{"id":1173,"date":"2026-04-23T15:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=1173"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T03:45:17","slug":"staff-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/staff-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Professor\u3000Erina Kuranaga<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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With research experience spanning agriculture, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, and life sciences, I approach biological phenomena from diverse perspectives. My work focuses on understanding the mechanisms of collective cell behavior and tissue formation, aiming to uncover the fundamental principles that underlie living systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e-mail: kuranaga\/erina\/7j<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read Professor Kuranaga\u2019s interview article here.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.tohoku.ac.jp\/japanese\/2019\/10\/infocus-005.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.sci.tohoku.ac.jp\/aobayama\/kuranaga_eri.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ital.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp\/koukyougakudan\/03_kuranaga.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/ital.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp\/koukyougakudan\/04_crosstalk.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Associate Professor\u3000Hiroyuki Uechi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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My research interest lies in understanding how biomolecules form and behave as intracellular assemblies, such as through intracellular phase separation, and how these molecular behaviors contribute to coordinated multicellular dynamics. I am currently focusing on epithelial morphogenesis and neurodegeneration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor\u3000Komaki Ninomiya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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My research has focused on how epithelial cells establish cell\u2013cell adhesion, particularly through mechanisms of actin cytoskeletal remodeling. I am currently interested in more dynamic forms of collective cell behavior, using epithelial 3D culture systems and Drosophila development as model systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor\u3000Mika Toya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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I have long been fascinated by the beauty of biological forms and the ever-changing cytoskeleton within cells. Through studies using fission yeast, early C. elegans embryos, cultured cells, and mice, I have explored how microtubule organization is regulated and what roles it plays. I am very happy to now be involved in research using Drosophila as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arata Kuranaga<\/strong><\/span>

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Professor\u3000Erina Kuranaga \u7b11\u9580\u6765\u798f With research experience spanning agriculture, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_veu_custom_css":"","_lightning_design_setting":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/kuranaga-lab\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}