Department of Integrative Bioanalytics
Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Shinpei Kawaoka
Professor
Professor, Department of Biomedical Information Analysis, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
(Concurrent position) Professor, Department of Biomedical Information Analysis, Graduate School of Medicine (Concurrent position)
(Concurrent position) Professor, Department of Bio-Interaction, Graduate School of Life Sciences (Collaborating Faculty Member)
Associate Professor, Organ Interaction Research Team, Institute of Medical and Biological Sciences, Kyoto University
self-introduction
I enjoy analyzing large-scale datasets to understand various biological phenomena. I was previously known as a "silkworm guy" in the field of PIWI-interacting RNAs, moved to the US to pursue cancer epigenetics, and then started to study host pathophysiology in cancers in 2014. I am interested in cancer-induced disruption of host homeostasis, circadian disruption and diseases/aging, and human-robot interaction.
Career
2026-Present
Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Bioanalytics, IDAC, Tohoku University
Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Bioanalytics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
Professor, Laboratory of Biological Interactions, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
2023-Present
Associate member, Science Council of Japan
2021-2025
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Integrative Bioanalytics, IDAC, Tohoku University
2022-Present
Associate Professor, Inter-Organ Communication Research Team, LiMe, Kyoto University
2018-2022
Associate Professor, Inter-Organ Communication Research Team, INFRONT, Kyoto University
2014-2018
Group leader, JST ERATO
Senior Researcher, ATR
2012-2014
Postdoctoral fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
(JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists → Human Frontier Science Program Long-term fellow)
2007-2012
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2003-2007
Department of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2002-2003
Kawai Juku Ikebukuro Campus
1999-2002
Kasukabe High School，Saitama Prefecture
Lab members
Tohoku University / Team Tohoku
Mayuko Yoda (Assistant Professor)
Hidenobu Sumioka (Field Researcher) / Hidenobu Sumioka (Visiting Scientist)
Yilin Du (D3)
Tomoaki Shirakawa (D3)
Toshifumi Otsuki (D2)
Xiaoran Ma (M1)
Hiroki Kondo (B4) / Hiroki Kondo (B4)
Nupura Prabhune (M2: Visiting Student)
Eleanor Timberlake (Visiting student)
Hideko Saito (Administrative staff)
Yuki Ito (Administrative staff)
Atsuko Kikuchi (Technical Assistant)
Nobuko Kondo (Technical Assistant)
Yuka Miura (Technical Assistant)
Naomi Hashimoto (Technical Assistant)
Nagako Konno (Technical Assistant)
Kaori Kondo (Technical Assistant)
Kyoto University / Team Kyoto
小西理予 (助教) / Riyo Konishi (Assistant Professor)
中村有輝 (D5) / Yuki Nakamura (D5)
Jessica Sulkes Cuevas (Technician)
松浦佳吾 (技術補佐員) / Keigo Matsuura (Technician)
吉岡奈都子 (技術補佐員) / Natsuko Yoshioka (Technician)
星合眞秀 (学生技術補佐員) / Masahide Hoshiai (Student Technician)
望月裕華 (学生技術補佐員) / Yuka Mochizuki (Student Technician)
Former members / Alumni
Post-doctoral fellows
Soshiro Kashio (2024-2026)
Ayano Harata (2021-2022)
Hiroaki Hojo (2015-2020)
Glicia Maria de Almeida (2020-2021)
Sora Enya (2014-2018)
Students
Don Pietro Saldajeno (2021-2025)
Yurina Maeshima (2021-2025)
Chenfeng He (2021-2024)
Yuta Kosaka (2023-2025)
Azka Alfathi Madani (2024)
Suguru Kuwahara (2022)
Takaaki Hasegawa (2022)
Rin Mizuno (2018-2022)
Yu Suezawa (2018-2019)
Miki Arai (2014-2018)