Yasunori Hayashi (林 康紀 , Hayashi Yasunori , born July 28, 1965) is a Japanese neuroscientist who was born in Aichi and grew up in Tokyo . He is leading his research group in RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan.
Education and research history 1984–1990 MD, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine 1990–1994 PhD, Institute for Immunology and Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine 1994–1996 Postdoctral Fellow, Department of Neurophysiology, Institute for Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo 1996–2000 Postdoctral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 2000–2009 Assistant Professor (joint), RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory , Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2000–2004 Senior Scientist (joint), Brain Science Institute, RIKEN 2004–2009 Unit Leader (joint), Brain Science Institute, RIKEN 2009 – current Team Leader, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN Regulation of adrenal tyrosine hydroxylase under hypoxic condition Cloning and functional analysis of prostanoid receptor Pharmacological analyses of metabotropic glutamate receptor Activity dependent trafficking of AMPA type glutamate receptor as a mechanism of hippocampal LTP Structural plasticity of dendritic spine and its molecular mechanisms Molecular cloning and analysis of motoneuron specific NMDA receptor subtype NR3B Retrograde regulation of synaptic release probability by cell adhesion molecules Structural elucidation of high-order structure of postsynaptic density Awards and honors 1998 Young Investigator Award from Japanese Pharmacological Society 2008 JSPS Prize for Young Investigators 2008 Japan Academy Medal 
