Ph.D: University of Tokyo 1995. 1995-1998: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Geneva. 1998-2002: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Manchester/Paterson Institute for Cancer Research. 2002-2005: Senior Research Associate, University of Tokyo. 2005-2006: Lecturer, University of Tokyo. Nov 2006 -: Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester.

Microtubule re-organisation and cell signalling associated with meiosis