Lab Members

Kei Igarashi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Kei grew up in greater Tokyo and obtained his Ph.D in the Kensaku Mori lab at University of Tokyo. He then moved all the way to Trondheim, Norway to join the laboratory of Edvard and May-Britt Moser. There, he experienced a vibrant and exciting new era of memory research, concurrent with the awarding of Edvard and May-Britt’s Nobel Prizes. Kei moved again all the way to California to start his lab in 2016.
Enthusiast in Nordic skiing (Langrenn & Telemark)

Tatsuki Nakagawa, PhD

Postdoc

Tatsuki grew up in Nakgano, Japan, and obtained his PhD at Kanazawa University. He joins the lab in Aug 2020.

Sharon Lim, PhD

Postdoc (shared with the Kitazawa lab)

Sharon grew up in Singapore and obtained her PhD at National University of Singapore. She will be expanding her research interest in Alzheimer's disease in the Igarashi lab starting May 2020.

Heechul Jun

MD-PhD Student

Heechul grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada. He obtained his BA at Johns Hopkins University in 2012 with work in Dr. Hongjun Song’s lab. He then worked as a technician in Dr. Mi-hyeon Jan’s lab at the Mayo Clinic. Heechul joined the Igarashi lab in 2017.

Jason Lee

PhD Student

Jason grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. He obtained his BS in Neuroscience at UCLA mentored in the lab of Dr. Dean Buonomano, then joined the Igarashi lab through the UCI Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) in 2019.

Leon Jiayun Xie

PhD Student

Leon grew up in Guangzhou, China. He obtained his BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at UCSD in 2014, working in Dr. Ralph Greenspan's Lab. He continued working as a technician in the Greenspan Lab after graduation. He joined the Igarashi lab in 2020

Tomoko Viaclovsky

Research Technician

BS, University of Miami

Kaori Shiraiwa

Research Technician

BS, Tokyo Gakugei University

Former Members

Shogo Soma, Ph.D

Postdoc 2018 – 2019
Now Assistant Professor at Kyoto Medical College, Japan

Ananya Dasgupta, Ph.D

Postdoc 2018 – 2019
Now back in India

Tomoaki Nakazono, Ph.D

Postdoc 2016 – 2018
Nakazono et al., Neurosci Res 2018

Nakazono et at., Front Sys Neurosci 2017

Now Assistant Professor at Fukushima Medical College, Japan

Alexis Osbourne

Undergraduate Student 2019

Karolyn Tran

Undergraduate Student 2018 – 2019

Seiya Bamba

Undergraduate Student 2018
Now MD student at Kyoto University

Sunwoo Oh

Undergraduate Student 2018
Now PhD student in UCI CMB program

Ayushi Patel

Undergraduate Student 2016 – 2018
Now MD student at University of South Florida

Travis Lam

Undergraduate Student 2016 – 2018

Rodrigo Romo

Research Technician 2019 – 2020