Welocome to Wada lab
- On-going projects
1) Molecular basis of regulation of the critical period for vocal
learning
Key words:
Singing-induced genes
Epigenetic reagulation
(DNA methylation and histone modification)
Gene manipulaion using virus expression system
Next generation sequencing
Cell type-specific gene manipulation
Behavioral manipulation
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
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 strongly recommend entering after a 1 year-period as a research student.
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 in conducting bioinformatics analysis (using R, Linux, Python, etc.).
