Academic Career
· Nov 2023 - Now:
PostDoc, 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), 2024-2027
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
Award
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"