>Education & Work experience
1967 Born in Kobe, Japan.
1989 B. Eng., Dept. Chem. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo
1991 M. Eng., Dept. Chem. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo
1991-1998 Research Scientist, Shionogi Inst. Med. Sci., Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
1995 Research Fellow, Inst. Virus Res., Kyoto Univ.
1996-1998 Research Student, Inst. Med. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
1998-2000 Research Scientist (Deputy Group Leader), Mikoshiba Project, ERATO, JST
1998-1999 Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Tsukuba Life Sci. Center
1999-2005 Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Brain Sci. Inst.
2001-2005 Research Scientist, Calcium Oscillation Project, ICORP, JST
2006 Ph.D. in Med. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo
2006-2007 Research Scientist, Res. Inst. Disease of Old Age, Juntendo Univ. Sch. Med.
2007-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
2010-2015 Associate Professor, Dept. Basic Med. Sci., Kobe City College of Nursing
2011- Lecturer (part-time), Konan Women's University
2015- Professor, Dept. Basic Med. Sci., Kobe City College of Nursing