ABOUT
About me.
I study how plants regenerate and how cells acquire new identities.
Environmental signals. Cell fate. New beginnings.
EXPERIENCE
Research appointments
Postdoctoral Fellow
VIB–UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Postdoctoral Researcher
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Technical Staff
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
EDUCATION
Academic background
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences · The University of Tokyo
Supervisor: Prof. Keiko Sugimoto
Thesis
Determination of new meristem fate in plant regeneration
M.Sc. in Life Science
Graduate School of Life Science · Hokkaido University
Supervisor: Prof. Masaaki Watahiki
Thesis
Local and long-distance signaling in root-cutting response of Arabidopsis thaliana
B.Sc. in Life Science
BEYOND THE TIMELINE
Experience in practice.
Explore funding, methods, and contributions to the research community.
Funding & recognitionCompetitive support and selected distinctions.
JSPS Research Activity Start-up
Principal investigator · July 2024 – March 2026
Mechanisms for determining the fate of new meristems during plant regeneration.
Project 24K23218 · JPY 2,860,000RIKEN Junior Research Associate
April 2021 – September 2023 · Environmental control of plant regeneration
Selected distinctions
- RIKEN Research and Technology Incentive Award, 2026
- Outstanding Poster Award, National Conference on Plant Stem Cell Biology, 2023
- Invited speaker, International Symposium on Plant Stem Cells and Regeneration, 2024
Scholarships
Hokkaido International Exchange and Cooperation Center (2018–2019); Japan Student Services Organization (2017–2018); Chongqing University academic scholarships (2014–2016).
Methods & skillsFrom tissue culture to single-cell analysis.
Molecular & cellular
Molecular cloning · Genome engineering · Plant transformation · Tissue culture
Omics
Transcriptomics · Epigenomics · Single-cell omics
Imaging
Confocal microscopy · Live-cell imaging · Fiji image analysis
Computation
R · Python · Statistical analysis · LaTeX
Mentoring & teachingSupporting experimental and computational learning.
Research mentoring
Guided three doctoral students in bulk and single-cell RNA-seq analysis.
Undergraduate teaching
Teaching assistant for Basic Biology I and Natural Science Experiment (Biology), supporting laboratory classes in microscopy, DNA extraction, PCR, and other foundational methods.
Scientific service & collaborationBuilding connections across research communities.
Meeting organization
Main organizer, First ASPIRE Joint Lab Meeting in Japan (September 2024). Hosted CSRS seminars by Dr. Charles Melnyk (June 2024) and Dr. Facundo Romani (November 2024).
International collaborations
- JST ASPIRE: induced plant reprogramming and a new bioeconomy platform, connecting teams in Japan, Belgium, the UK, and the US.
- Single-cell regeneration: collaboration among RIKEN, Peking University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2023–2025).
- Plant resilience: Japanese research network on responses to fluctuating environments (2020–2025).
Selected presentationsInvited talks and international research exchange.
Plant Stem Cells and Regeneration
Invited oral presentation · International Symposium, November 2024
Mechanisms determining new meristem fate during plant regeneration.
Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium
Poster · September 2024
Light signals and meristem fate during de novo organogenesis.
Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
Oral presentation · March 2024
HY5-dependent responses to light during new meristem formation.
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Poster · 2026
Signal transduction underlying wound-induced plant regeneration.