Molecular Control of Circadian Rhythm in Animals

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Tsuyoshi Hirota

Education:

1998B.Sc.; Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo
2000M.Sc.; Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
2003Ph.D.; Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo

Professional Career:

1998-2000Visiting Scholar; National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan
2000-2003JSPS Fellow (DC1)
2003-2007Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
2007Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
2007-2008Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
2008-2010Visiting Scientist; Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, USA
2008-2012Assistant Research Specialist, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
2012-2013Associate Research Specialist, Division of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego
2013-2014Research Associate, Dornsife School of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California
2014-presentDesignated Associate Professor, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University
2014-presentPRESTO Researcher (concurrent)

Research Interests:

1) Chemical genetic dissection of the circadian clock
2) Mathematical modeling of the circadian oscillator
3) Circadian regulation of metabolism
4) Structural analysis of clock protein-small molecule complex

Honors:

Japanese Society for Chronobiology Young Investigator Award (2010)