For Faculty Members
入江 直樹 (いりえ なおき)
IRIE Naoki
Title | Associate Professor |
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Affiliation | Department of Biological Sciences (UG), Department of Biological Sciences (GR), Graduate School of Science |
Room | 231, Faculty of Science Bldg.2, 2F |
TEL | +81-3-5841-4066 | 24066(ext.) |
Research Field
Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Bioinformatics, Microchimerism
Research Subject
Relationship between ontogeny (embryogenesis) and phylogeny (evolution), Hourglass model, Genome informatics, Microchimerism, Congenital malformation
Current Research
Did we really pass through the fish-like stage when we were fetus, like Ernst Haeckel have once mentioned? If not, what can we formulate a relationship between evolution and development? More evolved (recently diverged, in precise) species are often said to be stuck into evolutional dead-end, or have less chance to have make radical anatomical change, but is it true? We still have maternal cells circulating in our body, but are they beneficial/harmful to us, or are they just a bystander? Our group focus on questions regarding animal development and evolution.
Keywords
Evo-Devo, Microchimerism, Evolvability, Hourglass model, Ontogeny and Phylogeny, Animal body plan, Genome, Chordates, Echinoderms,Evolusion, Development