Izumi Fukunaga

Izumi Fukunaga

Associate Professor

PhD University College London
BSc University College London

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Japan

Izumi grew up in Japan and Malaysia, and went to London, UK to study neuroscience. She came to OIST in 2017 to investigate how sensory circuits in the brain function.

Professional Experience

• Career Development Fellow, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• Post-doctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Germany

Awards

• Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellowship
• UCL Alumni scholarship

Selected Publications

• Koldaeva A., Schaefer A.T., Fukunaga I. (2019) Rapid task-dependent tuning of the mouse olfactory bulb. eLife 8:e43558
• Fukunaga I., Herb J.T., Kollo M., Boyden E.S. and Schaefer A.T. (2014) Independent control of gamma and theta activity by distinct interneuron networks in the olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience 17: 1208-1216.
• Fukunaga,I., Berning,M., Kollo,M., Schmalz,A., and Schaefer A.T. (2012) Distinct Temporal Channels of Olfactory Bulb Output. Neuron 75:320-329.