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  WANG, Mu-Yun

   Assistant Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2010/09~2014/05 〔Doctoral Course〕, Department of Biological Science, Queen Mary, University of London, Completed, PhD in Science
2. 2008/09~2010/06 〔Master Course〕, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Completed, M.S.
3. 2004/09~2008/06 School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Graduated, B.S.
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■ Professional Background
1. 2014/08~2016/03 Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2. 2016/04~2020/03 Research Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
3. 2016/04~2019/03 Part-time Lecture, Keio University
4. 2020/04~2024/03 Research Fellow, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
5. 2024/04~2029/03 Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Ecology and environment, Animal life science, Animal physiological chemistry, physiology and behavioral biology, Neuroscience-general, Cognitive and brain science, Insect science (Key Word:Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Neuroscience) 
■ Profile
My research interests center on ecology and animal behavior, with particular emphasis on social behavior during interactions between conspecifics and heterospecifics. Recognizing the limitations inherent in traditional behavioral studies, I have expanded my research scope to examine multi-level interactions—how animals interact with other species and their environment. Furthermore, I employ a neurobiological approach to investigate the mechanisms underlying behavior, addressing the "black box" of behavioral causation. I integrate insights from psychology and environmental science to develop comprehensive perspectives on animal behavior.
■ Main Course Titles
Introduction to Biology, Animal Biology, Ecology, Field Study in Biology
■ Books and Articles
1. Article Neural circuits for valence updating in social memory. Science 393(6807),pp.eadx8231 (Collaboration) 2026/07Link
2. Article Conditional knockout of Shank3 in the ventral CA1 by quantitative in vivo genome-editing impairs social memory in mice. Nature Communications 15,pp.4531 (Collaboration) 2024/06Link
3. Article Ventromedial prefrontal neurons represent self-states shaped by vicarious fear in male mice. Nature Communications 14(1),pp.3458 (Collaboration) 2023Link
4. Article Disrupted social memory ensembles in the ventral hippocampus underlie social amnesia in autism-associated Shank3 mutant mice. Molecular psychiatry 27(4),pp.2095-2105 (Collaboration) 2022Link
5. Article Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory. Current opinion in neurobiology 68,pp.29-35 (Collaboration) 2021Link
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2026/09/15 Social Concepts and the Formation of Social Values ("JST-RISTEX 'Citizen Support Project' 25th CS Lecture Seminar)
2. 2025/08/25 Livable Green Infrastructure for Urban Carnivores: A Long-term Study of Badgers in Tokyo's Urban Areas (2025 Annual Conference of the Mammalogical Society of Japan)
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2025/04~ The Mammal Society of Japan
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■ Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1. 2025/10~2026/09  Effects of Eutrophication on Development, Cognition, Ecology, and Evolution of Aquatic Animals: Using Medaka as a Model Organism  (Key Word : )
2. 2023/03~2026/03  Stereotype change and prejudice reduction from a neural dual-process account  (Key Word : )
3. 2019/04~2022/03  The conceptual representation for social memory in the hippocampus  (Key Word : )
4. 2019/04~2024/03  The evolutoin of war and cooperation: comparative cognitive science on inter-group conflict and in-group cooperation  (Key Word : )
5. 2018/04~2021/03  Study on molecular/neural basis underlying face recognition in medaka fish  (Key Word : )
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■ researchmap Member ID
R000052173
■ E-Mail Addresses
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■ Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
70781152