Academic Career
· Nov 2023 - Now:
PostDoc (SPDR 基礎科学特別研究員), RIKEN IMS (Azusa Inoue Lab)
· Apr 2021 - Oct 2023:
PostDoc, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Hiroyuki Takeda Lab)
· Apr 2016 - Mar 2021:
Master & PhD (Science), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Mentor: Prof. Hiroyuki Takeda),
Thesis title: “Analyses of histone modification reprogramming and establishment of in vivo epigenome editing in medaka embryos”
· Apr 2012 - Mar 2016:
Bachelor (Science), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Scholarships
· Graduate Program for Leaders in Life Innovation (The University of Tokyo), 2017-2018
· Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1), 2018-2021
· Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), 2024-2025
· Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program (SPDR、基礎科学特別研究員) @RIKEN, 2025-2028
Research Grants
· Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1), 2018-2021
· Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Science Society, 2022-2023
· Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2023-2026
· Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD), 2024-2027
· Special Postdoctoral Researchers Program (SPDR、基礎科学特別研究員) @RIKEN, 2025-2028
· 内藤記念次世代育成支援研究助成金, 内藤記念科学振興財団, 2026-2028
· Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2026-2028
Awards
Excellent poster award @ The 39th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2016, Yokohama, Japan
“Process of de novo methylation on exogenous DNA in transgenic medaka.”
Cold Spring Harbor Asia fellowship for delivering outstanding poster presentation @ Cold Spring Harbor Asia meeting for Chromatin, Epigenetics & Transcription, 13-17 May 2024, Suzhou, China
“Cell cycle length regulates both erasure and re-establishment of heterochromatin during early development in non-mammalian vertebrates.”
Presentation Award for Young Scientists @ Joint Meeting of JSCB 77th & JSDB 58th, 16-18 July 2025, Nagoya, Japan
"Cell-cycle reuglation governs establishment of epigenetically active and repressed states during early development in fish"
JSE Young Investigator Awards, June2026 日本エピジェネティクス研究会奨励賞
"Elucidating the function and regulation of epigenome during early development in fish"