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Hiroki R. Ueda

Hiroki R. Ueda

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
71
Citations
26599
World Ranking
1348
National Ranking
114

Overview

Hiroki R. Ueda is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan with a research focus spanning multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work integrates molecular and cellular techniques to investigate neural and biological functions, often emphasizing imaging and molecular profiling.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of their research focus include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biophysics
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

The key research topics explored by Hiroki R. Ueda cover areas such as:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

The scientist has published a number of recently influential papers including:

  • "Tissue clearing and its applications in neuroscience" (2020), published in Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • "Versatile whole-organ/body staining and imaging based on electrolyte-gel properties of biological tissues" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Whole-Brain Profiling of Cells and Circuits in Mammals by Tissue Clearing and Light-Sheet Microscopy" (2020), published in Neuron
  • "Generation of a p16 Reporter Mouse and Its Use to Characterize and Target p16high Cells In Vivo" (2020), published in Cell Metabolism
  • "Tissue clearing" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hiroki R. Ueda include:

  • Koji L. Ode
  • Rikuhiro G. Yamada
  • Etsuo A. Susaki
  • Shoi Shi
  • Katsuhiko Matsumoto

Regular publication venues for this scientist's research work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Whole-Brain Imaging with Single-Cell Resolution Using Chemical Cocktails and Computational Analysis

    Etsuo A. Susaki;Kazuki Tainaka;Kazuki Tainaka;Dimitri Perrin;Fumiaki Kishino

  • Mutational Analysis Reveals the Origin and Therapy-Driven Evolution of Recurrent Glioma

    Brett E. Johnson;Tali Mazor;Chibo Hong;Michael Barnes

  • A transcription factor response element for gene expression during circadian night

    Hiroki R. Ueda;Wenbin Chen;Akihito Adachi;Hisanori Wakamatsu

  • System-level identification of transcriptional circuits underlying mammalian circadian clocks.

    Hiroki R Ueda;Satoko Hayashi;Wenbin Chen;Motoaki Sano

  • Trans-ancestry mutational landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes

    Yasushi Totoki;Kenji Tatsuno;Kyle R. Covington;Hiroki Ueda

  • Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

    Akihiro Fujimoto;Mayuko Furuta;Yasushi Totoki;Tatsuhiko Tsunoda

  • Maintenance of self-renewal ability of mouse embryonic stem cells in the absence of DNA methyltransferases Dnmt1, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b.

    Akiko Tsumura;Tomohiro Hayakawa;Yuichi Kumaki;Shin-ichiro Takebayashi

  • Thyrotrophin in the pars tuberalis triggers photoperiodic response

    Nobuhiro Nakao;Hiroko Ono;Takashi Yamamura;Tsubasa Anraku

  • Recurrent gain-of-function mutations of RHOA in diffuse-type gastric carcinoma

    Miwako Kakiuchi;Takashi Nishizawa;Hiroki Ueda;Kengo Gotoh

  • Whole-Body Imaging with Single-Cell Resolution by Tissue Decolorization

    Kazuki Tainaka;Shimpei I Kubota;Takeru Q Suyama;Etsuo A Susaki

  • Quartz-Seq: a highly reproducible and sensitive single-cell RNA sequencing method, reveals non-genetic gene-expression heterogeneity

    Yohei Sasagawa;Itoshi Nikaido;Tetsutaro Hayashi;Hiroki Danno

  • An improved single-cell cDNA amplification method for efficient high-density oligonucleotide microarray analysis

    Kazuki Kurimoto;Yukihiro Yabuta;Yasuhide Ohinata;Yukiko Ono

  • Feedback repression is required for mammalian circadian clock function

    Trey K Sato;Rikuhiro G Yamada;Hideki Ukai;Julie E Baggs

  • Chemical Landscape for Tissue Clearing Based on Hydrophilic Reagents.

    Kazuki Tainaka;Tatsuya C. Murakami;Etsuo A. Susaki;Chika Shimizu

  • Genome-wide transcriptional orchestration of circadian rhythms in Drosophila

    Hiroki R. Ueda;Akira Matsumoto;Miho Kawamura;Masamitsu Iino

  • CKIε/δ-dependent phosphorylation is a temperature-insensitive, period-determining process in the mammalian circadian clock

    Yasushi Isojima;Masato Nakajima;Hideki Ukai;Hiroshi Fujishima

  • Delay in Feedback Repression by Cryptochrome 1 Is Required for Circadian Clock Function

    Maki Ukai-Tadenuma;Rikuhiro G. Yamada;Haiyan Xu;Jürgen A. Ripperger

  • Measurement of internal body time by blood metabolomics

    Yoichi Minami;Takeya Kasukawa;Yuji Kakazu;Masayuki Iigo

  • Whole-body and Whole-Organ Clearing and Imaging Techniques with Single-Cell Resolution: Toward Organism-Level Systems Biology in Mammals

    Etsuo A. Susaki;Hiroki R. Ueda;Hiroki R. Ueda;Hiroki R. Ueda

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Aburatani
Hiroyuki Aburatani University of Tokyo
Masamitsu Iino
Masamitsu Iino Nihon University
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi
Yasufumi Shigeyoshi Kindai University
Tadatoshi Takayama
Tadatoshi Takayama Nihon University
Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo
John B. Hogenesch
John B. Hogenesch Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Masaomi Nangaku
Masaomi Nangaku University of Tokyo
Tatsuhiro Shibata
Tatsuhiro Shibata University of Tokyo
Masashi Fukayama
Masashi Fukayama University of Tokyo

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