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Susumu Tonegawa

Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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School of Science

Biology

Susumu Tonegawa is currently serving as a Biology Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Susumu Tonegawa

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics

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neuroscience immunology genetics cognitive neuroscience neurology mammalian biology immune responses gene expression systems neuroscience memory adaptive immune system neuroanatomy neural science neurophysiology receptors molecular neurobiology medicinal research cellular neurobiology experimental medicine cellular immune responses protein science experimental biology brain function brain science genome biology cell research cancer biology neurochemistry lymphocyte development affective neuroscience leukemia knockout mice dopamine animal cognition gene function histocompatibility molecular cell biology innate immune system mucosal immunology molecular immunology molecular physiology peptides transcription regulation host-guest chemistry developmental immunology immunoglobulin genes mutant mice structural molecular biology cytogenetics molecular regulation cell regulation receptor (biochemistry) spatial cognition brain circuitry somatic generation synaptic plasticity positive selection engram cells biological psychiatry virus research cellular therapy brain organization host factors neurodynamics molecular diversity protein transport antibody diversity spatial memory mouse visual cortex systems consolidation different stages memory engrams false memory translational control somatic recombination retrograde amnesia

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Dopamine Induces Fear Extinction by Activating the Reward-Responding Amygdala Neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

emotional selfregulationbehavioural processdopamine inducesneuropharmacologybiological psychiatrycognitive neurosciencebehavioral neuroscienceneuroscienceneuropsychopharmacologyneurobiological mechanismsreward systemsdopamineneurobiological factorsaffective neuroscienceneuropsychologypsychology

Importance of Diagnostic Methods for Round Ligament Leiomyomas in Clinical Practice. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (2023)

Takuma HayashiNobuo YaegashiSusumu TonegawaIkuo Konishi

neurologysurgerymedical imagingsurgical oncologyround ligament leiomyomasmedicinediagnostic methodsoncology

Brain-Wide Mapping Reveals That Engrams for a Single Memory Are Distributed Across Multiple Brain Regions. Nature Communications (2022)

Dheeraj S. RoyYoung-Gyun ParkMinyoung E. KimYing ZhangSachie K. OgawaNicholas DiNapoliXinyi GuJae H. ChoHeejin ChoiLee KamentskyJared MartinOlivia MostoTomomi AidaKwanghun ChungSusumu Tonegawa

systems neurosciencesingle memorycognitive neuroscienceneurosciencemultiple brain regionsneuroimaging

Cingulate-Motor Circuits Update Rule Representations for Sequential Choice Decisions. Nature Communications (2022)

Daigo TakeuchiDheeraj RoyShruti MuralidharTakashi KawaiAndrea BariChanel LovettHeather A. SullivanIan R. WickershamSusumu Tonegawa

electrical engineeringsequential choice decisionsmotor controlneuroscience

Author Correction: Hippocampal Neurons Represent Events as Transferable Units of Experience. Nature Neuroscience (2021)

Chen SunWannan YangJared MartinSusumu Tonegawa

neural sciencememorysystems neurosciencecognitive neuroscienceneuroscienceauthor correctionhippocampal neuronstransferable units

Crucial Role for Ca2 Inputs in the Sequential Organization of Ca1 Time Cells Supporting Memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Christopher J. MacDonaldSusumu Tonegawa

crucial rolememorycell biologycognitive neuroscienceneurosciencesequential organizationcentral nervous system

Potential Biomarkers Associated With Malignancy in Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology (2021)

Takuma HayashiNobuo YaegashiSusumu TonegawaIkuo Konishi

gynecologic oncologyradiation oncologypotential biomarkersgynecologyradiologycancer researchuterine mesenchymal tumorsoncologycancer biologyobstetrics and gynaecology

Reply to Lehr and StöBer: What’s in a Name? on the Distinction Between Temporal Coding and Internally Driven Activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Christopher J. MacDonaldSusumu Tonegawa

temporal codingbehavioral sciencesneurosciencedriven activitypsychologycognition

Reply to Lehr and StöBer: What's in a Name? on the Distinction Between Temporal Coding and Internally Driven Activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2021)

behavioural processtemporal codinghuman behaviortime perceptionperception-action loopbehavioral researchtemporal dynamicsapplied cognitive psychologydriven activitycognitive sciencebehavioral sciencescognition

Amygdala Reward Neurons Form and Store Fear Extinction Memory. Neuron (2020)

Xiangyu ZhangJoshua KimSusumu Tonegawa

memorysystems neurosciencecognitive neuroscienceneuroscienceneurophysiologycognitive scienceaffective neuroscienceneuropsychologybrain functionpsychology

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Susumu Tonegawa

Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Affiliations

School of Science

Biology

Susumu Tonegawa is currently serving as a Biology Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Susumu Tonegawa

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Dopamine Induces Fear Extinction by Activating the Reward-Responding Amygdala Neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Importance of Diagnostic Methods for Round Ligament Leiomyomas in Clinical Practice. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (2023)

Takuma HayashiNobuo YaegashiSusumu TonegawaIkuo Konishi

neurologysurgerymedical imagingsurgical oncologyround ligament leiomyomasmedicinediagnostic methodsoncology

Brain-Wide Mapping Reveals That Engrams for a Single Memory Are Distributed Across Multiple Brain Regions. Nature Communications (2022)

Dheeraj S. RoyYoung-Gyun ParkMinyoung E. KimYing ZhangSachie K. OgawaNicholas DiNapoliXinyi GuJae H. ChoHeejin ChoiLee KamentskyJared MartinOlivia MostoTomomi AidaKwanghun ChungSusumu Tonegawa

systems neurosciencesingle memorycognitive neuroscienceneurosciencemultiple brain regionsneuroimaging

Cingulate-Motor Circuits Update Rule Representations for Sequential Choice Decisions. Nature Communications (2022)

Daigo TakeuchiDheeraj RoyShruti MuralidharTakashi KawaiAndrea BariChanel LovettHeather A. SullivanIan R. WickershamSusumu Tonegawa

electrical engineeringsequential choice decisionsmotor controlneuroscience

Author Correction: Hippocampal Neurons Represent Events as Transferable Units of Experience. Nature Neuroscience (2021)

Chen SunWannan YangJared MartinSusumu Tonegawa

neural sciencememorysystems neurosciencecognitive neuroscienceneuroscienceauthor correctionhippocampal neuronstransferable units

Crucial Role for Ca2 Inputs in the Sequential Organization of Ca1 Time Cells Supporting Memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Christopher J. MacDonaldSusumu Tonegawa

crucial rolememorycell biologycognitive neuroscienceneurosciencesequential organizationcentral nervous system

Potential Biomarkers Associated With Malignancy in Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology (2021)

Takuma HayashiNobuo YaegashiSusumu TonegawaIkuo Konishi

gynecologic oncologyradiation oncologypotential biomarkersgynecologyradiologycancer researchuterine mesenchymal tumorsoncologycancer biologyobstetrics and gynaecology

Reply to Lehr and StöBer: What’s in a Name? on the Distinction Between Temporal Coding and Internally Driven Activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021)

Christopher J. MacDonaldSusumu Tonegawa

temporal codingbehavioral sciencesneurosciencedriven activitypsychologycognition

Reply to Lehr and StöBer: What's in a Name? on the Distinction Between Temporal Coding and Internally Driven Activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2021)

Amygdala Reward Neurons Form and Store Fear Extinction Memory. Neuron (2020)

Xiangyu ZhangJoshua KimSusumu Tonegawa

memorysystems neurosciencecognitive neuroscienceneuroscienceneurophysiologycognitive scienceaffective neuroscienceneuropsychologybrain functionpsychology

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