1979-1983

Faculty of Science, Kyushu University
Awarded the degree of the BSc in biology

1983-1985

Department of Biology, Institute of Science,
Kyushu University
Awarded the degree of MSc in biology for a thesis entitled "Sequence homologies of reverse transcriptase- containing viruses and transposable genetic elements and their functional and evolutionary implications" Work supervised by Dr. Takashi Miyata

1985-1989

Department of Biology, Institute of Science,
Kyushu University
Awarded the degree of PhD in biology for a thesis entitled "Computational approaches to the ribozyme system" Work supervised by Drs. Takashi Miyata & Akira Imamura

1989-1993

Researcher at 5th Department of Protein Engineering Research Institute

1993-1996

Associate Professor at Dept.Computer Science and Systems Engineering of Kyushu Institute of Technology

1996-1999

Researcher at the Dept. Bioinformatics Biomolecular Engineering Research Insitute

1999-2002

Research Director, the Dept. Bioinformatics Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute

2002-2002

Research Director, the Dept. Comp. Biol. Research Association Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute

2002-2005

Professor, Toh Labo.,Bioinfomatics Center Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University

2005-2010

Professor, Div. Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation Kyushu University

2010-2015

Deputy Director, Computational Biology Research Center, AIST

2015-Present

Professor, Dept. Biomed. CHem., School of Sciene and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University