Research Activities
Research Activities
Principal Investigators
Dept. of Life Science Frontiers
Knut Woltjen (Associate Professor)
Curriculum Vitae
| May 1997 - August 1997 | Burroughs Wellcome Research Student, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Synthesis of cyclodextrin derivatives for use in drug-mediated gene delivery (Dr. James Diakur Lab) |
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| April 1998 | B.Sc., Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Cloning and characterization of genes induced during apoptosis in a rat model of light-induced retinitis pigmentosa (Dr. Paul Wong Lab) |
| May 1998 - August 1998 | Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Research Student, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Recombination-based library screening for the isolation of phage targeting vectors (Dr. Derrick E. Rancourt Lab) |
| October 2001 - March 2003 | Monbukagakusho Research Student, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) Development of a gene-targeted mammalian expression vector (Dr. Teruhisa Tsuzuki Lab) |
| January 2005 - August 2006 | Molecular/Gene Targeting Consultant, Centre for Mouse Genomics, University Of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Consulting services provided for principle investigators establishing or performing experiments using genetically modified mouse models |
| April 2006 | Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Recombination based targeting vector construction and stem cell biology (Dr. Derrick E. Rancourt Lab) |
| September 2006 - March 2010 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Non-viral and footprint-free reprogramming methods using piggyBac transposition and excision, mouse genome engineering methods (Dr. Andras Nagy Lab) |
| February 2009 - March 2010 | iPS Cell Facility Manager, The Hospital For Sick Children, Ontario Human iPS Cell Facility (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Management of Facility operations, scientific conduct and community outreach (Co-Scientific Directors: Dr. James Ellis and Dr. William L. Stanford) |
| April 2010 - March 2013 | Principle Investigator, Assistant Professor, Woltjen Lab Dept. of Reprogramming Science, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan) |
| April 2013 - March 2018 | Program-Specific Associate Professor, Principal Investigator, The Hakubi Project/Dept. of Life Science Frontiers, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University |
| April 2018 - Present | Associate Professor, Principal Investigator, Dept. of Life Science Frontiers, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University |
Honors and Awards
| January 2020 | 7th CiRA Prize |
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