April 20, 2005 ~ March 24, 2006 Research Associate Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
April 1, 2006 ~ March 31, 2013 Assistant Professor Biofunctional Design Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
April 1, 2013 ~ March 31, 2017 Special Lecturer Nanoscience and nanotechnology Research Center Research Organization for the 21st Century Osaka Prefecture University
April 1, 2013 ~ present Adjunct Lecturer Biofunctional Design Chemistry, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
April 1, 2017 ~ March 31, 2018 Special Lecturer NanoSquare Research Institute Research Center for the 21st Century Organization for Research Promotion Osaka Prefecture University
April 1, 2017 ~ present Researcher Research Institute for Chemical Biology Research Center for the 21st Century Organization for Research Promotion Osaka Prefecture University
May 1, 2017 ~ present Assistant director Research Institute for Light-induced Acceleration System (RILACS) Research Center for the 21st Century Organization for Research Promotion Osaka Prefecture University
April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2020 Associate Professor (Principle Investigator) Laboratory for Cellular Regulation Chemistry Department of Biological Science Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University
April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2022 Professor Laboratory for Cellular Regulation Chemistry Department of Biological Science Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University
April 1, 2022 – present Professor Department of Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University
EDUCATION
April 1, 1990 ~ March 6, 1993 Toyama Prefectural Nyuzen High School
April 1, 1996 ~ March 2, 2000 Gifu Pharmaceutical University Obtained bachelor’s degree (Pharmaceutical Sciences) on March 2, 2000
April 1, 2000 ~ March 25, 2002 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University Obtained master’s degree (Pharmaceutical Sciences) on March 25, 2002
April 1, 2002 ~ March 23, 2005 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University Obtained Ph.D. degree (Pharmaceutical Sciences) on March 23, 2005
April 1, 2003 ~ March 23, 2005 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
AWARDS
March 10, 2006 Research Fellowship, the Uehara Memorial Foundation
July 24, 2006 The First FIP-APSTJ (International Pharmaceutical Federation – The Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan) Joint Workshop on Gene Delivery The Best Presentation Award “Selective modification of N-glycosides of transferrin with therapeutic drugs for the receptor targeting”
September 28, 2011 The Japanese Peptide Society Award for Young Investigator ”Mechanisms of efficient cellular uptake of arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides”
March 21, 2013 Journal of Controlled Release: Poster Award International Conference on Biomaterials Science (ICBS2013) “Tumor accumulation of arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides and delivery of anticancer drug in vivo”
January 22, 2016 Excellent Poster Award The 8th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaSciences “Effective cellular uptake of exosomes modified with biofunctional peptides”
August 10, 2016 The President’s Award (2016) of Osaka Prefecture University
May 30, 2017 The 34th Toyama Award (Financial group for human resource cultivation, Toyama)
August 7, 2020 The President’s Award of Osaka Prefecture University
January 27, 2024 The 11th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaSciences: Imaging-directed development of cutting edge drugs and medical technologies: Excellent Poster Award
April 30, 2024 Nanoscale Horizons (Royal Society of Chemistry) Outstanding Paper Award: Outstanding Article Winner (「Ultrafast sensitivity-controlled and specific detection of extracellular vesicles using optical force with antibody-modified microparticles in a microflow system」 Kana Fujiwara, Yumiko Takagi, Mamoru Tamura, Mika Omura, Kenta Morimoto, Ikuhiko Nakase*, Shiho Tokonami* and Takuya Iida*, Nanoscale Horizons 8, 1034-1042 (2023))
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Pharmacist License of Japan (obtained on August 23, 2000) Class-1 Health officer’s License (obtained on June 5, 2007)
OTHER ACADEMIC WORKS
April 1, 2010 ~ March 31, 2013 Adviser: iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition) Kyoto ♦FY 2010 World Championship (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Gold titled “The Fantastic Lysisbox” ♦FY2011 Asia preliminary matches (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Silver titled ”Carnivorous E. Coli” ♦FY2012 Asia preliminary matches (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Gold titled “Flower Fairy E. Coli”
May 14, 2012 ~ present Editorial board member: Journal of Diagnostic Techniques and Biomedical Analysis
August 1, 2013 ~ present Special Researcher: National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
October 22, 2014 ~ present Editor: The Japanese peptide society, Peptide Newsletter Japan
April 1, 2016 ~ present The Japan Peptide Society Councilor
March 1, 2017 ~ present Editorial board member: Scientific Reports
April 1, 2017 ~ present Editor: The Membrane Society of Japan
May 10, 2019 – present The Membrane Society of Japan Councilor
April 1, 2022 ~ present Steering committee member, Symposium on Interaction between Biomembrane and Drugs (IBD)
February 1, 2023 ~ present The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, member of delegation
April 1, 2023 ~ present The Japanese Biochemical Society Councilor
April 1, 2024 – present Japanese Society for Extracellular Vesicles, Director
ACADEMIC SOCIETY
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Division of Physical Sciences (The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan) The Membrane Society of Japan The Japanese Peptide Society The Biophysical Society of Japan The Chemical Society of Japan Division of Biofunctional Chemistry (The Chemical Society of Japan) Japanese Society of Chemical Biology The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System The Japanese Biochemical Society Japanese Association for RNAi Controlled Release Society American Chemical Society International Society for Extracellular Vesicles Akabori Conference Biomolecular Interaction Research Association Japanese Society for Extracellular Vesicles Japanese Society of Neutron Capture Therapy Study group: Fermentation & Metabolism (Japan Bioindustry Association)
