Welocome to the Wada lab

  • On-going projects

  1) Molecular basis of regulation of the critical period for vocal

       learning

      Key words:  

         Singing-induced (neural activity-dependent) genes

         Epigenetic reagulation

                (DNA methylation and histone modification)

         Gene manipulaion using virus expression system in cell type- and temporal-specific manners

         Next generation sequencing

         Cell type-specific gene manipulation

         Behavioral manipulation by deafening, hormonal, and/or song tutoring experiments

 

 2) Vocal learning and production of species-specific 

     song patterns

       Key words:  

         Evolution of species-specific vocal patterns

         Species-specifically regulated genes

         cis-/trans-transcriptional regulation

         Cortical-basal ganglia loop

         Cross-fostering experiment

         Hybrid songbirds

    

 3) Adaptation of songbirds as an animal model for vocal

       communication disorders

        Key words:  

          Deafening

          Stuttering

Also see

 https://researchmap.jp/kazuhirowada?lang=en

To students living abroad who wish to conduct research in our laboratory

 

1) When you contact by email, please thoroughly read the information provided at https://www2.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/faculty/en/researcher/kazuhiro-wada

and also review the published papers from our laboratory listed at

https://www.wada-lab.org/publications-%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E6%A5%AD%E7%B8%BE-1/.

 

Please clearly state two points.

(i) "What questions do you have in science, and why?"

and

(ii) "What kind of research would you like to conduct in my lab?"

in the contact email.

 

2) Even if you wish to start from a master's program, I request having a 1 year-period as a research student before starting it.

 

3) As a basic policy, my laboratory does not accept students directly into the doctoral PhD program without having conducted research at the master's study in my lab.

 

Especially, I’ｍ looking forward to hearing from candidate students who have expertise and experience in the following experimental techniques:

a) Proficient in general molecular biology experiments.

(Including PCR, in-situ hybridization, Western blotting, cell culturing, etc.)

OR

b) Experience conducting bioinformatics analysis (using R, Linux, Python, etc.).