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Takatoshi Iijima　Associate Professor

 

Affiliation

IIST Medical Science Division(Isehara Campus)

Contact

E-mail : takatoshi.iijima[at]tokai-u.jp

Degree/ License

Ph.D.

Biography

2000 - 2004
Ph.D course, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
2004 - 2009
Research associate, Depertment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Keio University
2009 - 2013
Postdactral fellow, Biozentrum, Universitat Basel, Switzerland
2014
Associate Professor, Tokai University Institute of Innovative Science and Technology

Research Field

Brain is highly developed hard-wired system. Our research interest is the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal identity, differentiation and plasticity. Our laboratory is specially working on the epigenetics, RNA-based gene regulation and the related neural functions. Our study may provide an insight into understanding of neuronal disorders caused by dys-regulation of neuronal gene expression.

Keywords

gene expression, RNA, alternative splicing, neuron, synapse, autism

Membership (of Academic Organization)

  • Society for Neuroscience (USA)
  • The Japan Neuroscience Society (Japan)
  • The Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (Japan)
  • The Molecular Biology Society (Japan)

Honors

  • 1999 Kansai Inter-University Athletics Meet (1500m, 1st place; 5000m, 2nd place)
  • 2000 Japan Inter-University Athletics Meet in 2000 (1500m, 4th place)
  • 2009 Research Fellowship, Uehara Memorial Foundation
  • 2009 Research Fellowship, KANAE Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science.
  • 2011 Research Fellowship, Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorder.
  • 2013 Young Investigator award for Japan Society for Neurochemistry
  • 2014 Young Investigator award for Japan Society for Neuroscience

Message

Tenure-track program for junior principal investigator is just beginning to be tested in Japan academia. It would still remain to be improved in the future. However, I do believe that Japan academia would be getting more productive and attractive with higher quality of scientists and their researches than ever before, once such a fair/clear employment system is established.