Lab News
Keisuke presenting at Yale VBT and YCVRC Seminar Series
Keisuke gave an invited talk on 3D shape analysis using Minkowski tensors and the role of hyaluronic acid in human cardiac organoid development.
Read more →Keisuke presenting at NITMB workshop on morphology and shape dynamics
Keisuke is giving a talk on integral geometry and Minkowski tensors for 3D biological shape analysis at the NITMB workshop on representing and learning morphology and shape dynamics.
Read more →Ishihara Lab receives $2.25M Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science award
The Ishihara Lab is one of 17 recipients worldwide of Google.org's Impact Challenge: AI for Science, funding a project combining geometric AI with human cardiac organoids to uncover genetic switches for heart regeneration.
Read more →Now published: pykarambola: Minkowski tensor morphometry of 3D structures
Our pykarambola paper, a Python package for Minkowski tensor morphometry of 3D biological structures, is now published in Bioinformatics Advances.
Read more →We're hiring: Postdoc position in ALS disease modeling and functional imaging
The Ishihara Lab and Brent Lab are recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate to develop high-throughput platforms for studying electrophysiological dysfunction in ALS using iPSC-derived motor neurons.
Read more →Keisuke presenting at CSHL Cell Modeling in Space and Time 2026
Keisuke is giving a talk on Minkowski tensors for 3D biological shape analysis at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Cell Modeling in Space and Time.
Read more →Yajushi presenting poster at AICS Lake 2026
Yajushi will present a poster on 3D morphological analysis using Minkowski tensors at the 2026 Lake Conference at the Allen Institute.
Read more →Collaborative preprint: Synthetic lumen rounding directs neural progenitor division
A new collaborative study with Miki Ebisuya's group shows how tissue geometry (specifically the rounding of lumens in neural organoids) controls progenitor cell division and the emergence of basal progenitors.
Read more →Keisuke presenting at MCBIOS 2026
Keisuke is giving a talk on 3D morphological analysis at MCBIOS 2026 in Tampa, FL.
Read more →New preprint: Hyaluronan underlies emergence of form in human cardioids
A new collaborative preprint with the Mendjan Lab shows how hyaluronan (an extracellular matrix polysaccharide) drives the self-organized emergence of form, fate, and function in human cardioids.
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