ASHG 2026 · Tier 1 Academic

The University of Tokyo at ASHG 2026

Name: ASHG 2026 Annual Meeting
Start: 2026-10-20
End: 2026-10-24
Location: Montréal

Tokyo, Japan

The University of Tokyo at ASHG 2026 in Montréal: 11 presentations (8 posters, 3 platform talks); 7 research groups.

presentations on the program

research groups identified

Reviewers’ Choice abstracts

Explore everyone at ASHG 2026 →

Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	6 PhD Students · 2 Faculty · 1 Staff Scientist · 1 Undergrad
Okada Labgenome.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp Dry lab~27 people Develops statistical methods for GWAS, whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing, and analyzes snRNA-seq data. Uses cross-biobank analyses for disease biology, drug discovery and biomarkers. 119 papers since 2024 › Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology Nature, 2024 Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature, 2024 Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference Nature Genetics, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5037133689 Funded by JST › JST, 創発的研究支援事業 · active “王准教授が、JST創発的研究支援事業に採択されました。” Source: lab pages 10 platforms and techniques › Analyzes whole-genome sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, snRNA-seq Techniques statistical genetics, genome-wide association studies, rare variant association studies, HLA/KIR imputation, metagenome-wide association study, cross-biobank analysis, drug repositioning Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are looking for graduate students who join our lab.” Source: lab positions page	Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm Integrated expression and chromatin accessibility QTL and GWAS colocalization of 29 FACS-sorted immune cells in East Asians reveals cell-type-specific regulatory mechanisms of immune-mediated disease Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Collaborators: The University of Osaka, Kyoto University Autoimmune disorderEpigeneticsGenome-wide association studyMulti-omics Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm ★ Reviewers’ Choice Deep learning of biobank-scale MRI images and genome-wide association studies reveal the polygenic and clinical insights of skeletal muscle composition Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Collaborators: The University of Osaka, Wakayama Medical University +4 more Deep learningGenome-wide association studyPolygenic risk scoreSkeletal system Talk Fri Oct 23 1:30 pm Multi-ancestry genome-wide association and multi-omics analyses elucidate spatio-cellular features of multiple sclerosis genetics MAMO: Multi-Ancestry-Aware Multi-Omics Analysis for Complex Diseases Collaborators: The University of Osaka, Wellcome Sanger Institute +9 more Genome-wide association studyAutoimmune disorderMulti-omics
Laboratory of Complex Trait Genomicssites.google.com/edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kamatanilab Dry lab~15 people Analyzes human genome, omics, SNP-array and whole-genome-sequencing data with genetic statistics and learning theory. Studies complex traits, polygenic risk prediction and genomic medicine. 33 papers since 2024 › Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum Nature Genetics, 2024 Decoding triancestral origins, archaic introgression, and natural selection in the Japanese population by whole-genome sequencing Science Advances, 2024 Body mass index stratification optimizes polygenic prediction of type 2 diabetes in cross-biobank analyses Nature Genetics, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5033755499 11 platforms and techniques › Analyzes SNP arrays, Whole-genome sequencing, Deep sequencing Techniques Genome-wide association studies, Genetic statistics, Polygenic risk scores, Deep learning, HLA imputation, MHC fine-mapping, Dimensionality reduction, Structural-variation detection Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “複雑形質ゲノム解析分野では修士課程・博士課程の学生を絶賛大募集中です。” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Genetic architecture of questionnaire-based lifestyle traits in a Japanese health check-up cohort Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders Collaborators: Nippon Medical School Genome-wide association studyGenetic epidemiologyBehaviorComplex traits Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Genome-wide association studies of overall and organ-specific large language model-based aging gaps in a Japanese longitudinal cohort Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Collaborators: McGill University, Nippon Medical School Genome-wide association studyArtificial intelligence
Dep. Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo & Lab. Systems Genetics, RIKEN Center for IMSgenome.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members.html Dry lab~27 people Develops statistical methods for GWAS, whole-genome/whole-exome sequencing and multi-omics data. Uses them to study disease biology, drug targets and biomarkers. 119 papers since 2024 › Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology Nature, 2024 Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature, 2024 Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference Nature Genetics, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5037133689 14 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), Whole-genome sequencing, Whole-exome sequencing, Single-cell omics, Metagenome-wide association study, JOB Japan Omics Browser, PheWeb.jp Techniques Statistical genetics, Rare variant association studies, HLA/KIR imputation, Deep-learning HLA imputation, Drug repositioning, Cross-biobank analysis, Metagenome-wide association study Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are looking for graduate students who join our lab.” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Talk Wed Oct 21 11:45 am Rare, common, and repetitive variants and unexplored genetic features shape complex traits and nominate novel therapeutic targets in 67,609 Japanese whole genomes from Tohoku Medical Megabank Mice, Mutations, and Molecular Mysteries Collaborators: Tohoku University, RIKEN +2 more Exome/genome sequencingLarge-scale biobanksRare variantsStatistical genetics
Department of Genome Informaticsgenome.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp Dry lab~27 people Develops statistical methods for GWAS, whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing, and analyzes snRNA-seq data. Uses cross-biobank analyses for disease biology, drug discovery and biomarkers. 119 papers since 2024 › Genetic drivers of heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology Nature, 2024 Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature, 2024 Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference Nature Genetics, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5037133689 Funded by JST › JST, 創発的研究支援事業 · active “王准教授が、JST創発的研究支援事業に採択されました。” Source: lab pages 10 platforms and techniques › Analyzes whole-genome sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, snRNA-seq Techniques statistical genetics, genome-wide association studies, rare variant association studies, HLA/KIR imputation, metagenome-wide association study, cross-biobank analysis, drug repositioning Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are looking for graduate students who join our lab.” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm A novel Bayesian framework using the liability threshold model effectively integrates genetic and clinical factors and improves the prediction of incident ischemic stroke in Biobank Japan Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Cardiovascular systemGenome-wide association studyPolygenic risk score
Department of Neurologyutokyo-neurology.org Wet + dry lab~17 people Studies neurological disorders with next-generation sequencing, whole-exome analysis, GWAS, transcriptome analysis, neurophysiology. Develops mechanisms and therapies for Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy and neuromuscular disorders. 73 papers since 2024 › Widespread distribution of α-synuclein oligomers in LRRK2-related Parkinson’s disease Acta Neuropathologica, 2025 Age-associated CD4 + T cells with B cell–promoting functions are regulated by ZEB2 in autoimmunity Science Immunology, 2024 Clinicopathological study of dementia with grains presenting with parkinsonism compared with a typical case Neuropathology, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5035924543 16 platforms and techniques › Works with Next-generation sequencers, Whole-exome sequencing, GWAS, Transcriptome analysis, Protein mass spectrometry, Gas chromatography, 2D NMR, FACS Techniques In vitro functional studies, MPTP mouse model, Pedigree analysis, Case-control association studies, Autopsy brain analysis, Raman microspectroscopy, fMRI, Cell culture Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Comprehensive genetic tests of genes responsible for hereditary Parkinson’s diseases and spinocerebellar ataxias in patients registered in Japan Multiple System Atrophy Registry Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders Collaborators: University of Tokyo Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare +1 more Clinical geneticsAtaxia
Division of Digital Genomicsat.hgc.jp/dgen?lang=en Wet + dry lab~2 people Analyzes SNP microarrays and single-cell RNA-seq. Develops CRISPRi screening in midbrain organoids for GWAS mechanisms and child health using the JECS cohort. 22 papers since 2024 › Gene expression QTL mapping in stimulated iPSC-derived macrophages provides insights into common complex diseases Nature Communications, 2025 Human skeletal muscle aging atlas Nature Aging, 2024 Parental stress and food allergy phenotypes in young children: A National Birth Cohort ( JECS ) Allergy, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5020751833 8 platforms and techniques › Works with SNP microarrays, CRISPR interference screening, Inducible dCas9-KRAB/dCas9-P300 hPSC system Techniques Genome-wide association studies, eQTL mapping, Gaussian process modeling, CRISPR perturbation, 2D neuronal differentiation Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Single-cell CRISPRi/a profiling of Parkinson’s disease GWAS loci across neuronal differentiation states in human midbrain organoids Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Collaborators: Tokai University Expression quantitative trait lociGene regulationGenome editing/CRISPRNeurodegeneration
Ohashi Labbs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/… Wet + dry lab~6 people Analyzes genome-wide SNP, HLA, mtDNA and gene-expression/methylation data with statistical, population-genetic and coalescent methods. Studies human evolution, infectious-disease adaptation and Oceanian population history. 6 papers since 2024 › Serum soluble PD-L1 predicts hepatocellular carcinoma development across distinct virological cohorts of chronic hepatitis C Hepatology International, 2026 Genetic variation in the RETN promoter, accompanied by latent sarcopenic obesity, led to insulin resistance in a Japanese cohort: the Toon Genome Study Diabetologia, 2024 Identification of the hybrid gene LILRB5-3 by long-read sequencing and implication of its novel signaling function Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5101897885 16 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Genome-wide SNP data, HLA, ABO, mtDNA, GWAS data, Gene-expression data, Methylation-region data, Whole Y-chromosome sequences Techniques Gene-sequence analysis, Polymorphism analysis, Population-genetic analysis, Coalescent simulation, Candidate-gene approach, Infectious-disease mathematical models, Field DNA sampling, Plasmodium falciparum studies Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “博士課程・修士課程の大学院生を募集しています。” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Talk Sat Oct 24 8:45 am Genome haplotype orchestration via synthetic trajectory (GHOST): Reconstructing population-specific linkage disequilibrium for unrepresented ancestries using only summary statistics Rethinking Genomic Discovery: New Methods for a Complex Genetic Landscape BioinformaticsComputational toolsGenomicsPopulation genetics
1 more presenter — research group not yet identified

Meeting The University of Tokyo in Montréal?

Get in-depth attendee and institution profiles and research, to plan your meetings in Montréal. Leave your work email and we’ll be in touch.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the American Society of Human Genetics. Submit a correction