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（Last updated : 2021-09-23 00:37:03）

MORITOH Satoru

Department / Course College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Title / Position Assistant Professor

Academic background
1.	～2005/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Molecular Biology │ Biological Sciences │ Nara Institute of Science and Technology │ Completed Ph.D.
2.	～1997/03	Division of Biological Science │ School of Science │ Nagoya University │ Graduated
3.	～1999/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Division of Biological Science │ Graduate School of Science │ Graduate School of Nagoya University │ Completed

Business career
1.	2018/04/01	Assistant Professor │ College of PharmaceuticalSciences, │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2017/04/01 ～ 2018/03/31	Senior Researcher │ Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2015/04/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Assistant Professor │ School of Medicine, │ Fukushima Medical University
4.	2012/10/01 ～ 2015/03/31	Research Associate │ Graduate School of MedicineTeaching Associate, │ Tohoku University
5.	2012/06/01 ～ 2012/09/30	Postdoc │ │ National Institute for Physiological Sciences
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Research activities
1.		The Neuroscience Society
2.		The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

Subject of research
1.	Research on the retinal molecules, retinal cell, and retinal tissues.

Research summary
Research on the retinal molecules, retinal cells, and retinal tissues. I am conducting research on the retinal molecules, retinal cells, and retinal tissues and research on three-dimensional retinal tissues and retinal cell differentiation from ES/iPS cells.

Present specialized field
Biomedical engineering/Biomaterial science and engineering, Neurophysiology/General neuroscience, Genome biology, Cell biology, Developmental biology, Applied molecular and cellular biology, Biological pharmacy, Ophthalmology (Keyword：retina, pluripotent stem cell, ES/iPS cells, retinal cell differentiation, three-dimensional retinal tissue)

Papers
1.	2022/11/01	Synaptic pruning through glial synapse engulfment upon motor learning │ Nature Neuroscience │ 25,pp.1458-1469 (Co-authored)
2.	2021/12/23	Optogenetic stimulus-triggered acquisition of seizure resistance. │ Neurobiol Dis. │ 105602 (Co-authored)
3.	2020/08/14	DNA methylation is reconfigured at the onset of reproduction in rice shoot apical meristem. │ Nature Communications │ 11,pp.4079 (Co-authored)
4.	2019/07	Gene delivery to cone photoreceptors by subretinal injection of rAAV2/6 in the mouse retina │ Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications │ 515 (1),pp.222-227 (Co-authored)
5.	2018/05	Different Activity Patterns in Retinal Ganglion Cells of TRPM1 and mGluR6 Knockout Mice. │ Biomed Res Int. │ Volume 2018 (Article ID 2963232) (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2021/07/28	Functional role of STAR RNA binding protein quaking in primary cultured Muller glia (The 44th annual meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society)
2.	2019/10/22	Gene delivery to cone photoreceptors by subretinal injection of rAAV2/6 in the mouse retina (NEUROSCIENCE 2019)
3.	2019/07/25	Functional analysis of STAR RNA binding protein quaking in Muller glia (NEURO 2019)
4.	2018/11/05	Differential infection pattern of AAVs in mouse retina (NEUROSCIENCE 2018)

Message
1.	Research from Ritsumeikan University I am sincerely grateful for receiving such an opportunity for research and education at Ritsumeikan University, innovative academy. I aim for the research from Ritsumeikan University by receiving support from Center for Systems Vision Science of Ritsumeikan University.