Lecturer, Division of Systems Medical Science, Center for Medical Science, Fujita Health University
Apr 2022 – Jul 2026
Assistant Professor, Division of Systems Medical Science, Center for Medical Science, Fujita Health University
Apr 2019 – Mar 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Systems Medical Science, Center for Medical Science, Fujita Health University
Education
Mar 2019
PhD (Medicine), The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Apr 2015 – Mar 2019
Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (research at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki)
Apr 2006 – Mar 2012
MD, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Grants (principal investigator)
TBD
Daiko Foundation, Research Grant: “Biological basis of the antidepressant effects of neuronal hyperactivity” (awarded; start date to be determined)
FY2026–2033
JST FOREST (Fusion Oriented REsearch for disruptive Science and Technology): “Biological basis of the antidepressant effects of neuronal hyperactivity”
FY2026–2028
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 26K09521: “Molecular and cellular basis of the antidepressant effects of repeated neuronal hyperactivity”
FY2026–2027
Hori Sciences and Arts Foundation, Research Grant: “Biological basis of the antidepressant effects of neuronal hyperactivity”
FY2024–2025
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 24K18222: “Structural plasticity of the cell nucleus induced by neuronal hyperactivity and its functional significance”
FY2022–2024
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 22K15204: “Molecular mechanisms of the pseudo-immaturation of the hippocampal dentate gyrus induced by neuronal hyperactivity”
FY = Japanese fiscal year (April–March). Grant titles are English renderings of the Japanese titles.
Awards
Oct 2026
15th Young Investigator Development Program Encouragement Award, Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry (BCNP2026)
Oct 2019
Encouragement Award for General Presentation, 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology
Dec 2017
Poster Winner (First Place), American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017
Jul 2016
JSNP Excellent Presentation Award for CINP 2016, Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology
Dec 2015
Best Poster Award, Comprehensive Brain Science Network
Memberships
Society for Neuroscience; Japan Neuroscience Society; Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology; Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry
Methods
Optogenetics (repeated optogenetic stimulation), in vivo calcium imaging, bulk and single-nucleus RNA-seq / multiome, ATAC-seq, R and Python package development.