Education:

1983 M.D., Chiba University School of Medicine

1991 Ph.D. (Dr. of Medical Science), Chiba University (Immunology, Thesis: Positive and negative regulation of antigen-specific T cell activation by CD2-mediated signal.)

Professional Training and Employment:

1983 passed the Examination of National Board for Medicine

1983 Intern in Anesthesiology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

1984-1986 Clinical Fellow in Anesthesiology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

1984-1985 Staff, Department of Anesthesia, Tokyo Kosei Nenkin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

1985-1986 Staff, Department of Anesthesia, Matsudo City Hospital, Matsudo, Japan.

1986-1987 Staff, Department of Anesthesia, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, Chiba, Japan.

1987-1991 Graduate Fellow in Immunology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

1987-1988 Research Fellow in Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

1991-pres. Instructor, Division of Molecular Genetics, Center for Biomedical Science, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

1991-1992 Visiting Scientist, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

1994-1997 Visiting Fellow, CBMB, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

1997-1999. Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Genetics, Center for Biomedical Science, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

1999-2004. Professor, Division of Molecular Membrane Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

2002-pres. Lab. Head, Laboraroty for Epithelial Immunobiology, RCAI, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan

2005-pres. Visiting Professor, Division of Immunobiology, Department of Supramolecular Biology, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University

2007-pres. Visiting Professor, Department of Immune Regulation, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University