Laboratory for Tissue Dynamics

Team Leader: Takaharu Okada

Laboratory for Tissue Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI)

 

EDUCATION

1994: B.S. in polymer chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan

1996: M.E. in biochemical engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

1999: Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan

 

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

1999-2001: JSPS Research Fellow in Dr. Yasuo Mori’s and Dr. Keiji Imoto’s lab, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and in Dr. Tomohiro Kurosaki’s lab, Department of Molecular Genetics, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan

2001-2007: Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Jason Cyster’s lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco (2002-2005: JSPS Fellowship for Research Abroad)

 

FACULTY EXPERIENCE

2007-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

2008-2013: Unit Leader, Research Unit for Immunodynamics, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Japan

2011-present: PREST Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2013-present: Team Leader, Laboratory for Tissue Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI)

2013-present: Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University