Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE)|
Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences | Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology |
United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Glyco-biochemistry lab (Kizuka lab)

Member

Gifu University iGCORE
Integrated Glyco-Molecular Science Center (iGMOL)
Professor (Director)
 Yasuhiko Kizuka


Education

2000 Hiroshima Gakuin High school
2004 Kyoto University, Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2006 Kyoto University, Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences (supervised by Dr. Shogo Oka)
2009 Kyoto University, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences (supervised by Dr. Shogo Oka)
(2007- JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists DC2)

Positions and Trainings

              
2009-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Disease Glycomics Team, RIKEN (PI: Dr. Naoyuki Taniguchi)
2012-2015 Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Disease Glycomics Team, RIKEN (PI: Dr. Naoyuki Taniguchi)
2015-2017 Researcher, Disease Glycomics Team, RIKEN (PI: Dr. Naoyuki Taniguchi)
2017-2020 Associate Professor, G-CHAIN, Gifu University
2021-2022 Associate Professor (Director), Integrated Glyco-Molecular Science Center (iGMOL), Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University
2021-2022 Professor (Director), Integrated Glyco-Molecular Science Center (iGMOL), Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University
    (Concurrent)          
2015-2017 Partitme lecturer, Ochanomizu University
2017-2018 Partitme lecturer, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
2018-2021 Visiting Researcher, Osaka International Cancer Institute
2019-2019 Visiting Associate Professor, Hiroshima University
2020- Director’s Advisor, Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (THERS)
2021- Research Fellow, Osaka International Cancer Institute
2021-2021 Partitme lecturer, Ochanomizu University
2022-2022 Visiting Associate Professor, Ochanomizu University
2022- Partitme lecturer, Kyoto University
2023- Visiting Professor, Ochanomizu University

Awards

2011 Suzuki Koichi Memorial Award, The Japanese Biochemical Society
2012 Poster Award, The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research
2015 Research Incentive Award, RIKEN
2015 Young Investigator Award, The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research
2017 Young Investigator Award, The Japanese Biochemical Society

Grants (PI)

2011-2013 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
2014-2015 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative areas “Glyco-Neuroscience”
2014-2016 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2015-2016 Takeda Science Foundation
2016-2020 AMED, The project for utilizing glycans in the development of innovative drug discovery technologies
2017-2019 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
2017-2018 Takeda Science Foundation
2017-2018 Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
2017-2021 MEXT, LEADER project
2018-2019 Uehara Memorial Foundation
2019-2020 Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation
2020-2021 Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation
2020-2022 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2021-2022 Naito Foundation
2022-2028 JST, FOREST program
2022-2023 Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
2024-2026 Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Message

If you do something, I think you should enjoy it. Research will become very fun, depending on your way. After long and careful thoughts, when your thought is proved right, you will get a wonderful moment. That’s because you are the only person in the world who knows it, no matter how small that discovery is.
Research is done not alone, but created in a small society of laboratory or research team. During research, we often face hard time, for example no good results repeatedly, and are often worried alone. However, someone always notice your efforts. Therefore, I’m sure that people who sincerely work, and people who kindly help other people, will get a chance eventually.