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Ryuichi Fukuda

Dr Ryuichi Fukuda

Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science

Research interests

  • Cardiovascular

Biography

Dr Ryuichi Fukuda is a Lecturer at the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, King’s College London. Following a PhD at Tokyo University of Science and postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Genetics in Japan, he moved to Didier Stainier’s lab at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, where he studied how signalling pathways, metabolism and mechanical forces regulate cardiomyocyte differentiation and proliferation. In 2022 he joined King’s to start his own group. His research interest is understanding mechanisms that control cardiomyocyte identity, which involves differentiation and dedifferentiation. His laboratory uses multiple model systems including zebrafish, mice, cultured cardiomyocytes and human-iPSCs to address research questions. The goal of his lab is to develop a new therapeutic approach for heart disease.

You can view Ryuichi's publications here

Research

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Fukuda Group

We study the way in which signalling pathways, metabolism and mechanical forces control cardiomyocytes.

From Dev Biology to Regen Medicine-hero
From Developmental Biology to Regenerative Medicine

Understanding organ development and tissue regeneration provides a framework for elucidating disease mechanisms as well as for developing new therapeutics.

News

Academy of Medical Sciences awards prestigious grants to King's researchers

Dr Ricci Hannah and Dr Ryuichi Fukuda have been awarded grants from The Academy of Medical Sciences through the Springboard scheme, which supports exceptional...

Academy of Medical Sciences

Features

5 minutes with Ryuichi Fukuda

Dr Ryuichi Fukuda recently joined the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences as a Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science. We managed to grab 5...

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Research

cultured-cardiomyocytes-2-main
Fukuda Group

We study the way in which signalling pathways, metabolism and mechanical forces control cardiomyocytes.

From Dev Biology to Regen Medicine-hero
From Developmental Biology to Regenerative Medicine

Understanding organ development and tissue regeneration provides a framework for elucidating disease mechanisms as well as for developing new therapeutics.

News

Academy of Medical Sciences awards prestigious grants to King's researchers

Dr Ricci Hannah and Dr Ryuichi Fukuda have been awarded grants from The Academy of Medical Sciences through the Springboard scheme, which supports exceptional...

Academy of Medical Sciences

Features

5 minutes with Ryuichi Fukuda

Dr Ryuichi Fukuda recently joined the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences as a Lecturer in Cardiovascular Science. We managed to grab 5...

Denmark Hill - main ioppncropped