IRES Previous Students
The program consists of full-time research in a Japanese laboratory, mentored by a faculty member from a top Japanese institute. This competitive fellowship is open to Montclair State University and non-Montclair State University advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in neurobiology.
2024
Mitchell Dyen
Mentor: Dr. Yasuhiro Kamei
National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: University of Central Florida
Project: Report on developed research techniques using microscopy and associated sciences in an international setting
Adam Leszczynski
Mentor: Dr. Yasuhiro Kamei
National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology
Project: Development and Practice of Gene Editing and Cell Culture Techniques – IR-LEGO, B-gTemp, and “Gel on Dish”
Taylor Rossiter
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura
Nagoya University
Institution: York College of Pennsylvania
Project: Description of Scientific Techniques and Concepts Acquired in an International Setting
Melissa Spigelman
Mentor: Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai
National Institute of Genetics
Institution: Montclair State University
Project: In vitro culturing of male Danio rerio germ cells
Lindsey Washiashi
Mentor: Dr. Koichi Kawakami
National Institute of Genetics
Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Project: A Screen of Brain Regions Involved In Prey Capture and The Spitting Behavioral Response In Danio rerio
Nate C. Wilson
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura
Nagoya University
Institution: Millersville University
Project: Progress Report on the Development of Techniques Used in the Study of Circadian Rhythms under International Collaboration
2023
Talyia Griffin
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Albany State University/ Cornell University
Liz Sharkey
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Samantha Yang
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: University of California, Berkeley/Carnegie Mellon University
Edwin G. Peña-Martínez
Mentor: Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: University of Puerto Rico
Aaron Ortiz
Mentor: Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: New Mexico Tech
Emily Kim
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Amherst College
2022
Ceren Citak
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Mt. Holyoke College
Projects: Generation of genomic editing resources for NBRP Medaka: Experiments with RXFP4, PERIOD2, and Cas12a
Genome Editing of Oryzias latipes using CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Cas12a Technologies
Jay Miguel Fonticella
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Harvard University
Project: Elucidating the ionic signals modulating the transcriptional oscillations of core circadian clock genes in Rat-1–Per2-luciferase fibroblasts
Sayumi York
Mentor: Dr. Kiyoshi Naruse, National Institute of Basic Biology (NIBB)
Institution: Boston University
Yamil Miranda Negron
Mentor: Dr. Koichi Kawakami, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: University of Puerto Rico
Project: Developing New Research Skills Using Transgenic Zebrafish in an International Setting
Luke Nicholson
Mentor: Dr. Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University
Institution: Columbia University
Project: Progress Report on Two Projects: the Study of Seminlunar Rhythms in Grass Puffer and the Study of Critical Temperature in Medaka
Paolo Turano
Mentor: Dr. Noriyoshi Sakai, National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Institution: Rutgers University
Project: Severe inbreeding of zebrafish results in a shortened lifespan independently of telomere length