I graduated from The University of Tokyo in 1986, and got PhD at the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1992. As a faculty of the same, my research focused on the protein engineering of antibody and other molecules with the aim of biosensing. I received Promotion Award and Research Award from the Society of Chemical Engineers in Japan, and received Japanese Ramsay Memorial Fellowship for 1997-99, for studying antibody engineering under Sir. Dr. Greg Winter in Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council, Cambridge UK. In 2013, I became a Professor at Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Tech, which is reformed in 2016 to Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science , Institute of Innovative Research. I am now serving the President of Biochemical Assay Society of Japan, and Vice President of the Japanese Society of Enzyme Engineering.

I am expecting international collaborative research that benefits both of my ex-foreign students and ourselves.

• Research Video

• Mar 2018

  Our work on sensitive immunoassay based on ternary protein fragment complementation of luciferase is introduced by Nikkei Business Daily.

• Mar 2017

  The novel fluorescent immunosensor protein “Flashbody” is introduced by Nikkei Biotech and Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

• Jan 2017

  Research on Q-body is introduced by January issue of Highlighting JAPAN.

• Dec 2015

  Selected as Japan Science and Technology Agency Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (JST-SICORP) with Singapore A*STAR.

• Oct 2015

  Paper on fluorescent protein-based antibody biosensor is published in Analytical Chemistry，and highlighted by Tokyo Tech website.

• Apr 2014

  Paper on Fab-type Q-body is published in Scientific Reports, and introduced by Nikkei Biotech, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, and Chemistry Today.