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Professional Experience |Education | Editorial Position | Awards |
Duties for Learned Societies |Research Interests

PUBLICATION LIST

【Professional Experience】

Present 　　　・Director and Professor, Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank 
　　　　　　　　of Japan (DDBJ), National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
　　　　　　　・Professor, School of Life science, The Graduate University for Advanced 
　　　　　　　　Studies, Hayama, Japan
　　　　　　　・Vice-Director, Japan Biological Information Research Center (JBIRC), 
　　　　　　　　National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 
　　　　　　　　Tokyo, Japan
　　　　　　　・Visiting Professor, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
　　　　　　　・Visiting Chief Scientist, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
　　　　　　　・Science Officer, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture, and 
　　　　　　　　Technology (MEXT), The Government of Japan
　　　　　　　・Honorary Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences , 
　　　　　　　　The Chinese University of Hong Kong (till March 31, 2007)
1988−1990　　Associate Professor, Department of Evolutionary Staff, National Institute of
　　　　　　　Genetics
1989−　　　　Visiting Research Fellow at Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), London, UK
1983−1987　　Assistant Professor, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute 
　　　　　　　of Genetics
1985−1986　　Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University 
　　　　　　　Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1979−1983　　Research Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Center for Population 
　　　　　　　Genetics at the University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA

【Education】

1979　　　Ph.D. in Theoretical Population Genetics, Kyushu University
1976　　　Master of Science in Theoretical Population Genetics, Kyushu University
1974　　　Bachelor of Science in Biology, Kyushu University

【Editorial Position】

2005−Present 　　　Editorial Board of Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology
2005−Present 　　　Editorial Board of Genome Research
2005−Present 　　　Editorial Board of LNCS Transactions on Computational Systems Biology 
2005−Present 　　　Editorial Board of BMC Genomics 
2004−Present 　　　Associate Editor of PLoS Genetics
2004−Present 　　　Associate Editor of Molecular Biology and Evolution
2003−Present 　　　Editorial Board of Briefings in Bioinformatics 
1997−Present 　　　Editor of GENE
1996−Present 　　　Editor of FEBS Letters
1995−2003　　　　　Editor of Journal of Molecular Evolutio 

【Awards】

2006　　　Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
2005　　　Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2005　　　Society Prize (Kihara Medal), The Genetic Society of Japan
2004　　　Society Prize (Motoo Kimura Medal), Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
2004　　　The Gaetano Salvatore Gold Medal, Statione Zoologica, Anton Dohrn, Italy
1997　　　Science Award from Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)
1995　　　Science Award from Hitoshi Kihara Memorial Foundation
1987　　　Promotion Award from Japanese Society of Genetics 

【Duties for Learned Societies】

2006−Present 　　　Advisor, UniProt Scientific Advisory Board
1999−Present 　　　Member of Scientific Advisory Board,
　　　　　　　　　　Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Geneva, Switzerland
1998−Present 　　　Member of Scientific Council, Stazione Zoologica ‘Anton Dohrn’, 
　　　　　　　　　　Naples, Italy
1995−2000　　　　　Executive Committee Member, Committee on Genetic Experimentation 
　　　　　　　　　　(COGENE), UNESCO, Paris, France
1994−Present 　　　Vice-Chairman, International Society of Molecular Evolution
1993−1999　　　　　Member, Human Genome Diversity Executive Committee of HUGO 
　　　　　　　　　　(HGD/HUGO), London, UK

【Research Interests】

Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Evolution, Population Genetics, Bioinformatics and 
Viral Evolution