Bio:
Education:
University of Cambridge, PhD Immunology (exp 2025)
University of Tokyo, MD Medicine (intermitted)
University of Cambridge, BSc. Computer Science
Expertise:
Computational modelling, Stem cell systems and immunological diseases
Biography
Munetomo graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Computer Science, and is currently studying Medicine at the University of Tokyo. Munetomo uses computational and mathematical tools to understand the physiology of diseases in the immune and stem cell systems. He has experience working and publishing with top scientists in both the UK and Japan (e.g. his first paper resulted from an internship under the guidance of the current director of the Stem Cell Institute at Cambridge University). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Immunology at Cambridge University.
Seminars, Conferences, Publications
1. Takahashi, M.*, So, T.*, Williamson, K., Hosseini, Z., Kania, K., Ruhle, M., … & Thaventhiran, J. E. (2023). Fate-mapping lymphocyte clones and their progenies from induced antigen-signals identifies temporospatial behaviours of T cells mediating tolerance. bioRxiv, 2023-03. (Currently under review in Science Immunology, re-submitting October 2023)
2. Takahashi, M., Tsunoda, M., Aoki, H., Ogiwara, H., Shichino, S., Matsushima, K., & Ueha, S. (2023). CD8+ T cell clones maintain a pool of memory-like Ly108+ cells in the tumor during their contraction phase. Cancer Research, 83(7_Supplement), 607-607.
3. Tsunoda, M., Aoki, H., Takahashi, M., Shimizu, H., Ogiwara, H., Shichino, S., … & Ueha, S. (2023). T cell receptor repertoire analysis revealed tissue tropism of tumor-reactive T-cell clones in cell cycle reporter mice. Cancer Research, 83(7_Supplement), 5180-5180.
4. Kawahigashi, T.*, Iwanami, S.*, Takahashi, M., Bhadury, J., Iwami, S., & Yamazaki, S. (2022). Age-related changes in the haematopoietic stem cell pool revealed via quantifying the balance of symmetric and asymmetric divisions. (Currently under review, submitted July 2023)
5. Takahashi, M., Barile, M., Chapple, R. H., Tseng, Y. J., Nakada, D., Busch, K., … & Göttgens, B. (2021). Reconciling Flux Experiments for Quantitative Modeling of Normal and Malignant Hematopoietic Stem/Progenitor Dynamics. Stem cell reports, 16(4), 741-753.
Conference presentations:
1. The 2nd ImmunoSensation-iFrec International School on Advanced Immunology (September 2023)
2. Japan Association of Cancer Immunology (August 2023)
3. EMBO Workshop: Imaging the Immune System (June 2023)
4. American Association of Cancer Research (April 2023)
Seminar presentations:
1. Nagoya University iSeminar “Towards a dynamic understanding of immunity” (September 2022)
2. Kyoto University ASHBi Seminar “Fate-mapping blood cells to explore in vivo dynamics” (August 2022)