Yachie Laboratory at UBC's School of Biomedical Engineering
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Nozomu Yachie, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor and Director, 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 Associate 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.yachieat.gifubc.ca

Bio

Nozomu Yachie is an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Specially Appointed Professor at the Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe) at Osaka University, Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology. 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.

Until 2020, Yachie was an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo¡Çs 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¡Çs 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)

Employments

September 2020-Today

The University of British Columbia

Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine

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

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

October 2020-Today

Creative Destrcution Lab

Scientist
Profile at CDL-West

May 2019-Today

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

PRESTO Advisor

March 2017-Today

Science Council of Japan

Adjunct member
Young Academy of Japan

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.


Yachie Laboratory
School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME)
Faculty of Applied Science | Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia (UBC)

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