Principal Investigator
Administrative Staff
Technical Staff
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Visiting Researchers
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
Mayumi Ikeda
Technical Staff
Tomoko Matsumoto
Cell Culture – Human iPS cell genome editing using TALEN and CRISPR; animal husbandry
Michiko Nakamura
Molecular Biology – Genotyping, gene expression analyses, recombinant DNA
Assistant Professors
Shin-Il Kim, Ph.D.
April 2017 – present
Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor
Recipient of JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan, (2011-2013)
PostDoctoral Fellows
Jose Fabian Oceguera-Yanez, Ph.D.
Anika Reinhardt, Ph.D.
Graduate and Project Students (Current)
Harunobu Kagawa (Ph.D. Program)
April 2015 – present
Janin Grajcarek (Ph.D. Program)
April 2017 – present
Thomas L. Maurissen (Ph.D. Program)
April 2017 – present
Consider application to Graduate School of Medicine for the coming April term!
Graduate and Project Students (Past)
Tan Ghee Wan (Research Student)
April 2012 – March 2013
MEXT Graduate Award Recipient
Visiting Researchers
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
