I was born in Moji, Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka.
Occupation
I am a Research Scientist at Laboratory of Chromosome Engineering, Department of Frontier Research and Development in Kazusa DNA Research Institute.
Educational background
I graduated from
Fukuoka Prefectural Moji High-school,
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, BSc.,
and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, MSc. & DSc. (Center for Gene Research, Prof. Masahiro Sugiura Lab).
I was also attendance at the third annual CIPB Summer School "Mathematical Modeling for Biologists" at Sutton Bonington Campus, The Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham (Sep 6-9, 2010).
Professional experiences
I have so far worked with
Dr. Daisuke Shibata at Mitsui Plant Biotechnology Research Institute and at Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan.
Dr. Andrew J. Millar at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick (Now, Prof. at Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh), and
Dr. Seth J. Davis at Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research.
I was also a phD researcher at Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Okayama (Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences), and a Specially Appointed Senior Lecturer at Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University.
Societies
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan / 日本分子生物学会 http://www.mbsj.jp/
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologist / 日本植物生理学会 http://www.jspp.org/
Japanese Society for Chronobiology / 日本時間生物学会 http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsc/