Principal Investigator
Administrative Staff
Technical Staff
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Visiting Researchers
Past Members
Principal Investigator
Knut Woltjen (Associate Professor)
Biography
Knut grew up in rural Alberta (Canada), canoeing on the lake, or building tree forts in the forest (with a healthy dose of LEGO on rainy days). More a product of this natural environment than despite it, his curiosity in life science research grew – eventually leading to a career in biotechnology.
2013/04 – Present Associate Professor, Dept. of Reprogramming Science, CiRA, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Japan
2010/04 – 2013/03 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Reprogramming Science, CiRA, Kyoto University, Japan
2009 – 2010 Facility Manager, Ontario Human iPS Cell Facility, The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
2006 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Mt. Sinai Hospital, SLRI, Toronto, Canada, Dr. Andras Nagy Lab
2006 Ph.D., Dept. of Biochem. and Mol. Biology, University of Calgary, Canada, Dr. Derrick E. Rancourt Lab
2005 – 2006 Molecular/Gene Targeting Consultant, Centre for Mouse Genomics, University of Calgary, Canada
2001 – 2003 Monbukagakusho Research Student, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Dr. Teruhisa Tsuzuki Lab
1998 – 1998 AHFMR Research Student, Dept. of Biochem. and Mol. Biology, University of Calgary, Canada
1998 B.Sc., Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Alberta, Canada
Administrative Staff
Hisayo Mizuno
Technical Staff
Tomoko Matsumoto
Mandy Lung
Chizuru Hamano
Assistant Professors
Jose Fabian Oceguera-Yanez, Ph.D.
February 2013 – present
Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor
PostDoctoral Fellows
Graduate and Project Students (Current)
Suji Lee (Ph.D. Program)
April 2018 – present
Ryo Niwa (M.Sc. Program)
April 2020 – present
Alex Liu (Undergraduate RA)
April 2020 – present
Consider application to Graduate School of Medicine for the coming April term!
Visiting Researchers and Intern Students
Akihiro Yamashita, Ph.D.
January 2011 – May 2011
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow from the University of Calgary, Canada, D.E. Rancourt Lab
Canadian Stem Cell Network (SCN) Exchange Program Award Recipient
Lea Dümpelmann, M.Sc.
April 2013 – June 2013
Student Intern – M.Sc. Graduate from FMI Switzerland
Supported through the KyotoU / FMI Exchange Program mediated by Dr. Shunichi Takeda (Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine)
Sara Linker, M.Sc.
July 2013 – August 2013 (8 weeks)
Visiting Ph.D. Student from the Hussman Institute for Human Genetics, University of Miami
EAPSI (JSPS/NSF) Summer Research Award Recipient
Past Members
Tan Ghee Wan (Research Student)
April 2012 – March 2013
MEXT Graduate Award Recipient
Shin-Il Kim, Ph.D.
April 2011 – 2018
Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor
Recipient of JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan, (2011-2013)
Harunobu Kagawa (Ph.D. Program)
April 2015 – March 2019
Anika Reinhardt, Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Fellow)
April 2016 – December 2019
Janin Grajcarek (Ph.D. Program)
April 2017 – March 2020
Thomas L. Maurissen (Ph.D. Program)
April 2017 – March 2020
