What is life?" To approach this simple yet profound question, our laboratory conducts research using bioimaging technologies to understand the phenomena that occur in living cells. We are not only developing biosensors using fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins and imaging devices such as trans-scale scopes, but also trying to create "Singularity Biology" for elucidating the drastic changes in biological systems caused by a very small number of cells with outlier characteristics that have been overlooked until now. We are also developing self-glowing plants as next-generation lighting devices that do not require electricity and do not emit carbon dioxide, with the aim of realizing a next-generation, ultra energy-efficient society.
| 2022.10 - | Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University |
| 2022.1 - | Visiting Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 2020.4 - | Vice Director, SANKEN, Osaka University |
| 2018.1 - | Head, Department of Hyperdimension Life Imaging, Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| 2017.8 - 2019.8 | Associate Executive Director, Osaka University |
| 2017 | Distinguished Professor, Osaka University |
| 2017.8 - 2019.3 | Head, Innovative Co-creation Division, Office for Industry-University Co-Creation |
| 2015.8 - 2017.8 | Associate Executive Director, Osaka University |
| 2014.4 - 2017.9 | Vice Director, SANKEN, Osaka University |
| 2012.6 - | Visiting Principal Researcher, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN |
| 2012.3 - 2022.9 | Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University |
| 2012.3 - | Professor, SANKEN, Osaka University |
| 2008.10 - 2014.3 | Researcher, PRESTO, JST (Concurrent position) |
| 2005.1 - 2012.2 | Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University |
| 2001.12 - 2005.3 | Researcher, PRESTO, JST |
| 2001.4 - 2001.11 | Researcher, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN |
| 1998.4 - 2001.3 | Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN |
| 1995.4 - 1998.3 | Research fellow, JSPS |
