Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Keio University (Japan) 1998
  • M.S., Keio University (Japan) 1996
  • B.S., Keio University (Japan) 1994
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011 - 2014
  • Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2005 - 2012
  • Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2006 - 2012
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • SEP 28, 2016

    Scientists Track Unexpected Mechanisms of Memory
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  Awards & Honors

  • Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2010
  • Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2006
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • TrkB receptor activation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2015
  • Derivation of Functional Neurons from Human Adult Cells by Nonviral Gene Delivery awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
  • Large Scale Development of Sensors for Imaging Small GTPase Signals in Synapses awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2013
  • Imaging signal transduction in single dendritic spines awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2013
  • Mechanisms of Ras signaling in single synapses awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2013
  • Signaling Mechanisms for AMPA Receptor Trafficking awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2012
  • Mathematical modeling of synaptic transmission and plasticity awarded by  National Science Foundation 2007 - 2011
  • Spatial compartmentalization of Ras-MAPK signaling by KSR1 in neurons awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2010
  • Imaging Spatiotemporal Kinetics of Activity Dependent AMPAR Trafficking in Single Dendritic Spines awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2010
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Yasuda, Ryohei. “Studying signal transduction in single dendritic spines.” Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 4, no. 10 (October 1, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a005611.
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    • Yasuda, Ryohei, and Hideji Murakoshi. “The mechanisms underlying the spatial spreading of signaling activity.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 21, no. 2 (April 2011): 313–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2011.02.008.
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    • Yasuda, Ryohei, and George J. Augustine. “Optogenetic probes.” Brain Cell Biol 36, no. 1–4 (August 2008): 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11068-008-9037-4.
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    • Yasuda, Ryohei. “Imaging spatiotemporal dynamics of neuronal signaling using fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.” Curr Opin Neurobiol 16, no. 5 (October 2006): 551–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2006.08.012.
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    • Yasuda, Ryohei, Christopher D. Harvey, Haining Zhong, Aleksander Sobczyk, Linda van Aelst, and Karel Svoboda. “Supersensitive Ras activation in dendrites and spines revealed by two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging.” Nat Neurosci 9, no. 2 (February 2006): 283–91. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1635.
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