Muneki Ikeda
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco
Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
muneki.ikeda[at mark]ucsf.edu
C. elegans, Cognition, Consciousness
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2023.10–present: JSPS Research Fellow (CPD), The University of Tokyo (Masafumi Oizumi Lab)
2023.04–2023.09: JSPS Research Fellow (PD), The University of Tokyo (Masafumi Oizumi Lab)
2021.04–2023.03: JSPS Research Fellow (Overseas Research), University of California San Francisco (Saul Kato Lab)
2020.12–2024.02: Visiting Researcher, Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University Bloomington (Eduardo J Izquierdo Lab)
2020.08–present: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco (Saul Kato Lab)
2020.06–present: Visiting Researcher, Center for Brain Science, RIKEN (Masanori Murayama Lab)
2020.04–2020.07: Project Researcher, Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Masafumi Oizumi Lab)
2019.08–2020.03: Research Assistant, Center for Brain Science, RIKEN (Masanori Murayama Lab)
2019.04–2020.03: Academic Support Staff, Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Masafumi Oizumi Lab)
2016.04–2018.03: JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Nagoya University (Ikue Mori Lab)
2015.04–2020.03 (Ph.D.): Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (Ikue Mori Lab)
2013.04–2015.03 (M.S. ): Department of Life Sciences, Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Suguru Kawato Lab)
2011.04–2013.03 (B.S.): Department of Basic Science, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Suguru Kawato Lab)
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
Kamiya S, Mitamura T, Ikeda M, Oizumi M
Unsupervised Neuronal Matching with Spontaneous Neuronal Activity.
Second Workshop on Representational Alignment, 64, 2025Ota K, Oisi Y#, Suzuki T#, Ikeda M#, Ito Y#, Ito T#, Uwamori H, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi M, Odagawa M, Matsubara C, Kuroiwa Y, Horikoshi M, Matsushita J, Hioki H, Ohkura M, Nakai J, Oizumi M, Miyawaki A, Aonishi T, Ode T, Murayama M (#Equal contribution)
Fast, cell-resolution, contiguous-wide two-photon imaging to reveal functional network architectures across multi-modal cortical areas.
Neuron, 109(11), 2021Ikeda M, Matsumoto H, Izquierdo EJ
Persistent thermal input controls steering behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans.
PLoS Computational Biology, 17(1), 2021Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Xu L, Costa WS, Gottschalk A, Mori I
Context-dependent operation of neural circuits underlies a navigation behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(11), 2020Nakano S, Ikeda M, Tsukada Y, Fei Z, Suzuki T, Ahluwalia R, Sano A, Kondo R, Ihara K, Hashimoto K, Higashiyama T, Mori I
Presynaptic MAST kinase controls opposing postsynaptic responses to convey stimulus valence in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(3), 2020Kitamura A, Hojo Y, Ikeda M, Karakawa S, Kuwahara T, Kim J, Soma M, Kawato S, Tsurugizawa T
Ingested D-Aspartate Facilitates the Functional Connectivity and Modifies Dendritic Spine Morphology in Rat Hippocampus.
Cerebral Cortex, 29(6), 2019Yamaguchi S, Honda N, Ikeda M, Tsukada Y, Nakano S, Mori I, Ishii S
Identification of animal behavioral strategies by inverse reinforcement learning.
PLoS Computational Biology, 14(5), 2018Hojo Y, Munetomo A, Mukai H, Ikeda M, Sato R, Hatanaka Y, Murakami G, Komatsuzaki Y, Kimoto T, Kawato S
Estradiol rapidly modulates spinogenesis in hippocampal dentate gyrus: Involvement of kinase networks.
Hormones and Behavior, 74, 2015Ikeda M, Hojo Y, Komatsuzaki Y, Okamoto M, Kato A, Takeda T, Kawato S
Hippocampal spine changes across the sleep–wake cycle: corticosterone and kinases.
Journal of Endocrinology, 226(2), 2015
[Society for Endocrinology Journal of Endocrinology Award 2016]Hasegawa Y, Hojo Y, Kojima H, Ikeda M, Hotta K, Sato R, Ooishi Y, Yoshiya M, Chung BC, Yamazaki T, Kawato S
Estradiol rapidly modulates synaptic plasticity of hippocampal neurons: Involvement of kinase networks.
Brain Research, 1621, 2015Hatanaka Y, Hojo Y, Mukai H, Murakami G, Komatsuzaki Y, Kim J, Ikeda M, Hiragushi A, Kimoto T, Kawato S
Rapid increase of spines by dihydrotestosterone and testosterone in hippocampal neurons: Dependence on synaptic androgen receptor and kinase networks.
Brain Research, 1621, 2015Hasegawa Y, Mukai H, Asashima M, Hojo Y, Ikeda M, Komatsuzaki Y, Ooishi Y, Kawato S
Acute modulation of synaptic plasticity of pyramidal neurons by Activin in adult hippocampus.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 8(56), 2014Yoshiya M, Komatsuzaki Y, Hojo Y, Ikeda M, Mukai H, Hatanaka Y, Murakami G, Kawata M, Kimoto T, Kawato S
Corticosterone rapidly increases thorns of CA3 neurons via synaptic/extranuclear glucocorticoid receptor in rat hippocampus.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 7(191), 2013
Preprints
Preprints
Zhou K, Gu C, Ikeda M, Hayward TM, Nicholas Antipa, Menon R, Horstmeyer R, Kato S, Waller L
Large-scale compressive microscopy via diffractive multiplexing across a sensor array.
arXiv, 2507.14437, 2025Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Costa WS, Gottschalk A, Mori I
Circuit Degeneracy Facilitates Robustness and Flexibility of Navigation Behavior in C.elegans.
bioRxiv, 385468, 2018
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
Talks
Talks
Ikeda M
Breaking microscopy trade-offs toward pan-neuronal recording in freely moving animals.
UC Merced CIN Seminar, Merced, March 2025Ikeda M
If IIT is pseudo-science, how can the study of consciousness be scientific?
UC Merced Philosophy Seminar, Merced, March 2025Ikeda M
Identification and analysis of functional neural circuits in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Japanese San Francisco Bay Area Seminar, Online, October 2021Ikeda M
Consciousness research in C. elegans.
Future of the nematodes studies, Online, September 2021Honda N, Ikeda M
Inverse Reinforcement Learning that Identify Animal Behavioral Strategy and Its Application to C. elegans Behavior.
9th Annual Meeting of Japanese society for quantitative biology, Suita, January 2019Ikeda M
Identification of functional neural circuits and integrated-information analysis in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
FY2017 NIPS Research Meeting, Okazaki, September 2017Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
How to build a realistic circuit model in C. elegans.
5th Neural Circuits Joint Workshop, Nagoya, September 2017Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Information Flow through Local Neural Circuits that Integrate Sensory Input and Behavioral Output during a C. elegans Navigation Behavior.
40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Chiba, July 2017Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Local neural circuits integrating sensory input and behavioral output during a C. elegans navigation behavior
4th Neural Circuits Joint Workshop, Okazaki, October 2016Ikeda M, Kawato S
The effects of stress hormone on hippocampal synapses.
2nd Biophysical Society of Kanto Area, Tokyo, March 2013
Selected Posters
Selected Posters
Ikeda M, Chen W, Kato S, Nakano S, Honda N
Decoding internal models and dynamics of curiosity using the inverse free energy principle
25th International C. elegans Conference, Davis, July 2025Ikeda M, Matsuda T, Kato S, Izquierdo EJ
Modeling neural circuits for multi-task behavior in C. elegans thermotaxis.
C. elegans Topic Meeting: Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function & Behavior, Madison, June 2024Ikeda M, Chen Y, Pitkow X, Kato S
C. elegans effort-versus-reward studies enabled by a novel microfluidic arena
24th International C. elegans Conference, Glasgow, June 2023Ikeda M, Kitazono J, Oizumi M, Kato S
Integrated information assesses the level of consciousness in C. elegans.
C. elegans Topic Meeting: Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function & Behavior, Vienna, July 2022Ikeda M, Matsumoto H, Izquierdo EJ
Klinokinetic steering strategy implemented in a neuroanatomical model for C. elegans thermotaxis.
44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Online, July 2021Ikeda M, Matsumoto H, Izquierdo EJ
Klinotactic versus klinokinetic steering strategies implemented in neuroanatomical models for C. elegans thermotaxis.
23rd International C. elegans Conference, Online, June 2021Matsumoto H, Ikeda M
Embedding neuronal dynamics to connect neuronal activity to behavioral patterns.
2019 Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Bioinformatics, Tokyo, September 2019Ikeda M, Izquierdo EJ, Oizumi M, Kitazono J, Mori I
Integrated Information Predicts the Performance of Neuroanatomical Models of the Nematode C. elegans.
Second meeting of Consciousness Research Network, Okazaki, January 2019Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Identification of functional neural circuits by photo-inducible cell ablation using miniSOG.
9th Optogenetics Research Society Japan. International Symposium, Miyagi, October 2017Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Identification and analysis of multifunctional neurons in a C. elegans thermotaxis behavior.
21st International C. elegans Conference, Los Angeles, June 2017Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Identification of behavior elements during thermotaxis behavior in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
C. elegans Topic Meeting: Neuronal Development, Synaptic Function & Behavior, Nagoya, July 2016Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Local Neural Circuits Integrating Sensory Input and Behavioral Output during a C. elegans Navigation Behavior.
39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, July 2016Ikeda M, Nakano S, Giles AC, Mori I
Regulation of behavior elements for thermotaxis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Neocortical Organization III, Tokyo, February 2016Ikeda M, Hojo Y, Komatsuzaki Y, Okamoto M, Kato A, Kawato S
Hippocampal spine density changes depending on corticosterone levels along the sleep-wake cycle.
38th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Kobe, July 2015Ikeda M, Komatsuzaki Y, Yoshiya M, Hojo Y, Kawato S
Correlation between circadian rhythm of corticosterone and synapse in the hippocampus.
37th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, Yokohama, September 2014
GRANTS
GRANTS
2025.01–2026.12: KIFN Kavli's Collaboration Grant (co-applicant)
2024.04–2026.03: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) (Publicly Offered Research)
2023.10–2028.03: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (CPD)
2023.04–2023.09: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD)
2016.04–2018.03: JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2)
Awards
Awards
2022.03: Best JOICO Award, NIKON JOICO AWARD
2021.09: Next Leader Award, Future of the Nematodes Studies
2018.01: Poster Award, IGER Annual Meeting
2017.01: Poster Award, IGER Annual Meeting
2016.11: Journal of Endocrinology Award, Society for Endocrinology
2015.03: Encouragement Award, The University of Tokyo Graduate school of Arts and Sciences
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