Shinichi has nearly 20-years research experience in various academic organizations including three national universities and two governmental institutions in Japan. 

Through research activities in multidisciplinary fields such as neuroscience and physiology, Shinichi has expanded his fields of research towards life sciences, from the level of genes or protein molecules to experimental animal models. 

His PhD study, which clarified an activation mode of a neuronal GPCR using sophisticated optical techniques, was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2010. This report has been cited in more than 30 original articles, review articles, and review books.

Based on his wide spectrum of experience as not only a biologist, but also a chemist, Shinichi will assist prosecution of your patent applications in Japan with a comprehensive understanding and analysis of the subject.

Shinichi's clients include many of the top-ranked US and UK universities alongside companies ranging from SF Bay Area start-ups to multinationals.

Shinichi spent several years of his childhood in London where his father was a journalist for a Japanese national newspaper. These days, Shinichi enjoys reading about and discussing the historical, philosophical, and journalistic aspects of natural sciences and the interaction between natural sciences and humanities/social sciences.

Education

• International Christian University, Tokyo
  (Dept. of Chemistry)
• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  (MSc in Materials Science)
• Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
  (PhD in Physiological Sciences)
  

Memberships

• Japan Neuroscience Society
• Physiological Society of Japan