Organization
Introducing the Director General
Hisao Masai
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Director General Hisao Masai
❊ Brief history
| 1981 | Graduation, Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo Faculty of Science |
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| 1987 | Ph.D. (Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo) |
| 1981〜1986 | Dnax Research Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology (California, USA) (Post-doc) |
| 1987 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Dnax Research Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biology) |
| 1990 | Teaching Assistant, University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science |
| 1995 | Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science |
| 2000 | Vice Secretariat Researcher, Cell Biology Research Unit, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Clinical Medicine |
| 2006 | Secretariat Researcher, Genome Dynamics Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Clinical Medicine |
| 2011 | Division Chief, Genomic Medical Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
| 2012 | Center Chief, The Basic Technology Research Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
| 2015 | Vice Director General, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
❊ Academic Society Activities
- Visiting Professor, Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
- Visiting Professor, Applied Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science
- Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
- Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
- Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Director（2008〜2010）
- Japan Biochemical Society, Trustee（2004〜2008）
- KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research for a specific research area “Duplication Control Signal” Area Representative（2000〜2004）
- MEXT Research Grant for a specific research area “Chromosome Cycles” Area Representative（2005〜2009）
- BMB2007, etc. Program Committees
- Specialist Advisor for MEXT, Society for the Promotion of Science, etc.
- Editor, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications （2013〜）
- Faculty1000 member （2011〜）
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry （2009〜2014）
- Associate Editor, Genes to Cells （2009〜）
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biochemistry（Tokyo） （1998〜2001）
- Associate Editor, Journal of Biochemistry（Tokyo）（2006〜2012）
- Editor, Frontiers in Bioscience（1995〜）
- 2006 Tokyo Staff Award (Research, Inventions and Discoveries Division)
- 2012 A-IMBN （Asian International Molecular Biology Network）Arthur Kornberg Memorial Award