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The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain development. Prof. Tomohisa Toda at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM) aims to investigate how nerve cells preserve a specific set of gene expressions via…

Tomohisa Toda, head of the research group ‘Neural Epigenomics’ at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin (MPZPM), is investigating how the physical nature of cell nuclei affects gene regulation and brain function. With his serial studies on the importance of long-lived cellular components to…

After its festive opening in September, the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin has begun its scientific work. The first visitors have been able to form their initial impressions of the pioneering research facility in Erlangen. Tomohisa Toda, associated with the MPZPM in his role as Professor…

An international research team has uncovered that a previously overlooked repetitive DNA element known as Long Interspersed Nuclear Element (L1) helps maintain neural progenitor cells, and thus plays an important role in mammalian brain development. The study, published recently in the journal Cell…

Tomohisa Toda, Professor of Neural Epigenomics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has been awarded another European Research Council (ERC) grant to investigate the roles of long-lived nuclear RNA in the maintenance of brain function and brain ageing. Most of his research will…