Lazarus Michael

Affiliation
Faculty of Medicine
Official title
Professor
ORCID
0000-0003-3863-4474
Sex
Male
KAKEN ID
80469650
URL
Email
)C8Q8ILJcD@:?8<CcB8ZieLcKJLBL98c8:cAG
Office
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
Phone
029-853-3681
Research fields
Neurochemistry/Neuropharmacology
Nerve anatomy/Neuropathology
Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
Research keywords
Sleep
Remote control of neuronal activity in mice
Optogenetics
Obesity
Hibernation
Appetite
Research projects
中脳辺縁系グリア・神経相互作用による眠気のメカニズムの解明2021 -- 2025LAZARUS MICHAELJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B)17,030,000Yen
レム睡眠と食欲の意志動力学2019 -- 2020LAZARUS MICHAELJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas7,540,000Yen
低体温誘導の記憶へのリスクと可塑性2018 -- 2019LAZARUS MICHAELJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas5,720,000Yen
Will-dynamics of REM sleep and appetite2017-04 -- 2019-03Michael LazarusJapan Society of for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Area9,100,000Yen
The role of the nucleus accumbens in regulating slow-wave sleep by motivated behavior2017-04 -- 2021-03Michael LazarusJapan Society of for the Promotion of Science/ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)17,290,000Yen
Adenosine A2A receptor optopharmacology in freely behaving mice2016-11 -- 2019-10Michael LazarusThe Naito Foundation/Natural Science Scholarship3,000,000Yen
Integrated analysis of the function of sleep and its regulatory mechanisms using optical technologies2016-10 -- 2021-09Masashi YanagisawaJapan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/JST Basic Research Programs (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology :CREST)52,000,000Yen
Hypothermia as a risk factor for memory consolidation2016-04 -- 2018-03Michael LazarusJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas6,240,000Yen
Career history
2022-03 -- (current)University of TsukubaInternational Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)Professor/Principal Investigator
2013-04 -- 2022-02University of TsukubaInternational Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)Associate Professor/Principal Investigator
2007-09 -- 2013-03Osaka Biosciene InstituteUrade LabResearch Associate
2002-07 -- 2007-08Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of NeurologyInstructor
1999-06 -- 2002-07Osaka Biosciene InstituteHayaishi LabPostdoctoral Associate
Academic background
1990-10 -- 1998-07University of Würzburg Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry
Degree
1998-07PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)University of Würzburg
Academic societies
2001-02 -- (current)Humboldt-Klub Japan
2009-04 -- (current)THE JAPAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY
2009-08 -- (current)THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF SLEEP RESEARCH
2003-01 -- (current)Society for Neuroscience
2001-02 -- (current)Humboldt Foundation Network
Articles
Books
Conference, etc.
  • Opto-chemical control of sleep in the nucleus accumbens using a photocaged adenosine A2A receptor allosteric modulator
    Lazarus Michael
    Photopharmacology III/2021-11-29--2021-11-30
  • Why are we sleepy when bored? - The gating of sleep homeostasis by motivation
    Lazarus Michael
    5th Asian Forum on Chronobiology/2021-07-14--2021-07-19
  • The gating of sleep homeostasis by motivation Why are we sleepy when bored?
    Lazarus Michael
    3rd Congress of the Asian Society of Sleep Medicine/2021-05-16
  • Involvement the lateral habenul–dorsal raphe nucleus–ventral tegmental area projection in social instigation-heightened aggression in male mice
    Takahashi Aki
    Neuroscience 2021/2021-11-08--2021-11-11
  • Glutamatergic projection from the lateral habenula to the dorsal raphe nucleus escalates aggressive behavior of male mice.
    Takahashi Aki; Flanigan Meghan E; Tsunematsu Tomomi; Al...
    The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society/The 1st CJK International Meeting/2021-07-28--2021-07-31
  • The gating of sleep by motivated behavior
    Lazarus M.
    24th Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society (ESRS)/2018-09-25--2018-09-28
  • A nucleus accumbens circuit in control of sleep
    Lazarus Michael
    4th International Pediatric Sleep Association Congress/2016-03-10--2016-03-13
  • Why do we fall asleep when bored? − A nucleus accumbens circuit in control of sleep
    Lazarus Michael
    Japanese Society of Sleep Research The 43rd Annual Meeting（JSSR43）/2016-07-07--2016-07-08
  • The link between REM sleep loss and the desire for junk food
    Lazarus Michael
    International Symposium on LIVING IN SPACE 2017/2017-03-09--2017-03-09
  • The waking, sleeping and dreaming brain: New circuits and insights
    Lazarus Michael
    World Sleep 2017 – 1st Congress of the World Sleep Society/2017-10-07--2017-10-11
  • The link between REM sleep loss and the desire for junk food
    Lazarus Michael
    11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience/2018-07-07--2018-07-11
  • Why do we fall asleep when bored? - The control of sleep and wakefulness by the nucleus accumbens
    Lazarus Michael
    第41回日本神経科学大会/2018-07-26--2018-07-29
  • Allosteric modulation of adenosine A2A receptors in mice induces slow-wave sleep without cardiovascular effects.
    Korkutata Mustafa; Saitoh Tsuyoshi; Feng Duo; Murakoshi ...
    World Sleep 2017/2017-10-07--2017-10-11
  • Why do we fall asleep when bored? - The role of the nucleus accumbens in sleep-wake regulation
    Lazarus M.; Oishi Y.
    23rd Congress of the European-Sleep-Research-Society/2016-09-13--2016-09-16
Teaching
2021-04 -- 2021-09Practice Class for English Presentation 4AUniversity of Tsukuba.
2021-04 -- 2021-08Research Methods in Kansei, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2AUniversity of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-02Special Research in Human Biology IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-03Seminar in `Mind and Brain' Science 4BUniversity of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-02Special Lecture in Kansei, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1University of Tsukuba.
2021-04 -- 2021-08Special Lecture in Kansei, Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1University of Tsukuba.
2021-04 -- 2021-08Practice Class for English Presentation 4University of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-02Practice Class for English Presentation 4University of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-03Neuroscience Dissertation Research 6University of Tsukuba.
2021-10 -- 2022-02Special Lecture in Kansei , Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6University of Tsukuba.
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Talks
  • The gating of sleep homeostasis by motivation
    Lazarus Michael
    大阪大学第8回子どものこころの 分子統御機構研究センター連続セミナー/2021-12-14
  • Why are we sleepy when we are bored? The gating of sleep homeostasis by motivation
    Lazarus Michael
    大阪大学蛋白質研究所セミナー “多様なドーパミン神経伝達から脳を探る”/2021-12-13
Message
We are looking for students with a fascination for science and innovation interested in sleep research.

(Last updated: 2022-07-20)