assigned to the Department of anatomy to study seven issues.
Monday, November 15, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Irregular: 10:00-10:30)
Saturday, October 30, 2021
The 75th Annual Academic Meeting of the Shikoku Branch of Japanese Association of Anatomists was held on October 30, 2021. The Department of Anatomy of Kawasaki Medical School hosted it.
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Koji Ono and related graduate students of master’s programs at other universities made the following presentations. The latter two are master's graduate students at Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare.
1. Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Koji Ono: Expression and role of NR5A1 in spleen-like endothelial
cells
2. Mr. Nobuaki Matsuda: Network Microscopyの試み (An attempt to build a Network and observe
simultaneously with a microscope from multiple locations)
3. Ms. Takami Mori: Search for factors that bind to the spleen-specific enhancer of the Nr5a1 gene
Friday, October 22, 2021
In the open lecture "Life" co-hosted by Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen and Kure City, Professor Toida gave a special lecture titled "Toishi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education".
Date: Friday, October 22, 2021, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.,
Venue: Kure Shinkin Bank Hall (Kure City Cultural Hall), Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi was selected for the 43rd Research Grant (Research on Biology) in 2021 at the Ryobi Teien Memorial Foundation.
Research Title: "Regulatory mechanisms of intercellular adhesion that determine the specificity of neural connections"
Friday, October 13, 2021
Professor Toida gave a lecture to the second grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education”at the Department of Health and Nursing, Faculty of Health and Nursing, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare. (10:30-10:45)
Monday, October 11, 2021
Professor Toida gave a lecture to the second and third grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education" at Kurashiki College of Nursing. (13:00-14:30)
Friday, October 8, 2021
Associate Professor Hayashi gave a lecture to the second grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education”at the Department of Medical Welfare Design Faculty of Medical and Welfare Management, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare. (10:25-11:20)
Friday, October 8, 2021
Professor Toida gave a lecture to the first grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education” at the Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medical Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare. (13:00-13:30)
Friday, October 1, 2021
Professor Toida gave a lecture to the first grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education” at the Department of Clinical Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare. (14:30-15:30)
Friday, October 1, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:00-11:30)
Friday, October 1, 2021
The anatomy website has been updated.
Updates include “What's new”column on the top page, “News”column, “History” column, “Message” column, “Activities” column, “Research” column, “Member” column, “Publications” column, “Inquiry” column, and “Links” column.
This time, the English pages have been added.
We would be happy if you could take a look at it.
Friday, October 1, 2021
Ms. Hagihara Kimiko joined us as a laboratory assistant.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Professor Yuichi Shima will retire today. He will become a professor at Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy Division, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine from tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
We had a Farewell Party for Professor Yuichi Shima.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Associate Professor Hayashi gave a lecture to the second grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education” at the Department of Nursing, Kawasaki Medical Junior College.
(15:15-15:45)
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Associate Professor Hayashi gave a lecture to the second grade students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education” at the Department of Occupational Therapy and Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare.
（14:30～15:00）
Monday, September 13, 2021
All the first-grade students and faculty members visited the campus memorial to respect and gratitude to those who gave their bodies for the students' learning.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Lectures and practices that the anatomy professors are in charge of have begun.
(1st grade: ‘Integumentary and Motor System’, ‘Gross Anatomy Laboratory’ )
The first hour of the human anatomy practice began under the presence of President Fukunaga.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The second semester has started.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:30-11:50)
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Associate Professor Hayashi gave a lecture to the students on “Tokushi Kentai (Donation of Dead Body) and Medical Education” at the Department of Physical Therapy and Department of Occupational Therapy、Kawasaki Junior College of Rehabilitation.
(13:00-14:00)
Monday, August 2, 2021
A project proposed by professor Toida was adopted as a support project for educational reform at Kawasaki Medical University.
The title is "Tradition and Paradigm Shift: Learning from Medical Education in the UK and EU".
Monday, August 2, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11:30-12:20)
Monday, August 2, 2021
Akiko Matsui joined us as a research assistant.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Irregular: 12:00-12:25)
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
A paper in which Prof. Yuichi Shima participated as a co-author was published in Science.
(Professor Shima contributed to the initial conception of research mainly by providing mouse strains)
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6552/eabe0237
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6552/eabe0237
Monday, July 19, 2021
The program of the lecture and practice of anatomy of the spring semester was finished.
Monday, July 5, 2021
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi was selected for the 2021 Medical Research Grant
(Psychiatry, Neurology, and Brain Science) by the Takeda Science Foundation.
The research title is, "Molecular development mechanism of cerebral cortex-higher
thalamus nuclear tract that controls sensory motor integration".
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Professor Toida was selected as an International Education and Research Exchange Grant
by the Kawasaki Society for the Promotion of Medicine and Medical Welfare.
Research title: A special program of having a foreign professor from the University
of Oxford in England come and teach a class here at Kawasaki Medical University in Japan,
and advance bilateral research.
Associate Professor Shu1 Hayashi was selected as an Educational and Research Grant by
the Kawasaki Society for the Promotion of Medicine and Medical Welfare.
Research title: Elucidation of the role of PCDH19, a gene responsible for epilepsy
in female infants, in brain development.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 9:00-9:50)
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
We are promoting joint research by networking the Anatomy Class of Kawasaki Medical
University in Okayama with the Center for Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscopy
at Osaka University In Osaka.
Samples are observed using an ultra-high pressure electron microscope with the
world's highest acceleration voltage of 3000 kV. We can see the results from Osaka Univ.
and Kawasaki Medical Univ., looking at the same thing at the same time, even if we are
separated. We perform analysis about olfactory neurons from obtained images with
discussions among researchers from two institutions.
(Professor Toida concurrently serves as Professor of Kawasaki Medical University,
and also a visiting professor and specially appointed professor at Osaka University.)
Monday, June 7, 2021
Assistant Professor Tetsuhiro Yokonishi's paper was accepted into The Journal of Reproduction.
Tetsuhiro Yokonishi and Blanche Capel.
"Differentiation of Fetal Sertoli Cells in the Adult Testis"
Reproduction. in press
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Professor Yuichi Shima was selected as a research grant the Academic Research Grant Program at the Uesco Foundation for the Promotion of Science.
The research title is "Elucidation of the function of nuclear receptor NR5A1 during the formation process of the spleen".
Associate Professor Shuichi Hayashi was selected as a research grant the Academic Research Grant Program at the Uesco Foundation for the Promotion of Science.
The research title is "Elucidation of molecular mechanisms that control synaptic formation of hippocema nerve circuits."
Professor Emi Kiyokage of Kawasaki University of Health and Welfare, a collaborator of Professor Toida, was selected as a research grant Academic Research Grant Program of the Uesco Foundation for the Promotion of Science.
The research title is "Olfactory adjustment function considered from the viewpoint of olfactory disorder". https://www.wesco.co.jp/zaidan/
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Since April, we have had a reading session every Wednesday from noon,
mainly for graduate students.
The textbook is "The Cell" by Prof. Don W. Fawcett 2nd edition 1981,
Itis available online at ASCB The American Society for Cell Biology. https://www.ascb.org/career-development/teaching/don-fawcetts-the-cell/
Two graduate students alternately explain the photographs while translating them
completely, and I give supplementary explanations to them.
The textbook was published exactly 40 years ago when I was a student. But at that time,
it was a collection of excellent electron micrographs from all over the world. The author,
Professor Fawcett (Harvard Medical School), is friends with my teachers (Professor Yasuo
Uehara and Professor Kiyoshi Hama) I have memories of reading with them and their students
when I was in graduate school. The truth, backed by the "beautiful image", has not faded
into 40 years of academic progress, and is likely to be published by ASCB today.
I recommend reading this textbook to readers. (Professor Toida)
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Histology practice class started today.
This class is for the first-year students. attached to Introduction to human structure
and General theory of histology. It is a face-to-face class.
Monday, May 31, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 13:00-13:15)
Saturday, May 15, 2021
The second year of Reiwa "Anatomy Memorial Service" was held.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Labo. Meeting. (Regular: 11: 45-12:05)
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Classes for the third year of Reiwa have started.
The first and second hours are for the freshmen. The class title is
Introduction to human structure. Those are face-to-face classes by Professor (Chairman) Toida.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 16 :30-16:55)
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Associate Professor Sawa Horie's paper was selected as the cover of the June 2021 issue of Journal of Collaborative Neurology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.25161
Paper: Horie et al. 2021. Structural Basis for Noradrenergic Regulation of Neural Circuits in the Mouse Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529(9): 2189-2208, 2021.
Monday, April 19, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 12:00-12:20)
Friday, April 9, 2021
Kawasaki Medical University Graduate School Guidance Meeting (Entrance Ceremony) was held.
Ms. Yukari Minami, a brain surgeon, will study as an anatomy graduate student for four years. (Guidance: Chief Professor Toida)
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Associate Professor Hayashi's papers were selected as the cover of the May 2021 issue of Cerebral Cortex. https://academic.oup.com/cercor/issue/31/5
Explanation:
The generation of micro morphology at the end of synapses was analyzed for projection from the cerebral cortex to the thalamus, which processes sodic sensations. The five-layer axon of the cerebral cortex is shown in reddish purple, the dendritic structure of postthydrium nuclear neurons is shown in yellow, and a cross-section of the electron microscope continuous image at the end of the synapse is shown on the left, and a three-dimensional reconstruction model is shown in the center and right. In wild-type mice (upper row), many thorn protrusions extending from dendritic protrusions are wrapped in giant synaptic endings of the cortical five-layer axon to form synapses, whereas spine protrusions are not formed in mice deficiting the S nap25 gene (lower row).
Paper: Hayashi et al. 2021. Maturation of complex synaptic connections of layer 5 cortical axons in the posterior thalamic nucleus requires SNAP25. Cereb. Cortex 31(5): 2625-2638.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
A research class for the fourth-year students of the Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare has begun.
It is a class to do some experiments in the laboratory under the instruction of the anatomy professors.
The topics are as follows:
Ms. Keina Tanio: Neuronal morphology and synaptic changes in nasal-closed mice.
(Supervisor: Prof. Emi Kiyokage)
Ms. Mana Nakamura:Neuronal morphology and synaptic changes in nasal-closed mice.
(Supervisor: Prof. Emi Kiyokage)
Ms. Kiyoka Minam: Quantitative analysis of the diversity of GABA immuno-positive
response intensity in mouse olfactory spheres
(Supervisor: Associate Professor Keita Sato)
Ms. Marina Suzuki: Inflammation and regeneration of bladder epithelial cells
(Supervisor: Associate Professor (Lecturer) Tetsuhiro Yokonishi)
Ms. Mai Saneshige: Analysis of Nr5a1 gene hypothaththal abdominal inner nuclear
enhancer missing mice
(Supervisor: Professor Yuichi Shima)
Mr. Yuki Fujisawa: Generation control of hippothama nerve circuits
(Supervisor: Associate Professor Syuichi Hayashi)
Friday, April 2, 2021
Entrance ceremony for Kawasaki University of Health and Welfare(KUHW) was held. Mr. Nobuaki Matsuda and Ms. Takami Mori entered the master's program at the Graduate School of Medical Technology newly established this year. They will study and do some researches in this anatomy lobo. for two years.
Mr. Nobuaki Matsuda: He is a technical researcher at the Central Research Center of The Kawasaki Medical University.
(Degree Guidance: Professor Emi Kiyokage; Research Guidance: Chief Professor Toida)
Ms. Takami Mori: She is a newly-grad student. Her major is Clinical Laboratory Medicine.
(Degree Guidance: Professor Emi Kiyokage; Research Guidance: Professor Shima)
Friday, April 2, 2021
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Koji Ono's papers were accepted into The Journal of Medical Investigation.
Koji Ono, Akihiko Yano, Kazunori Ishimura
“Effect of peripherally derived steroid hormones on the expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the rat choroid plexus”
The Journal of Medical Investigation, in press
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:10)
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Professor Toida, Chairman of Department of Anatomy, will continue to do research and education activities as a Specially Appointed Professor at the Ultra-High Pressure Electron Microscope Center of Osaka University, and a Visiting Professor at Kanazawa University (Faculty of Ophthalmology , Department of Medicine and Health Sciences.) this year, too.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-11:50)
Saturday, February 27, 2021
★Congratulations on the award
Prof. Yuichi Shima received the 5th Research Encouragement Award (Basic Category) of the Japanese Society of Steroid Hormones at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Steroid Hormones (web). https://gakkai-gran.jp/jhss28/index.html
Monday, February 8, 2021
A research briefing was held for four students who were going to be assigned to our laboratory for their graduation research for Reiwa3. They are going to be fourth-year students in the Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medical Technology, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare from April. (15:00-16:30: Regular)
Friday, February 5, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Friday, January 29, 2021
Today is the last day of lectures and practical training for the first year grade of Reiwa 2.
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
British collaborator Prof. Zoltán Molnár (Follow of St. John's College, University of Oxford) has informed us.
"Today marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Willis. Thomas Willis is from St. John's College and has made outstanding achievements in brain anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry.” https://sway.office.com/sDxoxop8O0u4gRD3?ref=Link
Monday, January 21, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Irregular: 11:45-12:10)
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Dr. Tetsuhiro Yokonishi was selected as a research and development grant for 2020 by the Yamaguchi Foundation for the Promotion of Endocrine Diseases.
The name of the research project is "Variant transplantation using reconstruction of the seirihara cell niche".
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Assistant Prof. Tetsuhiro Yokonishi's papers were accepted into the journal Biology of Reproduction.
Victor A Ruthig , Tetsuhiro Yokonishi, Matthew B Friedersdorf, Sofia Batchvarova, Josiah Hardy, Jason A Garness, Jack D Keene, Blanche Capel
“A transgenic DND1GFP fusion allele reports in vivo expression and RNA binding targets in undifferentiated mouse germ cells”
Biology of Reproduction, 2021 in press. doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioaa233 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioaa233
Monday, January 5, 2021
Labo. Meeting (Regular: 11:30-12:00)
Friday, January 1, 2021
★Happy new year!
Reiwa 3 (year 2021) has started.
