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Itaru Imayoshi received his PhD from Kyoto University, Japan in 2008 under the supervision of Ryoichiro Kageyama. After undertaking postdoctoral study at the Institute for Virus Research at Kyoto University in the laboratory of Dr. Ryoichiro Kageyama until 2010, he moved to the the Hakubi Center of Kyoto University, to become a Junior Group leader. His group aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the growth and fate-determination of neural stem cells. His research also focuses on the functional significance of neurogenesis in the postnatal and adult brain. New neurons are continuously generated in the postnatal olfactory bulb and hippocampus. These new neurons differentiate and are integrated to the pre-existing neural circuit. Dr. Imayoshi’s group tries to unveil the functional significance of neurogenesis and highlight the involvement of neurogenesis in higher brain functions.