Yutaka Saito
Professor, Kitasato University.
Cross-appointment Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo.
E-mail：saito.yutaka AT kitasato-u.ac.jp (replace AT with @)
Job and Education
- 2024.04-present Professor, Kitasato University
- 2024.04-present Cross-appointment Fellow, AIST
- 2019.06-present Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2022.10-2024.03 Project Professor, Kitasato University
- 2019.10-2024.03 Senior Researcher, AIST
- 2018.07-2022.03 Visiting Researcher, RIKEN
- 2015.04-2019.09 Researcher (tenure track), AIST
- 2012.10-2015.03 Post-doctoral researcher, AIST
- 2012.09 Ph.D., Keio University
- 2010.03 Master, Keio University
- 2008.03 Bachelor, Keio University
Grants
- PI, NEDO, 2023-2025
- PI, JSPS KAKENHI (22H03691), 2022-2025
- PI, AMED (JP19ak0101122), 2019-2021
- PI, JSPS KAKENHI (19K20409), 2019-2021
- PI, JSPS KAKENHI (15K16089), 2015-2016
- PI, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation Doctor 21, 2010-2012
- Coinvestigator, JST GteX, 2023-2027
- Coinvestigator, JST CREST, 2023-2028
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (23H04885), 2023-2027
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (22H00553), 2022-2025
- Coinvestigator, AMED (JP21ae0121003), 2021-2025
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (20H00315), 2020-2023
- Coinvestigator, AMED (JP19am0401023), 2019-2023
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (19K06077), 2019-2021
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (19K06502), 2019-2021
- Coinvestigator, JSPS KAKENHI (17H06410), 2017-2021
Honors
- IPSJ Yamashita Research Award, 2024
- Oxford Journals JSBi Prize, 2022
- JACI Prize for Encouraging Young Researcher, 2022
- Topics Award, SBJ 2018
- Best Poster Presentation, IIBMP 2017
Social activity
- 2024-present, Director, JSBi
- 2022-present, Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
- 2021-present, Review Editor, Frontiers in Genetics
- 2018-present, Manager, JSBi
- 2020-2021, Topics Committee, B&I
- Program Committee, BIOINFORMATICS 2025
- Program Committee, IIBMP 2021
- Local Organizing Committee, APBC 2018
- Program Committee, GIW / BIOINFO 2017
- Organizing Committee, IIBMP 2016
