Hodaka Fujii, M.D., Ph.D., Professor

Education

1994	M.D. (Medicine) School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
1998	Ph.D. (Pathology) Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo (Thesis: Functional dissection of the cytoplasmic subregions of the IL-2 receptor βc chain in vitro and in vivo) Mentor: Professor Tadatsugu Taniguchi

Fellowships

1995 - 1998	Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
1995	The Kato Memorial Bioscience Grant for International Research Fellowship
1997 - 1998	Research Assistant, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo

Research Appointments

1998 - 2001	Assistant Professor (Joshu) Department of Immunology Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine University of Tokyo
2000 - 2001	Member (Principal Investigator: PI) Basel Institute for Immunology
2001 - 2009	Assistant Professor (PI) Department of Pathology New York University School of Medicine
2009 - 2017	Associate Professor (PI) Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Osaka University
2015 - 2017	President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Epigeneron, LLC
2017 - Present	Professor Department of Biochemistry and Genome Biology Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine
2017 - 2021	President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Epigeneron, Inc.
2021 - 2024	Director, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Epigeneron, Inc.
2023 - Present	President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wisteriagen, LLC
2023 - Present	President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) PlatinaPlasmds, Inc.
2023 - Present	Director Academia R&D Support, Inc.

Awards and Honors

1996	Award of Tokyo University Medical Association
2007	The American Association of Immunologists Junior Faculty Travel Award
2014	Osaka University Presidential Award for Encouragement
2015	Osaka University Presidential Award for Encouragement
2016	Addgene Blue Flame Award

ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

Professional Societies

1992 - 2001	Japanese Biochemical Society
1995 - Present	Japanese Society of Immunology
1995 - Present	Molecular Biology Society of Japan
2002 - Present	The American Association of Immunologists
2007 - 2021	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2011 - Present	The Japanese Society for Epigenetics
2021 - Present	American Association for Cancer Research

Visiting Faculty Positions

2016 - 2019	Visitng Professor Nihon Pharmaceutical University

Editorial and Advisory Positions
Member of the Editorial Board

2014 - Present	Scientific Reports (Journal Impact Factor (JIF): 4.997)
2014 - Present	PLoS One (JIF: 3.752)
2016 - Present	Biology Methods and Protocols (BIOMAP)
2017 - Present	Biology Methods and Protocols (BIOMAP), Associate Editor
2019 - Present	Hirosaki Medical Journal, Editor
2021 - Present	Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (JIF: 9.234)

Member of the Advisory Board

2014 - 2023	Addgene

Ad Hoc Reviewing

Advanced Science Analyst Biochemistry Biology Methods and Protocols BMC Genomics Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Cytokine Epigenomics Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Frontiers in Genetics Journal of Immunology Journal of Leukocyte Biology Life Molecular Plant National Cancer Institute Nature Pathway Interaction Database Nature Nature Protocols PLoS One Scientific Reports Sensors Theranostics

Toshitsugu Fujita, Ph.D., Associate Professor / Research Professor

1999	Bachelor’s degree of agriculture, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
2001	Master’s degree of agriculture, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate school of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
2004	Ph.D. of science, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate school of Science, Osaka University
2004 - 2009	Research Assistant Fondation pour Recherches Medicales, University of Geneva
2009 - 2017	Assistant Professor Combined Program on Microbiology and Immunology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
2015 - 2017	Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Epigeneron, LLC
2017 - Present	Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Genome Biology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine
2017 - 2021	Director, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Epigeneron, Inc.
2021 - Present	Research Professor Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
2023 - Present	Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Wisteriagen, LLC

Awards and Honors

2016	Young Investigator Award of the Japanese Society for Epigenetics
2018	Hirosaki University Young Distinguished Article Award
2021	Bioindustry Research Award

Visiting Faculty Positions

2016 - 2019	Visitng Professor Nihon Pharmaceutical University

Takayuki Hata, Ph.D., Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor

2014	Bachelor’s degree of agriculture, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
2016	Master's degree of agriculture, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
2021	Ph.D. of science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
2021 – 2022	Academic Fellow Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
2021 – 2022	Research Fellow Faculty of Agriculture, Setsunan University
2022 - 2023	Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Genome Biology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine
2023 - Present	Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Genome Biology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine

Fellowships

2017 - 2019	Research Fellow (DC1) of theJapan Society for the Promotion of Science