Nozomu Yachie, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Research
The University of British Columbia
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
Specially Appointed Professor
Osaka University
Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe)
Visiting Professor
The University of Tokyo
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)
Distinguished Guest Professor (Global)
Keio University
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Synthetic Biology
Allen Distinguished Investigator
CIFAR Fellow in Multiscale Human
E-mail: nozomu.yachie
ubc.ca
Bio
Nozomu Yachie is a Professor and Director of Research at the School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Specially Appointed Professor at the Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe) at Osaka University. Combining technologies in cell engineering, genome editing, and computational biology, the Yachie laboratory at UBC and Osaka University is developing new technologies to measure the dynamics of molecules and cells in complex biological systems, including mammalian development and cell differentiation.
From 2014-2020, Yachie was an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) and also served as the Director of the Laboratories for Systems Biology and Medicine (LSBM).
Yachie received his PhD degree in Systems Biology from Keio University in 2009. He then completed postdoctoral training at Dr. Fritz Roth’s lab at Harvard Medical School before receiving a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and continuing his training with Dr. Roth at the University of Toronto.
Selected Awards
April 2023-Today
CIFAR Fellow
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Multiscale Human Program
February 2022-Today
Allen Distinguished Investigator
Allen Institute
September 2020-Today
Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
April 2020
Minister's Young Scientists Award
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
October 2014-March 2018
PRESTO Researcher
Japan Science and Technology (JST)
April 2012-March 2014
Banting Fellowship
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
April 2007-March 2012
JSPS Fellowships ('DC1', 'PD' and 'Research Abroad')
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Academic Appointments
September 2020-Today
The University of British Columbia
(July 2023-Today)
Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
(September 2020-June 2023)
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
Profile at UBC SBME
March 2023-Today
Osaka University
Specially Appointed Professor
Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe)
March 2023-Today
Keio University
Distinguished Guest Professor (Global)
Graduate School of Media and Governance
September 2020-Today
The University of Tokyo
(October 2023-Today)
Visiting Professor
(September 2020-August 2023)
Visiting Associate Professor
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)
Profile at U Tokyo RCAST
July 2014-August 2020
The University of Tokyo
Associate Professor
Synthetic Biology Division
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)
Graduate School of Engineering
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS)
(April 2015-August 2020)
Graduate School of Science
Department of Biological Sciences
(April 2015-August 2020)
PEAK Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
GPES Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
(January 2018-October 2019)
Director
Laboratories for Systems Biology and Medicine
June 2014-December 2021
Keio University
(April 2015-December 2021)
Adjunct Associate Professor
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Institute for Advanced Biosciences
(June 2014-March 2015)
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Institute for Advanced Biosciences
October 2014-March 2018
Japan Science and Technology
PRESTO Researcher
April 2010-June 2014
Harvard Medical School and University of Toronto
(December 2010-June 2014)
Postdoctoral Fellow (w/ Dr. Fritz Roth)
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
University of Toronto
(April 2010-November 2010)
Postdoctoral Fellow (w/ Dr. Fritz Roth)
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
April 2009-March 2010
Keio University
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute for Advanced Biosciences
Education
March 2009
Ph.D., Systems Biology Program, Keio University
March 2007
M.M.G., Bioinformatics Program, Keio University
March 2005
B.A., Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Other Positions
May 2019-Today
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
PRESTO Advisor
March 2017-Today
Science Council of Japan
Adjunct member
Young Academy of Japan
September 2020-December 2020
Creative Destrcution Lab
Scientist
April 2019-August 2021
Synplogen
Scientific Advisor
November 2015-October 2020
Robotic Biology Institute, Inc.
Advisor
November 2017-March 2020
RIKEN
Visiting Reseacher
July 2014-March 2019
Spiber, Inc.
(October 2016-March 2019)
Fellow
(July 2014-September 2016)
Advisor
March 2018-March 2019
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
NEDO Committee Member
January 2018-December 2018
Robotic Biology Consortium
Chair
May 2016-November 2018present
NARA Institute of Science and Technology
Part-time Lecturer
July 2016-June 2018
United Japanese Researchers Around the World (UJA)
Board Member
October 2012-March 2016
Mie University
Part-time Lecturer
Department of Medicine
April 2006-March 2010
Keio University
(April 2009-March 2010)
Visiting Senior Researcher
Keio Research Institute at SFC
(April 2007-March 2009)
Part-time Lecturer
Department of Environmental Information
(April 2006-March 2009)
Research Assistant (TTCK Fellow)
Institute for Advanced Biosciences
Yachie's CV is here.
