Yukiko Goda
Yukiko Goda | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Salk Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory University of California, San Diego University College London Riken |
Thesis | Molecular analysis of vesicular transport from endosomes to the trans Golgi network (1990) |
Academic advisors | Charles F. Stevens |
Yukiko Goda is a Japanese molecular biologist who is a professor and group leader at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Her research considers neural communication through synapses. She was elected a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization in 2023.
Early life
[edit]Goda was born in Osaka, but grew up between Japan and Canada because her father worked in a trading company.[1] She was at high school in Toronto, and secured a scholarship to attend the University of Toronto.[1] Despite initially considering literature, Goda became interested in science during her undergraduate studies, and spent her summer holidays on research placements in chemistry and biology.[1] She worked in Jack Greenblatt's laboratory, where she studied bacteriophage transcription.[1][2] She trained in cell biology, and completed her doctoral research at Stanford University with Suzanne Pfeffer, where she studied vesicular transport from endosomes to the Golgi complex.[3] She completed a course on developmental neurobiology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where she learned that Stevens' group were investigating synaptic plasticity in vivo.[1] Goda moved to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies as a postdoctoral researcher with Charles F. Stevens,[2] where she specialised in electrophysiology, and studied how neurons alter their synaptic strengths.[4][1] Goda eventually set up her own laboratory at University of California, San Diego.[1] In 2001, she moved to the Medical Research Council at University College London.[2]
Research and career
[edit]In 2011, Goda returned to Japan, where she established her own research group at Riken.[5] She joined the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in 2022.[5] Her research has uncovered the processes involved in trans-synaptic interactions.[2] Goda has dedicated her career to understanding the molecular mechanisms of synaptic function, including synaptic homeostasis and other types of plasticity.[1]
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2013 Tsukahara Memorial Award[6]
- 2014 Elected to the Science Council of Japan[citation needed]
- 2023 Elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization[7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Karine Pozo; Yukiko Goda (1 May 2010). "Unraveling mechanisms of homeostatic synaptic plasticity". Neuron. 66 (3): 337–351. doi:10.1016/J.NEURON.2010.04.028. ISSN 0896-6273. PMC 3021747. PMID 20471348. Wikidata Q37752834.
- Martin Geppert; Yukiko Goda; Robert E. Hammer; Cai Li; Thomas W. Rosahl; Charles F. Stevens; Thomas C. Südhof (18 November 1994). "Synaptotagmin I: a major Ca2 sensor for transmitter release at a central synapse". Cell. 79 (4): 717–727. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(94)90556-8. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 7954835. Wikidata Q28587672.
- Lorenzo A Cingolani; Yukiko Goda (1 May 2008). "Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy". Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 9 (5): 344–356. doi:10.1038/NRN2373. ISSN 1471-003X. PMID 18425089. Wikidata Q37143121.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Short, Ben (2010-08-09). "Yukiko Goda: memories are made of this". The Journal of Cell Biology. 190 (3): 282–283. doi:10.1083/jcb.1903pi. ISSN 1540-8140. PMC 2922646. PMID 20696703.
- ^ a b c d "Yukiko Goda". Neuron. 98 (5): 883–885. June 2018. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.05.034.
- ^ "Molecular analysis of vesicular transport from endosomes to the trans Golgi network | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Connecting minds – People – EMBO". 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ a b "Yukiko Goda". OIST Groups. 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ^ "Top scientist receives Tsukahara Award 2013 for research excellence | RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI)". bsi.riken.jp. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- ^ "EMBO announces election of new members – Press releases – EMBO". 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
- Living people
- People from Osaka
- University of Toronto alumni
- Stanford University alumni
- Japanese molecular biologists
- 21st-century Japanese women scientists
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Women molecular biologists
- 21st-century Japanese biologists
- 20th-century Japanese women scientists
- 20th-century Japanese biologists