Obtained doctoral degree at the Univ. of Trieste in 1989, and joined RIKEN in 1995. He is a Director of the Division Genomics Technologies, CLST, RIKEN, and a visiting professor at YCU graduate school of medical life science from Apr. 2013.

＜メッセージ＞ Deciphering the function of the genome is a challenging field of biological research and medicine. We are keen to provide unique environment for students to be exposed to innovative approaches in genomics. Your experiences will become essential to pursue research in the next generation of the life science at the highest level.