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
Education
- Department of Physics, Graduate school of Science, University of Tokyo
PhD student (Science), Laboratory of Prof. Akinao Nose
04.2016 – 03.2019 - Department of Physics, Graduate school of Science, University of Tokyo
Master student (Science), Laboratory of Prof. Akinao Nose
04.2014- 03.2016 - Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Bachelor student (Engineering), Laboratory of Prof. Norikatsu Mio
04.2010 – 03.2014
Research experiences
- Center of Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
Post-doctoral fellow
09.2019 – present - Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
Post-doctoral fellow
04.2019 – 08.2019 - HHMI Janelia Research Campus
Visiting student researcher
09.2019 – 11.2019 - HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
Visiting student researcher
10.2014 – 12.2014
Fellowships
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships
European Commission
11.2020 – 10.2022 - EMBO Long-term Fellowships
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
09.2019 – 08.2020 - Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
04.2019 – 08.2019 - Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
04.2018 – 03.2019
Awards
- Swiss Drosophila Meeting 2021 Best Poster Prize
09.2021 - Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
07.2018 - JNS-SfN Exchange Travel Award, The Japan Neuroscience Society
06.2018
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
Training
- EMBO Lab Leadership Course
EMBO Solutions
10.2021 - NIPS training course (patch-clamp electrophysiology)
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
07-08.2014
Languages
- Japanese (native)
- English (C2)
- French (~B1)