Mari is participating in various research projects in the lab, from behavioural testing to electrophysiology, functional imaging or molecular biology. She is also responsible for managing lab equipment, orders, and mouse needs.

Before joining the lab, Mari worked as research assistant at Harvard University, USA,  for 8 years. Previously, she worked as research technician at RIKEN, Japan.

Mari holds a master in Histopathology from the University of Nagasaki, Japan.