September 1, 2024- Akiko and Huang joined the lab – Welcome!
June 13, 2024- Mai received the Young Scientist Award from Protein Science Society of Japan! Congrats!
June 11, 2024- Hideaki received the IUPAB Young Investigator Award. Congrats!
June 1, 2024- Hideaki received the Kobe Prize Young Investigator Award. Congrats!
May 26, 2024- Mai received the Matsuo Research Award. Congrats!
April 2, 2024- Niichi and Tomohiro joined the lab – Welcome!
February 1, 2024- Hideaki is promoted to Full Professor in the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) at UTokyo.
January 6, 2024- Ayami received the Research Encouragement Award at the 33rd AVP and OT Research Meeting! Congrats!
November 16, 2023- Seiya received the Student Presentation Award from Biophysical Society of Japan. Congrats!
October 1, 2023- Yuzhong and Jie joined the lab – Welcome!
August 30, 2023- Our latest study on the structural analysis and engineering of potassium-selective channelrhodopsins HcKCR1 and 2 is now out in Cell!
July 7, 2023- Ayami received the Poster Award from Protein Science Society of Japan. Congrats!
April 3, 2023- Our review paper about pump-like channelrhodopsins is now out in Current Opinion in Structural Biology!
April 3, 2023- Kazuhiro and Kouki joined the lab – Welcome!
March 27, 2023- Yuka joined the lab – Welcome!
December 16, 2022- We are currently looking for highly motivated graduate students to join the lab. If you are interested in joining our lab, please contact Hideaki (hekato[at]bio.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
December 16, 2022- Ayami, Asato, and Toshiki received the Outstanding Research Award in Systems Biomedicine. Congrats!
June 9, 2022- Koichiro received the Young Scientist Award from Protein Science Society of Japan. Congrats!
April 18, 2022- Suhyang, Ayumi, Kosuke, Seiwa, and Minori joined the lab – Welcome!
March 1, 2022- Hisayo joined the lab – Welcome!
Feburuary 3, 2022- Our latest study on the structural analysis and engineering of the pump-type ion channelrhodopsin ChRmine is now out in Cell!
December 17, 2021- Seiya and Koichiro received the Outstanding Research Award in Systems Biomedicine. Congrats!
October 1, 2021- Seiya joined the lab – Welcome!
June 1, 2021- Hisako joined the lab – Welcome!
April 15, 2021- Mai, Masaya, Asato, and Kumika joined the lab – Welcome!
February 2, 2021- Hideaki was awarded the FOREST grant from JST
December 11, 2020- Hideaki received the Shimadzu Prize for Young Scientist
October 1, 2020- The lab members are updated!
September 25, 2020- Hideaki received the Frontier Salon Nagase Prize, Special Prize.
April 7, 2020- Hideaki received The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The Young Scientists’ Prize.
April 1, 2020- Koichiro, Junki, and Toshiki joined the lab – Welcome!
December 12, 2019- Hideaki received the 12nd Inoue Research Award.
December 6, 2019- Hideaki was selected as "The Researchers with Nice Step".
September 20, 2019- "Lab Events" is updated.
May 16, 2019- Masahiro joined the lab as a project assistant professor – welcome Masahiro!
April 1, 2019- Hideaki started his appointment on April 1st 2019 at the University of Tokyo.
March 13, 2019- Hideaki was selected as Excellent Young Researcher 2019 in the University of Tokyo