Strategic Professional Development Program for Young Researchers
Top Runner Development Program Engaging Universities,
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Strategic Professional Development Program for Young Researchers
Top Runner Development Program Engaging Universities,
National Labs, and Companies
Senior Researcher
Research Center for Advanced Analysis
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
March 2005 Graduated from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
March 2007 Master's Degree, Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
March 2011 Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
April 2007 - March 2010 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
April 2011 - March 2014 Post Doc Researcher, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS)
April 2014 - March 2017 Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
April 2017 - March 2020 Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
April 2020 – Present Senior Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
I am seeking to understand the history of crops, and the history of how humans have utilized them, and from this relationship, contemplate the foundation of civilized society. My expertise lies in next-generation sequencing, which obtains genomic information, bioinformatics for analyzing this data, and methods such as population genetics and ancient genomics. I address my question through insights gained from these technologies, along with interdisciplinary research in collaboration with researchers from various fields such as archaeology, folklore, and other scientific analyses. Additionally, by establishing a genomic information base that includes various cultivars and the lost diversity of the past, I aim to contribute to agriculture through initiatives such as genomic breeding promoted by NARO and the environmental adaptation of crops under climate change.
I want to pursue research that I find interesting by listening to my own curiosity, and by being open-minded and interacting and collaborating with researchers from various fields, I hope to one day realize that I have crossed boundaries. Additionally, I aim to advance the infrastructure of genomic information, which is my area of expertise, and hope that I can help someone, somewhere, to cross their own boundaries.
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