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Professional Experience
- 2007–2009: Predoctorate Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the University of Tokyo (Mentor: Makoto Asashima, Ph.D.)
- 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scientific and Technology, Japan) at the University of Tokyo (Mentor: Makoto Asashima, Ph.D.)
- 2009–2014: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (Mentor: Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.)
- 2015: Research Scientist at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
(2014-2015: Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS))
- 2015–16: Chief Scientist, iPS Portal, inc.
- 2016–2018 : Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba
- 2018-: Team Leader (Principal Investigator), iPS Cell Advanced Characterization and Development Team at Bioresource Research Center, RIKEN
- 2022-: Professor, School of Integrative and Global Majors, University of Tsukuba
Awards
- 2005: Young Investigator Award, Japanese Society of Matrix Biology
- 2005: Young Investigator Award, Japanese Tissue Culture Association
- 2006: Young Investigator Travel Award, New York Stem Cell Foundation (for ISSCR)
- 2007: Predoctoral Fellowship (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2009: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Uehara Memorial Foundation
- 2011: Independent Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
- 2013: 1st Poster Prize, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Retreat
- 2014: Excellent poster Award, 7th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaScience
- 2017: Encouragement Prize for Young Faculty in University of Tsukuba
- 2018: The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- 2018: Special Encouragement Prize for Young Faculty in University of Tsukuba
Grants
- 2016: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 2016: Visionary Research Grant, Takeda Science Foundation
- 2016: Biomedical Research Grant, Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
- 2016: Research Grant, Uehara Memorial Foundation
- 2016: Research Grant, Kowa Life Science Foundation
- 2016: Research Grant, The Mother and Child Health Foundation
- 2016: University of Tsukuba Start-up Grant (S)
- 2017: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 2018: Grants for JAPAN Regenerative Medicine Project, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
- 2018: Grants for RARE/INTRACTABLE DISEASE PROJECT OF JAPAN, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
- 2019: Research Grant, iPS Academia Japan, Inc.
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