Education 1996 Graduated from Faculty of Science, Kyoto University 1998 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University 1998 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists,(DC1) 2001 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University 2001 Researcher, RIKEN 2007 Research Fellow of Basic Science, RIKEN 2009 Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University 2010 Researcher, Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University 2011 Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University Honors and Awards January 2018 5th CiRA Prize February 2018 Murao Scholarship Association Academic Encouragement Prize March 2018 Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine Award June 2018 German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagener Prize April 2019 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology