Assistant Professor, Department of Investigative Medicine
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Hiroyuki Hirakawa, MD, PhD, received his MD and PhD degrees at Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan. He currently is a postdoctoral fellow in Lei Ding lab at Columbia University Medical Center, where he is studying hematopoietic stem cell and bone marrow microenvironment. He has been continuously secured funding throughout his training. His research interests include hematology, bone biology, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine.
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Education and Training
- Research Fellowship 2024, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- PhD 2019, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- MD 2016, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Research
- Regenerative Medicine
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Hematology
- Bone Biology
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Publications
Hirakawa H., Gao L., Tavakol D.N., Vunjak-Novakovic G., Ding L. Cellular plasticity of the bone marrow niche promotes hematopoietic stem cell regeneration Nature Genetics. 2023;55(11):1941-1952.
Hirakawa H., Lee Y., Ding L. The Fetal Hematopoietic Niche: Components and Mechanisms for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Emergence and Expansion Current Stem Cell Reports. 2022;8(1):14-23.
Aaron N., Kraakman M.J., Zhou Q., Liu Q., Costa S., Yang J., Liu L., Yu L., Wang L., He Y., Fan L., Hirakawa H., Ding L., Lo J., Wang W., Zhao B., Guo E., Sun L., Rosen C.J., Qiang L. Adipsin promotes bone marrow adiposity by priming mesenchymal stem cells eLife. 2021;10