Alumni

Years in the lab and status, Name, Current position

Oct. 2020 - Mar. 2024, B.S. & M.S., Mr. Takumi Shimazu, Working as teacher

Apr. 2022 - Nov. 2023, JSPS PD , Dr. Vijay Kumar, Assistant Professor in Guru Nanak Dev University, India

Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023, M.S. , Ms. Kaho Yamashita, Working as SE in the private sector

Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2023, B.S. & M.S., Mr. Keito Sasaki, Working in the M&A company

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2022, M.S. & Ph.D., Dr. Keisuke Ohashi, Working in the chemical industry

Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2022, B.S. & M.S., Ms. Akane Nakata, Working in the foreign-owned enterprise

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021, M.S., Ms. Kanako Ushirogata, Working in the Food industry

Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2020, B.S. & M.S., Mr. Kazuki Matsumoto, Working in Kurare cooporation

Mar. 2019 - Mar. 2020, Research student, Ms. Yujia Luo, Continue M.S. study in Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido U.

Jul. 2019 - Sept. 2019, M.S. student, Ms. Petra Banko, Finishing up the M.S. in Hungary

Oct. 2017 - Sept. 2019, M.S., Ms. Naunge Nang, Lecturer in Pathein University, Myanmar

Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2019, B.S., Ms. Riho Suzuki, Working as SE in the private sector

Apr. 2017 - Dec. 2018, JSPS postdoc., Dr. Szilvia, K. Nagy, Lecturer in Semmelweis University, Hungary

Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2018, B.S., Ms. Natsumi Kato, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2016, Exchange student, Mr. Ruopu Song, currently graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh

Jun. 2015 - Aug. 2015, JSPS fellow, Dr. Ben Minkoff, currently scientist at UW-Madison

Jun. 2015 - Aug. 2015, Exchange student, Mr. Richard Precious, Currently preparing for the Doctral course

Apr. 2015 - Jul. 2015, Research associate, Mr. Shuzo Oita, currently graduate student at the University of Arizona

Takumi SHIMAZU, 2020-2024 completed B.S.&M.S.

Project: in vitro reconstitution of yeast silent-mating type heterochromatin.

B.S., M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: OSAKA, Japan

Hobby: TBA

Vijay KUMAR, Ph.D., 2022-2023 JSPS PD

Ph.D., Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India, 2016

Postdoctral: CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India 2016.9 - 2022.3

Project: Consolidated bioconversion of cellulosic biomass to polyhydroxyalkanoates by one cell factory.

P.O.B.: Himachal Pradesh, India

Hobby: Hiking, tracking, and swimming

Kaho YAMASHITA, 2021-2023 completed M.S.

Project: Enzyme assisted fucoidan extraction from Kelp.

B.S., M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: HYOGO, Japan

Hobby: Playing piano, Reading book

Keito SASAKI, 2019-2023 completed B.S.&M.S.

Project: Development of a consolidated novel microbes that can convert kelp to bioproducts.

B.S., M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: IRUMA-SAITAMA, Japan

Hobby: learning Japanese

The theme of life: Lifelong active

Keisuke OHASHI, 2017-2022, completed M.S.&Ph.D. (JSPS DC1)

Project: Secretome analyses and biochemical characterization for insect-associated cellulolytic bacteria.

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: OSAKA, Japan

Hobby: Fishing, Tennis, Table tennis, Golf, Capture insects, and etc

Akane NAKATA, 2018-2022, completed B.S.&M.S.

Project: Genome editing of cellulolytic Streptomyces to create industrial strains for biofuels production.

B.S. and M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: OSAKA, Japan

Hobby: Drawing a picture

Kanako USHIROGATA, 2019-2021, completed M.S.

B.S. and M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: KANAGAWA, Japan

Project: Determining the effects of natural products on LDL by atomic force microscopy.

Kazuki MATSUMOTO, 2016-2020, completed B.S.&M.S.

B.S. and M.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: Hyogo, Japan

Project: Development of epigenetic enzyme screening using in vitro reconstituted nucleosome (Drosophila).

Riho SUZUKI, 2016-2019, completed B.S.

B.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: Saitama, Japan

Project: Development of epigenetic enzyme screening using in vitro reconstituted nucleosome (human).

Natsumi Kato, 2016-2018, completed B.S.

B.S., Hokkaido University

P.O.B.: Saitama, Japan

Project: Biochemical characterization of transcriptional factors in cellulolytic bacteria.