Personnel
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Shintaro Iwasaki, Ph.D.Chief Scientist (RIKEN)/Visiting Associate Professor (The University of Tokyo)
Life is full of unknowns. Still simple and fundamental questions have not been answered. Our lab welcomes anybody who share such a question and enjoy science with us.
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Rie YokoyamaAdministrative Assistant
I’m helping to create a good atmosphere for everyone to focus on research. I often go hiking in my free time.
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Miho TsunashimaAdministrative Assistant
I am happy to be here in the Iwasaki Lab. and will support your administrative work!
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Mari MitoLab Technician
It is quite exciting to work close to novel discovery. I would like to support research by courteous experiments.
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Yuichi Shichino, Ph.D.Research Scientist
I’m interested in the fundamental mechanisms of the translation initiation process. It is one of the most exciting moment of research when I find a clue of fact from unintended results.
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Naohiro Kawamoto, Ph.D.RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher
I focus on the important role of translation in the circadian clock and vice versa. The translation mechanisms of plants, algae and cyanobacteria are also of interest to me. I hope to develop research that people will find exciting.
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Hirotaka Toh, Ph.D.JSPS PD Researcher
I would like to frontier new science fields at my own pace.
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Akira Yamashita, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher
I have been focusing my research on the nervous system, but I would like to expand my research interest from now on.
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Hironori Saito, Ph.D.Research Part-time Worker I
I'll work hard to catch up with lab members. I play XC skiing. I like running in nature as well.
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Taisei WakigawaResearch Associate
I am very excited to start a project in a new environment. I would like to enjoy science.
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Kotaro TomuroRIKEN Junior Research Associate/Student Trainee/WINGS-PES Fellow/Ph.D. Student (The University of Tokyo)
I am grateful for the opportunity to conduct research in this perfect environment. I would like to cherish originality and philosophy in my science.
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Yuma TsukadaStudent Trainee/Master's Student (The University of Tokyo)
I am happy to work on what I want to know in the ideal environment. I want to do my best!
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Margo Le Creff-Le Balc’hStudent Trainee/Master's Student (The University of Tokyo/Université Claude Bernard Lyon)
I am grateful for joining the team and getting to study translation fundamental mechanisms. I am eager to contribute to a research project uncovering new mRNA regulations in human cells.
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Alumni
Peixun Han, Ph.D.: Postdoc, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Antonios Apostolopoulos, Ph.D.: Postdoc, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Sylvia Almeida: Ph.D. Student, University of Tronto
Jagat Chhipishrestha, Ph.D.: Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, US
Eriko Matsuura-Suzuki, Ph.D.: RIKEN GENESIS CO., LTD., Japan
Mingming Chen, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Guangdong Ocean University, China
Tomoya Fujita, Ph.D.: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Japan
Haruna Yamashiro, Ph.D.: Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, US
Yusuke Kimura, Ph.D.: accenture, Japan
Marco Öchsner: Ph.D. student, University of Cambridge, UK
Agathe Gilbert: Master's student, Institut Pasteur, France
Antonios Apostolopoulos, Ph.D.: Postdoc, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Sylvia Almeida: Ph.D. Student, University of Tronto
Jagat Chhipishrestha, Ph.D.: Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, US
Eriko Matsuura-Suzuki, Ph.D.: RIKEN GENESIS CO., LTD., Japan
Mingming Chen, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Guangdong Ocean University, China
Tomoya Fujita, Ph.D.: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Japan
Haruna Yamashiro, Ph.D.: Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, US
Yusuke Kimura, Ph.D.: accenture, Japan
Marco Öchsner: Ph.D. student, University of Cambridge, UK
Agathe Gilbert: Master's student, Institut Pasteur, France
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