Kouichi Nakamura
Medical Student at University of Oxford
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKouichi Nakamura is a neuroscientist and medical student with 11 years of research experience probing the electrophysiology, anatomy, and dysfunction of motor thalamic nuclei within cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits. He earned a PhD from Kyoto University and has held senior research roles at the MRC and University of Oxford, where he combines in vivo electrophysiology with anatomical approaches to study Parkinsonian circuitry. Currently a visiting researcher in the Greater Oxford Area and a medical student at Nara Medical University, he bridges basic neuroscience and clinical training. Beyond the lab, he contributes backend improvements to the widely used Open Ephys analysis tools, optimizing large continuous-data loading and robustness for real-world recordings. This blend of hands-on technical contributions and deep domain expertise enables him to translate complex neurophysiological data into reproducible research insights.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine at Nara Medical UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Graduate School of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University
Japanese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
load-data10
matlab10
data-loading10
fileio10
data-processing10
file-handling10
file-processing10
data-handling10
file-access10
dataloader10
memory-mapping9
optimization8
optimisation8
algorithms8
numerical-optimization8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
open-ephys/analysis-tools
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Code for reading data saved by the Open Ephys GUI
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 2 days
Contributions summary:Kouichi focused on improving the `load_open_ephys_data.m` file, a core component of the analysis tools. Their work involved refactoring and optimizing the loading process, particularly for continuous data, and implementing partial data loading using memory mapping. The user also added functionality for handling different file formats and versions, including the addition of a corrupted file check. These changes aim to improve efficiency and data handling capabilities within the Open Ephys analysis tools.
pythonephysguiopen-ephys
kouichi-c-nakamura/CSL-Nature-DOI
Nov 2018 - Jan 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
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