1971   Bachelor of Biology, Kanazawa University

1978   Dr. Sci. in Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

1976   Taniguchi Memorial Fellow, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

1977   Research Associate, Laboratory of Animal Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

1979   Research Associate, Laboratory of Cell Fusion, National Institute for Basic Biology

1995   Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University

1996   Associate Professor, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

1999   Professor, Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University

2004   Director, Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University

1999, Kihara Memorial Award