| 2019.12.20 | Nakata-Takemoto paper accepted for publication in Hearing Research. The paper shows A1 and AAF target the visual system and the somatomotor system, respectively, suggesting a clear functional difference between the two areas in the core region of the mouse auditory cortex. |
| 2019.05.27 | Makoto's paper accepted for publication in Learning & Memory. Congratulations! |
| 2019.4.01 | Dr. Makoto Takemoto is promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations! |
| 2018.12.09 | Bo Zhou won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics. Congratulations! |
| 2018.04.02 | Dr. Hasegawa moved to Shokei University as a full professor. Congratulations! |
| 2018.04.02 | Yuting joined us as a graduate student. |
| 2018.03.20 | The 5th annual meeting of The Society for Bioacoustics will take place at Kumamoto University School of Medicine campus. Time: Nov 8-9, 2018 Venue: Yamazaki Memorial Hall Details will be announced at The Society for Bioacoustics by the end of May. |
| 2018.01.23 | Luo Huan successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations! |
| 2017.07.13 | Meikui successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations! |
| 2016.5.11 | Meikui's paper, entitled "Regulation of membrane KCNQ1/KCNE1 channel density by sphingomyelin synthase 1 ", is accepted for publication in AJP-Cell Physiology. |
| 2016.4.18 | Kumamoto was hit by a pair of strong quakes, one on April 14 and the other on April 16. We thank our friends all over the world for your caring and support. |
| 2016.4.1 | Dr. Shiro Nakata joined us for graduate study. |
| 2013.12.04 | Masataka's paper, entitled "Greenwood frequency-position relationship in the primary auditory cortex in guinea pigs ", is accepted for publication in NeuroImage. |
| 2013.10.08 | Makoto's paper accepted for publication in J Comp Neurol. |
| 2013.10.01 | Meng joined us as a Guest Researcher. Meikui joined us as a HIGO PhD student. |
| 2013.04.01 | Yuta and Chi joined us as graduate students. |
| 2013.03.06 | Masataka won the Okukubo Medical Fellowship Award for the year 2013. Congratulations! |
| 2013.03.04 | Makoto returned from UCL after staying for two months in John's lab. |
| 2012.11.16 | Prof. Hensch and Prof. Riquimaroux gave special lecture at Kumamoto Symposium for Medical and Biological Sciences. |
| 2012.09.30 | Mei-Hong successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations! |
| 2012.08.31 | Masataka's paper accepted for publication in PLOS ONE. |
| 2012.05.25 | Mei-Hong & Makoto's paper accepted for publication in The Journal of Physiology. |
| 2011.09.30 | Hiroyuki & Yoshihide's paper accepted for publication in European Journal of Neuroscience. |
| 2011.09.26 | Announcement of NIPS meeting on local circuits in the cerebral cortex. |
| 2011.05.30 | Yuji's paper accepted for publication in Neuroscience Research. |
| 2011.04.01 | Masataka joined us as an assistant professor. |
| 2011.03.17 | Work from collaboration with Yamagata Lab accepted for publication in Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. |
| 2010.11.29 | Work from collaboration with Oike Lab accepted for publication in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. |
| 2010.11.01 | Kazuya was promoted and moved to Faculty of Education. Congratulations! |
| 2010.06.16 | Kazuya's paper accepted for publication in Neuroscience Research. |
| 2010.04.01 | Prof. Mingsheng Liu joined us. He'll stay for a year. |
| 2010.03.08 | Work from collaboration with Yamamoto Lab accepted for publication in European Journal of Neuroscience. |
| 2009.04.01 | Masataka became a JSPS researcher. Congratulations! |
| 2008.12.01 | Makoto joined us as an assistant professor. |
| 2008.10.03 | Our lab organized the 59th Annual Meeting of West Japan Physiological Society. |
| 2008.06.01 | Prof. Arnaud Norena joined us. He'll stay for a month. |
| 2007.07.01 | Kazuya joined us as an assistant professor. |
| 2006.10.18 | Masataka's paper accepted for publication in Journal of Neurophysiology. |