1980  Kobe University School of Medicine

1984　Graduate School, School of Medicine, Kobe University

1984　Research Associate at Department of Biochemistry,School of Medicine, Kobe University

1985　Post doctoral fellow

1989　Assistant professor at Department of Biochemistry,　School of Medicine, Kobe University

1990　Associate Professor

1994　Professor at Division of Signal Transduction,Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2000　Professor at Department of Cell Pharmacology,
Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University

1990　Young investigator award in Japanese Cancer Society

1999　NAIST award

2000　ISI highly cited researchers

2006　Nishimaru Memorial Lecture

2008 Yomiuri Tokai Medical Award

2009 Tokizane Memorial Award

2011 Chunichi Cultural Award