Tomoya S. Kitajima / Curriculum Vitae

Education

	2001 - 2003	University of Tokyo
	1999 - 2001	Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Tokyo
	2000 - 2001	Bachelor work in Dr. Masayuki Yamamoto's laboratory

Doctoral Research

	2001 - 2003	Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo (Master’s Course)
	2003 - 2004	Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo (Doctor’s Course)
		Genetic screen for meiosis-specific proteins that regulate chromosome segregation in fission yeast supervised by Dr. Yoshinori Watanabe

Research in a Professional Position

	2004 - 2007	Research Associate, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo
		Functional analysis of the conserved centromere protein shugoshin in mammalian cells in Dr. Yoshinori Watanabe's laboratory

Postdoctoral Research

	2007 - 2011	Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology, Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg
		Probing the mechanism and dynamics of homologous chromosome biorientation in live mouse oocytes in Dr. Jan Ellenberg group

Research as a PI

2012 -

Team Leader, Laboratory for Chromosome Segregation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) (formerly Center for Developmental Biology)

Degree

2006

Ph.D (Science) in University of Tokyo Thesis: "The conserved protein shugoshin protects centromeric cohesion of sister chromatids."