Brief CV

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

Messsage

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.

Hobby

Piano!

Favorite words

Chance favors the prepared mind.  by Louis Pastuer.

What I want to keep in mind as a researcher and what I want you to keep in mind

Be sure to thank well diggers whenever you drink.

Be willing to dig wells.

Interview 

Top page: www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/m-labo/ 

Interview: www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/m-labo/e0158/ 

Brief CV

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

Message

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!

Hobby

Tennis

Brief CV

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

Message

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.

Brief CV

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

Message

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.

Brief CV

2018   Ewha Womans University (South Korea), Department of Life Science (B.S.)

2020  Ewha Womans University Graduate School (South Korea), Department of Life Science (M.S.)

2025    Postdoc at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

2025   Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University（Ph.D.）

2026   Assistant professor at Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University

Message

The human body is complex and tightly regulated, and there’s still so much we don’t know. I really enjoy trying to uncover even a small part of these unknown mechanisms.