English CV
KANNO Kouta, Ph.D.
Born November 23, 1983, in Sendai, Japan
Japanese National
KANNO Kouta is a researcher in the field of Neuroscience, especially behavioral neuroendocrinology. I have investigated brain systems regulating emotion and behavior. My current research topic is ultrasonic vocalization (USVs) in mice.
I believe that biological understanding of human nature could provide people in society with new perspectives from which we could have new ideas when we think what is human beings.
So, I also started science communication activities from 2009 interacting with various fields such as arts, design, sociology, etc…
I have tried to demonstrate elegance, beauty and charm of science that people have difficulty to notice.
Education & Professional experience
・April, 2018 – present
Associate professor (PI)
Lab. of Neuroscience, Department of Humanities,
Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities,
Kagoshima University
・October, 2016 – march, 2018
Lecturer (PI)
Lab. of Neuroscience, Department of Humanities,
Faculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities,
Kagoshima University
・May, 2016 – September, 2016
Part-time Research Fellow (Post-docs)
National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular Biology (Mikio Hoshino Lab)
・April, 2013 – September, 2016
Collaborator at Azabu University
・April, 2013 – March, 2016
Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD).
Companion Animal Research (Prof. Takefumi Kikusui),
School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University.
・April, 2012 – March, 2013
Assistant Professor, Companion Animal Research, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University.
・April, 2009 – March, 2012
1. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo, a Ph. D. candidate.
Ph. D. (March, 2012)
Thesis: “Behavioral function of Hesr1 and Hesr2 through dopamine transporter expression”
2. Japan Society for Promotion of Science Research fellow
Supervisor : Prof. Shoichi Ishiura
・April, 2007 – March, 2010
Science interpreter training program (as a minor)
・April, 2007-March, 2009
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Master of Sciences (March, 2009)
Thesis: “Function of transcription factor HESR family on dopamine transporter expression via variable number of tandem repeat”
Supervisor : Prof. Shoichi Ishiura
・April, 2003-March, 2007
Bachelor of Human Sciences (March, 2007)
Waseda University
Supervisor : Prof. Korehito Yamanouchi