Tenure Track Faculty Introduction

Norio Suzuki
Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine
Research Fields Molecular biology, biochemistry
Research Themes Clarification of biological adaptive systems under low-oxygen environments
clarification of gene expression control mechanisms via hypoxia-inducible factors
clarification of hematopoietic factor erythropoietin production control mechanisms
Laboratory Website http://didms-comart-tohoku.jimdo.com/
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2003 Graduated with a Doctor’s from the University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Medicine (now the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences)
2003 Research at the Faculty of Basic Medicine (now the Faculty of Medicine), University of Tsukuba
2004 Yamamoto Environmental Response project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology
Researcher and technical councilor
2008 Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Senior researcher, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
2011 Lecturer, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2012 Current position as of February
Matsuyuki Shirota
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine
Research Fields Bioinformatics
Research Themes Informatics analysis of protein structures
Multi-omics data analysis
Laboratory Website http://www.devgen.med.tohoku.ac.jp/
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2009 Completed Doctor Course Medical Genome Science, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo as of April
2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University as of October
2010 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
2014 Current position as of February
Yoshiteru Aoyagi
Associate Professor, Department of Nanomechanics, Graduate School of Engineering
Research Fields Intelligent Sensing of Materials
Research Themes Study on multiscale large deformation finite element analysis bridging the macroscopic and microscopic behavior of metals
Laboratory Website http://www.mm.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html
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2003 Completed Master Course Integrated Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
2006 Completed Doctor Course Integrated Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
2006 Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
2007 Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Keio University
2009 Researcher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2012 Current position as of February
Masayoshi Mizutani
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems and Design, Graduate School of Engineering
Research Fields Nano-precision mechanical fabrication
Research Themes Creation of functional interfaces using micro/meso-mechanical manufacturing (M4 processes)
Laboratory Website http://www.pm.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/english
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2006 Completed Doctor Course Integrated Design Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
2006 Collaboration Researcher, Advanced Development and Supporting Center, RIKEN
2007 Collaboration Researcher, Ohmori Materials Fabrication Laboratory, RIKEN
2009 Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohmori Materials Fabrication Laboratory, RIKEN
2011 External Collaborative Researcher, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University
2012 Collaboration Researcher, Ohmori Materials Fabrication Laboratory, RIKEN
2012 Current position as of October