Members

Yuichi Taniguchi

Professor, Institute for Advanced Study / Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

Team Leader, Research Center for Dynamic Living Systems, Kyoto University

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

  • ytaniguchi [at] icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Research History

1979     Born in Gifu, Japan

2001     B.S. in School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

2003     M.S. in Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (supervisor: Prof. Toshio Yanagida)

2006     Ph.D. in Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (supervisor: Prof. Toshio Yanagida)

2006-2011     Postdoctoral fellow in Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (supervisor: Prof. Xiaoliang Sunney Xie)

2011-2020     Unit Leader in Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN (PI)

2011-2020     Adjunct Associate Professor in Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

2020-2023     Team Leader in RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (PI)

2020-present     Professor in Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University (PI)

2020-present     Professor in Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University  

2020-present     Adjunct Professor in Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

2021-present    Team Leader, Research Center for Dynamic Living Systems, Kyoto University

2021 Adjunct Lecturer, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University

Awards / fellowships

2001 Top students awards, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

2005-2007 Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2007-2008 Research fellow, The Uehara Memorial Foundation

2008-2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2010-2011 Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2015-2019 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2016    RIKEN Industry Partnerships Contribution Award

2019    Rising Star Award in the Single Cell Analysis field, Japan Science and Technology Agency

2020- Suntory Rising Stars Encouragement Program in Life Sciences (SunRiSE) Fellow

2021   Osaka Science Prize

2021   JSPS Prize

2022  Kyoto SMI Nakatsuji Award.

2022 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2023 The 5th Teruo Hiruma Optical Science Award.

2023 The 15th Nakatani Foundation Incentive Award.

Other activities

2018     Advisory board of Bioconjugate Chemistry

Fields of expertise

Biophysics and Systems Biology

Address

KUIAS/iCeMS Research Building
Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan


Masae Ohno (Johmura)

Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor, Kyoto University

  • ohno.masae.3x [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Research History

1981     Born in Aichi, Japan

2005     B.S. in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University

2010     Ph.D. in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University (supervisor: Prof. Masayoshi Imagawa)

2010-2012     Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University (supervisor: Prof. Kazunori Kimura)

2012-2021     Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

2020-2021     Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

2021-2023    Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN

2021-present    Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor, Kyoto University

Fields of expertise

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry


Sooyeon Kim

Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor, Kyoto University

  • kim.sooyeon.3u [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp

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Research History

1986     Born in Seoul, South Korea

2010     B.S. in Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University

2015     Ph.D. in Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University(supervisor: Prof. Tetsuro  Majima)

2015-2018     Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

2018-2021     Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics  Research

2020-2023     Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

2022-2023     Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics  Research

2023-present     Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor, Kyoto University

Fields of expertise

Photochemistry, Single Molecule Chemistry


Takuya Hidaka

Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

  • Takuya.hidaka[at]riken.jp

Profile

Research History

1994      Born in Miyazaki, Japan

2016      B.S. in Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

2018-2021     Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2021      Ph.D. in Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University(supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Sugiyama)

2021-present       Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2021-present       Visiting Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

2021-present       Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

Fields of expertise

Chemical Biology


Latiefa Binti Kamarulzaman

Ph.D student, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

Special research student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

  • latiefa.bintikamarulzaman.5e [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp

 


Zhang Yaqi

Ph.D student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

  • zhang.yaqi.28m [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 


Wu Yixuan

Master’s student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

  • wu.yixuan.68w [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 


Xie Bingxin

Master’s student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

  • xie.bingxin.37w [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 


Tetsu Hirai

Master’s student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

 

 


Kaoruko Shiozaki

Master’s student, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

 

 


Gao  Jintian

Research Student, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

  • gao.jintian.43j [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 


Misaki Tsuchida

Office Assistant ( Technical ),  Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

 

 

 


Asuma Kubono

Office Assistant ( Technical ),  Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

 

 

 


Yan  Peiji

Office Assistant ( Technical ),  Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

 

 

 


Reiko Otsuka

Assistant Administrative Staff, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University

  • otsuka.reiko.2n [at] kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 


Alumni

Graduate student

Yoshiki Okita 2018- 2021 Present: StemRIM Inc.
Vipin Kumar 2014 – 2020 Present: Postdoctoral fellow in the University of Oslo
Simon Leclerc 2013 – 2019 Present: Postdoctoral fellow in the University of Texas
Haruka Miyazawa 2012 – 2016  
Yodai Takei 2012 – 2014 Present: Ph.D student in California Institute of Technology

Researcher

David Priest 2014 – 2019 Present: Research fellow in the University of Melbourne
Yamato Yoshida 2016 – 2017 Present: Associate professor in the University of Tokyo
Kazuya Nishimura 2012 – 2015  
Yutaka Ogawa 2011 – 2014 Present: Researcher in RIKEN

Undergraduate student / Internship

Kae Iikura 2022  
Kotaro Nakai 2022  
Camellia Rui 2019  
Stephanie Xinzhu Wang 2019  
Carlton Moody 2019  
Rohan Zade 2019  
Colton Switalski 2018  
Hui-Ching Huang 2018  
Rewani Hailati 2018  
Latiefa Kamarulzaman 2017 Present: Ph.D student in Osaka University
Shoh Nakai 2017  
Keigo Nishida 2013 – 2016 Present: Ph.D student in Osaka University
Karishma Dagal 2016  
Matthew Dysthe 2016  
Leah Varner 2015  
Jidapas An-adirekkun 2015  
Drew Gunderson 2013  

Visiting Researcher

Ehab Abdella       2014                 

Technical Staff

Kaori Tsujimura      2019-2022                 
Mayumi Ishida                       

Assistant

Yuriko Okuda                       
Yumie Ohyama