[Birth day] January 25, 1966
[Birthplace] Born in Kagoshima, brought up in Sendai
1984 Graduated from Miyagi Daiichi Girls High School
1990 Graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine
1996 Graduated from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
1996 Assistant professor at University of Tsukuba
2000 Visiting scholar at Northwestern University
2000 Lecturer at University of Tsukuba
2004 Associate professor at University of Tsukuba
2006 Associate professor at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
2013 Professor at IDAC Tohoku University
2023 Professor at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
I chose to become a researcher because I was fascinated by the way genes work (transcription), but recently I have been interested in phenomena that cannot be explained by gene expression alone, especially from the perspective of metabolism and metabolites. In the past 30 years, the genomes of many species have been fully elucidated, and much information about genes and their regulatory mechanisms has been stored in databases. We are going to dig what the databases do not tell us! This is the most important proposition. I feel very happy to have found a job that I can now devote my life to.
Piano!
Chance favors the prepared mind. by Louis Pastuer.
Be sure to thank well diggers whenever you drink.
Be willing to dig wells.
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[Birthplace] Chiba prefecture
2008 Faculty of Science (Chemistry), Tohoku University(B.S.)
2010 Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University(M.S.)
2011 JSPS Research Fellow(DC1)
2014 Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University(Ph.D.)
2014 Postdoc at IDAC Tohoku University
2017 Postdoc at Commissariat à l’énergi atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)・Laboratoire de recherche sur la Réparation et la Transcription dans les cellules souches hématopoïétiques (LRTS), Postdoc (en FRANCE)
2020 Assistant professor at IDAC Tohoku University
2024 Assistant professor at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2025 Lecturer at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
I want to spend my life having fun every day, and then I find myself becoming an old man. I enjoy doing research, even though it is sometimes painful!
Tennis
[Birthplace] Sendai
2008 Graduated from Akita University School of Medicine
2018 Graduated from Tohoku University gGraduate School of Medicine
2018 Postdoc at IDAC Tohoku University
2019 Assistant professor at IDAC Tohoku University
2024 Assistant professor at CERA/IDAC Tohoku University
2025 Assistant professor at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
After graduating from university, I worked as a respiratory physician after my initial training. During this time, I was involved in the treatment of many lung cancer patients and became interested in the molecular mechanisms that exist behind refractory cancers, which led me to enter the world of research. Although I still have a ways to go, I am still seeking to unravel the hidden molecular mechanisms behind refractory cancers and drug resistance so that I can lead to breakthrough treatments.
[Birthplace] Nagano
2014 Entered School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2017 Enrolled in the Physician-Scientist Training Program (MD-MC-PhD course)
2018 Completed Master’s Program, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2021 Completed Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2025 Graduated from the School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2025 Assistant professor at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
My research begins with the fundamental question: “What does each protein do?” I am particularly interested in nutrient sensing and metabolic regulation within cells. I’m not good with hot weather and insects.
Madoka Kawaguchi
JSPS postdoc
Hideya Iwaki
Medical staff at Department of Gastroenterology
Yusuke Kusano
Otolaryngology
Eunkyu Sung
Postdoctoral fellow
Yusuke Uchibori
D4
Hidehiro Hayashi
D4
Mei Omata
D2
Chon Kit Lio
D3
Yunosuke Yasuda
D3
Minori Ono
D2
Liu Zi Ying
D2
Yujue Wang
D2
Zhang Luyi
D1
Agatha Yokoi
M2
Shaoting Pan
M2
Nao Ota
Lab technician
Motoko Konno
Secretary
Yuna Satoh
M1
Haruna Takeda
Adjunct Lecturer
Hiroki Sekine
Adjunct Lecturer
2025.9. Hiroki Sekine (Associate Prof. -> Professor at Yamagata Univ.)
2025.3. Chikara Sakai (MD/PhD)
Kenji Hamada (MD/PhD)
Haruna Takeda (MD/PhD)
Ryutaro Komori (MS)
2024.9. Yusuke Kusano (MD/PhD)
2024.3. Xuan Wang (MS)
Hideya Iwaki (MD/PhD)
Akihiro Kishino (Department Researcher)
2024.2. Md. Morshedul Alam (Postdoctoral fellow)
2023.3. Takaaki Suzuki (MS)
2022.3. Kazuki Hayasaka (MD/PhD)
Nobufumi Kato (MD/PhD)
2021.12. Hiroshi Kitamura (Assistant Prof.)
2021.3. Takahiro Onoki (MD/PhD)
Zun Liu (MS)
2020.3. Masakatsu Ando (MD/PhD)
Tetsuya Oishi (MD/PhD)
Sisca Meida Wati (DD/PhD)
2019.8. Daisuke Matsumaru (Assistant Prof.)
2017.3. Yohei Honkura (MD/PhD)
Mina Dodo (DD/PhD)
2015.3. Maki Gotoh (DD/PhD)
Keiko Taguchi (Assistant Prof.)
2014.3. Keiichi Shirasaki (MD/PhD)