CV

Suguru Takagi, PhD

Post-doctoral researcher

Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne

Génopode Building, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

 

Suguru.Takagi@unil.ch

 

Tel: +41 21 692 39 92

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sugurutakagi.bsky.social

Education

• Department of Physics, Graduate school of Science, University of Tokyo
  PhD student (Science), Laboratory of Prof. Akinao Nose
  Apr 2016 – Mar 2019 
• Department of Physics, Graduate school of Science, University of Tokyo
  Master student (Science), Laboratory of Prof. Akinao Nose
  Apr 2014- Mar 2016
• Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
  Bachelor student (Engineering), Laboratory of Prof. Norikatsu Mio
  Apr 2010 – Mar 2014

Research experiences

• Center of Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
  Post-doctoral fellow
  Sep 2019 – present
• Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
  Post-doctoral fellow
  Apr 2019 – Aug 2019
• HHMI Janelia Research Campus
  Visiting student researcher
  Sep 2019 – Nov 2019
• HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
  Visiting student researcher
  Oct 2014 – Dec 2014

Fellowships

• JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  Apr 2023 – present
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
  European Commission
  Nov 2020 – Oct 2022
• EMBO Long-term Fellowships
  European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  Sep 2019 – Aug 2020
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists – PD
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  Apr 2019 – Aug 2019
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists – DC2
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  Apr 2018 – Mar 2019

Awards

• Swiss Drosophila Meeting 2021 Best Poster Prize
  Sep 2021
• Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
  Jul 2018
• JNS-SfN Exchange Travel Award, The Japan Neuroscience Society
  Jun 2018

Teaching

• BSc3 Chemosensory Perception: Neuroanatomy
  University of Lausanne
  2019 – 2022
• BSc3 Practical work in molecular biology (Travaux pratiques de biologie moléculaire)
  University of Lausanne
  2020
• OIST International Undergraduate Student Collaborative Workshop: Decoding the Brain
  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  2015

Mentoring

• Bruna Fornasari (Master student, University of Lausanne)
  2022
• Shu Morise (Master student, University of Tokyo)
  2019
• Hiroto Nakabayashi (Master student, University of Tokyo)
  2018
• Amber Amrei Krebs (Master student, intern from University of Münster, hosted at University of Tokyo)
  2018
• Atora Yamada (Undergraduate student, University of Tokyo)
  2015-2016

Outreach activities

• Press conference,  University of Tokyo
  2017
• Open campus, Kashiwa Campus, University of Tokyo
  2014-2018

Research skills

• Biology
  Drosophila genetics, calcium imaging, photolabelling, immunohistochemistry, optogenetics, behavioral assays, closed-loop tethered fly, EM analyses, electrophysiology, basic molecular biology
• Software
  Statistical analyses (R), closed-loop feedback system (Python/Cython), image processing (ImageJ), computational modelling (NEST/Python), basic MATLAB skills
• Hardware
  acoustic processing, LED illumination, laser irradiation, Raspberry Pi, basic electric circuits, basic optical systems, basic control theory

Training

• EMBO Lab Leadership Course
  EMBO Solutions
  Oct 2021
• NIPS training course (patch-clamp electrophysiology)
  National Institute for Physiological Sciences
  Jul-Aug 2014

Languages

• Japanese (native)
• English (C2)
• French (~B1)