Fumi Kubo

Profile Information

Affiliation: Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Degree: Life sciences(Kyoto University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201701010682998632
researchmap Member ID: B000277217

External link: https://cbs.riken.jp/en/faculty/f.kubo/

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Neuroscience - general /

Research History

Oct, 2023 - Present

RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Dec, 2022 - Sep, 2023

National Institute of Genetics Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, Associate Professor
Dec, 2017 - Nov, 2022

Associate Professor, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics
2015 - Jan, 2018

Project Leader (W2 position), Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
2012 - 2014

Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
2010 - 2012

Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term Fellow, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
2007 - 2010

Special Postdoctoral Fellow, RIKEN

Education

2002 - 2007

Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
1998 - 2002

Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

Committee Memberships

Awards

2019

平成31年度文部科学大臣表彰若手科学者賞

久保郁
2016

Young Investigator Award, Japanese Neuroscience Society

Papers

Automated synapse-level reconstruction of neural circuits in the larval zebrafish brain

Fabian Svara, Dominique Förster, Fumi Kubo, Michał Januszewski, Marco dal Maschio, Philipp J. Schubert, Jörgen Kornfeld, Adrian A. Wanner, Eva Laurell, Winfried Denk …

Nature Methods, 19(11) 1357-1366, Nov, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Spontaneous activity in whisker-innervating region of neonatal mouse trigeminal ganglion

Piu Banerjee, Fumi Kubo, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Rieko Ajima, Takuya Sato, Tatsumi Hirata, Takuji Iwasato

Scientific Reports, 12(1), Sep 29, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Circuit Organization Underlying Optic Flow Processing in Zebrafish.

Koji Matsuda, Fumi Kubo

Frontiers in neural circuits, 15 709048-709048, 2021 Peer-reviewedLast authorCorresponding author
An Optical Illusion Pinpoints an Essential Circuit Node for Global Motion Processing

Yunmin Wu, Marco dal Maschio, Fumi Kubo, Herwig Baier

Neuron, 108(4) 722-734.e5, Nov, 2020 Peer-reviewedCorresponding author
A calibrated optogenetic toolbox of stable zebrafish opsin lines

Paride Antinucci, Adna Dumitrescu, Charlotte Deleuze, Holly J Morley, Kristie Leung, Tom Hagley, Fumi Kubo, Herwig Baier, Isaac H Bianco, Claire Wyart

eLife, 9, Mar 27, 2020 Peer-reviewed
A Cellular-Resolution Atlas of the Larval Zebrafish Brain.

Kunst M, Laurell E, Mokayes N, Kramer A, Kubo F, Fernandes AM, Förster D, Dal Maschio M, Baier H

Neuron, May, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Neuronal Architecture of a Visual Center that Processes Optic Flow.

Kramer A, Wu Y, Baier H, Kubo F

Neuron, May, 2019 Peer-reviewedLast authorCorresponding author
Optogenetic precision toolkit to reveal form, function and connectivity of single neurons.

Förster D, Kramer A, Baier H, Kubo F

Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 150 42-48, Sep, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Genetic targeting and anatomical registration of neuronal populations in the zebrafish brain with a new set of BAC transgenic tools

Dominique Foerster, Irene Arnold-Ammer, Eva Laurell, Alison J. Barker, Antonio M. Fernandes, Karin Finger-Baier, Alessandro Filosa, Thomas O. Helmbrecht, Yvonne Koelsch, Enrico Kuehn …

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 7(1) 5230, Jul, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2

Ellen J. Hoffman, Katherine J. Turner, Joseph M. Fernandez, Daniel Cifuentes, Marcus Ghosh, Sundas Ijaz, Roshan A. Jain, Fumi Kubo, Brent R. Bill, Herwig Baier …

NEURON, 89(4) 725-733, Feb, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Functional Architecture of an Optic Flow-Responsive Area that Drives Horizontal Eye Movements in Zebrafish

Fumi Kubo, Bastian Hablitzel, Marco Dal Maschio, Wolfgang Driever, Herwig Baier, Aristides B. Arrenberg

NEURON, 81(6) 1344-1359, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Ectopic Mitf in the Embryonic Chick Retina by Co-transfection of beta-Catenin and Otx2

Peter D. Westenskow, Jon B. McKean, Fumi Kubo, Shinichi Nakagawa, Sabine Fuhrmann

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, 51(10) 5328-5335, Oct, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Cath6, a bHLH Atonal Family Proneural Gene, Negatively Regulates Neuronal Differentiation in the Retina

Fumi Kubo, Shinichi Nakagawa

DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS, 239(9) 2492-2500, Sep, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Hairy1 acts as a node downstream of Wnt signaling to maintain retinal stem cell-like progenitor cells in the chick ciliary marginal zone

Fumi Kubo, Shinichi Nakagawa

DEVELOPMENT, 136(11) 1823-1833, Jun, 2009 Peer-reviewed
Wnt signaling in retinal stem cells and regeneration

Fumi Kubo, Shinichi Nakagawa

DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION, 50(4) 245-251, May, 2008 Peer-reviewed
Wnt2b inhibits differentiation of retinal progenitor cells in the absence of Notch activity by downregulating the expression of proneural genes

F Kubo, M Takeichi, S Nakagawa

DEVELOPMENT, 132(12) 2759-2770, Jun, 2005 Peer-reviewed
Wnt2b controls retinal cell differentiation at the ciliary marginal zone

F Kubo, M Takeichi, S Nakagawa

DEVELOPMENT, 130(3) 587-598, Feb, 2003 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

網膜細胞分化の分子メカニズム網膜幹細胞の未分化性を制御する分子メカニズム

中川真一, 竹市雅俊, 久保郁

日本眼科学会雑誌, 111(臨増) 101-101, Mar, 2007
Molecular network controlling retinal stem cell differentiation

Shinichi Nakagawa, Masatoshi Takeichi, Fumi Kubo

NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH, 55 S18-S18, 2006

Books and Other Publications

Combining genetic targeting and optical stimulation for circuit dissection in the zebrafish nervous system

Fumi Kubo, Herwig Baier (Role: Contributor, Optogenetics)

de Gruyter, 2013
Retinal stem cells, signaling and regeneration

Fumi Kubo (Role: Contributor, Stem cells, Regenerative medicine and Cancer)

Nova Science Publishers, 2011

Presentations

視覚の情報処理と行動を支える神経回路

久保郁

京都大学生命科学研究科創立25周年記念シンポジウム, Dec, 2024 Invited
Neural network analysis using activity-based cell labeling and transcriptome analysis in zebrafish

Fumi Kubo

Nov, 2024 Invited
ゼブラフィッシュにおける神経ネットワーク解析：大規模神経活動イメージングとそれに直交するアプローチ

久保郁

生理研研究会「大規模脳活動計測〜我々は何を測り、どこへ行くのか？」, Sep, 2024 Invited
小型脊椎動物モデルを用いた視覚研究

久保郁

Neuro2024 教育講演, Jul, 2024 Invited
Molecular targeting and functional analysis of neuronal subtypes of the optic flow processing circuit in larval zebrafish

Fumi Kubo

Neuro2024, Jul, 2024
Neural network analysis using the combination of activity-based cell labeling and transcriptome analysis in zebrafish

Dec, 2023 Invited
Dissecting neural circuits for visual perception and behavior in zebrafish

久保郁

OIST Developing Neural Circuits Course, Jul, 2023 Invited
動きの視覚情報処理を担う神経回路

久保郁

第５回三融会・武田神経科学シンポジウム, May, 2023 Invited
Neural circuits for motion processing and illusion in zebrafish

Fumi Kubo

Dec 1, 2022 Invited
Neural circuit basis for optic flow processing in zebrafish

Fumi Kubo

Sep 20, 2022 Invited
動きの視覚情報処理を担う神経回路：錯視反応を用いた解析から

久保郁

日本視覚学会 2022年度夏季大会シンポジウム2「視覚系における神経回路の形成と機能」, Sep, 2022 Invited
Motion processing and prediction using optical Illusion

Fumi Kubo

Aug, 2022
ゼブラフィッシュ脳のイメージングから探る視覚機能

Neuro2022 ソーラボジャパン株式会社ランチョンセミナー, Jul, 2022 Invited
Cracking the visual motion processing circuit using optical illusion

Fumi Kubo

Seminar Series, ZENITH interdisciplinary PhD program in neuroscience, Feb, 2022 Invited
Cracking the visual motion processing circuit using optical illusion

Circuit Construction in the Mammalian Brain, Dec, 2021 Invited
Function and connectivity of optic flow processing circuit in the zebrafish pretectum

Jul, 2021 Invited
Cracking the visual motion processing circuit using optical illusion

Fumi Kubo

Neuro Zoom, Mar 9, 2021 Invited
ゼブラフィッシュにおける錯視反応とその視覚情報処理回路

久保郁

第18回北海道大学脳科学研究教育センターシンポジウム「感覚と運動の神経基盤の進化〜非哺乳類脳から学ぶ計算原理〜」, Nov 13, 2020 Invited
An optical illusion pinpoints an essential circuit node for global motion processing

Fumi Kubo

Zebrafish Neural Circuits, online seminar series, Sep, 2020 Invited
An Optical Illusion Pinpoints an Essential Circuit Node for Global Motion Processing

Jul, 2020 Invited

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

記憶メカニズムの多次元解析 - nmからメゾスケール/ミリ秒から日スケールまで

科学研究費助成事業, 国際共同研究加速基金(国際先導研究), 日本学術振興会, Dec, 2022 - Mar, 2029

林康紀, 池谷裕二, 柚崎通介, 久保郁, 根本知己, 米原圭祐, 三國貴康
細胞及び動物個体で迅速タンパク質分解を可能にするAID2法の発展的基盤技術の開発

科学研究費助成事業, 基盤研究(A), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

鐘巻将人, 林謙一郎, 久保郁, 西野達哉
視覚情報処理ネットワークの広範な活性化を駆動するハブ神経回路の解析

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(B), 基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

久保郁
視覚マップによる他個体の認識と行動制御メカニズムの解明

ライフサイエンス研究助成, 武田科学振興財団, 2022
視蓋における方位選択性マップの解析

研究助成, ブレインサイエンス振興財団, 2022
視覚情報処理と行動制御の基盤となる神経メカニズムの解明

国際共同研究加速基金（帰国発展研究）, 文部科学省: 科研費, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

久保郁
視蓋において形成される方位選択制マップの解析

2020年度研究助成, 公益信託成茂神経科学研究助成基金, Jul, 2020

久保郁
視覚情報処理を制御する神経回路の機能と結合様式の解明

日本分子生物学会若手研究助成, 日本分子生物学会若手研究助成富澤純一・桂子基金, Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2020

久保郁
網膜―視蓋経路における方位選択性マップ形成の解析

女性研究者研究助成金, 内藤記念科学振興財団, 2019

久保郁

Social Activities

遺伝学講座・みしま

Lecturer

三島市・遺伝学普及会, Jan, 2024
第43回日本神経科学大会市民公開パネルディスカッション「2050年の脳科学と社会」

Panelist

日本神経科学学会, Aug 2, 2020
国立遺伝学研究所公開講演会2019 透明な魚で「見る」脳の動き

Lecturer

国立遺伝学研究所, Nov 16, 2019

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