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Dr Kouichi Hasegawa

Biography

Dr. Kouichi Hasegawa is Senior Lecturer at Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Japan, and Assistant Professor at Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), NCBS, India. He received his Doctor of Science degree in chemistry from Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan and completed his postdoctoral training of developmental biology and stem cell biology at Prof. Norio Nakatsuji lab, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University. He studied as a researcher in a national human embryonic stem cell establishment team at Stem Cell Research Center, Kyoto University. And then he moved to Prof. Martin Pera lab at University of Southern California, and started his principal investigator career at Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California. He moved back to Kyoto University and is holding dual appointment in Kyoto University and inStem NCBS, India for expanding his research. He is one of the reading experts in technical innovation and basic research in human pluripotent stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.

Research Interest

Molecular mechanisms in pluripotent stem cell self-renewal and differentiation Disease modeling with human pluripotent stem cells Technical innovation and application of pluripotent stem cells Developments of mammalian pre-implantation embryo