Name: Wang Zhe (王 哲)
Affiliation: Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
Position: Program Specific Assistant professor (April 2025–Present)
November 2024: Ph.D in Engineering, Kyoto University, Department of Polymer Chemistry
Research Focus: Hydrogel photolithography, stem cells, human development, organoids, synthetic embryology
March 2019: Master’s Degree in Medical Science, Hokkaido University
Research Focus: Cancer, stem cells, genome editing, synthetic gene circuits
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (2025–2026)
Project Title: Reconstituting Primitive Streak Morphogenesis from Pluripotent Stem Cells
*[JP] 研究活動スタート支援：多能性幹細胞を用いた再構築系による原始線条形態形成機構の解明
Project Number: 25K23714 (2025)
Funding Amount: JPY¥2,100,000
Kyoto University × Daiichi-Sankyo "Habataku" Next Generation Program (2025–2026)
Project Title: Synthesizing Development: Recapitulating Human Morphogenesis via Spatiotemporal Control of Artificial Microenvironments
*[JP] 京大×第一三共 はばたく次世代プログラム：発生を合成 〜 人工微小環境の時空間制御を利用しヒト形態形成の再現
Funding Amount: JPY¥1,000,000
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (2022–2024)
Project Title: Elucidating the Mechanisms of Body Axis Formation in Primates Using a Reconstitution System with Pluripotent Stem Cells
*[JP] JSPS特別研究員奨励費：多能性幹細胞を用いた再構築系を利用して霊長類体軸形成機構を解明する
Project Number: 22KJ1803 (2022)
Funding Amount: JPY¥1,700,000
Travel Award for ISSCR 2025 ANNUAL MEETING
ISSCR (International Society for Stem Cell Research ) 2025 June
Young Presenter Award, Multimodal ECM
Transformative Research Area (A): "Integration of Extracellular Information by Multimodal ECM Activity" (2024)
[JP] マルチモデルECM若手発表者賞、新学術変革領域 (A) 「細胞外情報を統御するマルチモーダルECM」(2024)
Kyoto Prefecture Friendship Ambassador
Kyoto Prefecture, 2023
[JP] 京都府名誉友好大使, 京都府 2023
JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientists DC2
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), (2022-2024)
[JP] JSPS特別研究員 DC2、日本学術振興会 2022-2024
Kyoto University Graduate Division Fellow
Kyoto University Division of Graduate Studies, (October 2021 – April 2022)
[JP] 京都大学大学院教育支援機構奨励研究員, 京都大学大学院教育支援機構プログラム
Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship
JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) 2021-2022
[JP] 文部科学省外国人留学生学習奨励費, 日本学生支援機構
Hokkaido Foreign Student Grant
Hokkaido International Exchange and Cooperation Center, 2018-2019
[JP] 北海道外国人留学生助成金, 公益社団法人 北海道国際交流・協力総合センター