Dr Tohru Natsume is the CSO of Robotic Biology Institute Inc. Among other positions he currently holds, he is also the Director of the Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
Education
1984 BSc, University of Tsukuba, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry
1986 MSc, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
1993 PhD, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University
Experience
2013-present
Director
Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan
2013-present
Team Leader
Biological Systems Control Team, Biomedicinal Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan
2002-present
Technology Committee Member
New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
2002-present
Visiting Professor
Tokyo Metropolitan University
2001-present
Member of 164th Committee on Genome Technology
1996-2000
Research Fellow
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
2000-2001
Section Chief
Integrated proteomics system project, Pioneer Research on Genome the Frontier, Science and Technology Agency
2001-2006
Team Leader
Protein Network Team, Biological Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
2004-2008
Team Leader
Development of System and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis (JST)
2004–2009
Visiting Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
2004–2009
Visiting Professor
Division of Molecular Design, Medical Institute of Bio-regulation, Kyushu University
2006–2011
NEDO Chemical Biology Project Leader
2007-2009
Visiting Professor
Division of Nucleic Acid Chemistry, National Institute of Genetics
