Lab Members

We are always looking for motivated people who want to tackle big scientific questions. Meet our team!

Our Team

Meet the Researchers

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Naoki Irie
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Naoki Irie
Professor & Lab Director
Jason Leong
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Jason Leong
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hiroki Higashiyama
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Hiroki Higashiyama
Postdoctoral Fellow
Wenxin Zeng
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Wenxin Zeng
Graduate Student
Keisuke Arai
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Keisuke Arai
Graduate Student
Zhao Xuran
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Zhao Xuran
Research Student
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Lab History

Alumni & Graduates

Former lab members who have moved on to exciting positions around the world.

Alex Borges
Master course · Oct 2021 – Sep 2023
Alevtyna Skolzkova
Research Student (Ukrainian refugee support) · Oct 2021 – Sep 2023
Taichiro Umemura
Master course · Apr 2021 – Mar 2023
Flore Castellan
Research Student → Master–Doctoral [Ph.D.] · Apr 2015 – Sep 2022
→ New York University
Kana Fujimoto
Master–Doctoral [Ph.D.] · Apr 2017 – Mar 2022
Manatsu Fukushima
Master · Apr 2020 – Mar 2022
Uzuki Horo
Undergraduate · Jan 2021 – Aug 2021
→ MIT
Takanobu Mogi
Undergraduate · Sep 2020 – Mar 2021
→ UTokyo Kashiwa
Katsuma Yonehara
Undergraduate · Sep 2019 – Mar 2020
→ RIKEN
Yui Uchida
Undergraduate → Graduate [Ph.D.] · Sep 2014 – Mar 2020
→ RIKEN (Special Researcher)
Masahiro Uesaka
Postdoc · Apr 2015 – Mar 2018
→ Assistant Professor @ Tohoku Univ.
Loanna Epping
Exchange Student · Sep 2017 – Mar 2018
→ RWTH Aachen University
Nausheen Bhat
Exchange Student · Jul–Aug 2018
→ i3L
Yuki Kubo
Undergraduate · Sep 2018 – Mar 2019
→ Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Collaborations across the globe

International Projects

International Collaborations

The Irie Lab has been involved in major international genome and evo-devo consortia. Click each project to learn more.

Turtle Genome Consortium
Turtle Genome Consortium
2011 – 2014
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EXPANDE Project
EXPANDE Project
2013 – 2018
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Echinoderm Consortium
Echinoderm Consortium (SICORP)
2015 – 2020
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