MISA ARIZONO PI
Hi I'm Misa, Hakubi associate professor and JST FOREST Principal Investigator at Kyoto university in Japan.
I am a neuroscientist/biophysicist working to decipher how nano-scale design of the brain shape the nature of the brain circuit.
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To tackle this challenge, I am taking a multidisciplinary approach involving various super-resolution techniques, electrophysiology and computer simulation together with wonderful colleagues and collaborators.
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If you are interested in my research, please get in touch!
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​MARK W SHERWOOD　SENIOR LECTURER
I'm a physiologist with a long-standing interest in calcium signaling and how it shapes cellular and synaptic function.
I first met Misa back in 2007 at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, and we’ve been collaborating ever since—on everything from astrocytic IP3 receptor signaling to synaptic plasticity, with great scientists in Japan and France.
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After spending a few years in sensory neuroscience at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine—where I used in vivo imaging to study taste and airway reflexes—I recently returned to glial biology. In 2024, I joined Misa’s lab at Kyoto University to dig deeper into how astrocytes contribute to neural computation and plasticity.