Research Projects

• Axon/dendrite formation, neuronal polarization
• Mechanical forces for axon guidance and cell migration
• Actin waves: a new mechanism for cellular protein transport
• Research in medicine: brain diseases and cancer metastasis

CV

Education
• 1986 M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
• 1990 Ph.D., Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan

After obtaining in Ph.D. at Osaka University, I worked as:
• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
• Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Germany
• Senior Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
• Senior Researcher and Section Head, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, NAIST
• Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, NAIST
• Vice Dean, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, NAIST

Now I am working as:
• Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, NAIST
• Deputy Director, Division of Biological Science, NAIST

Research Fields
• Cell Biology, Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Systems Biology, Mechanobiology, Proteomics

Research Interests
• Axon guidance, Polarity formation, Neuronal network formation, Cell migration, Brain development, Actin dynamics

Publications

• Original articles
• Reviews

Invited talks

Hobby

Wine, Bear, Swimming, Music, Art