[2] Her work on cell-to-cell communication has also focused on the mechanisms that determine organ size and shape in plants.
[4] Through her works, she aims to elucidate how functional tissue patterns are generated using cross-disciplinary approaches.
(1989) degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Institute of Biological Sciences at University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Then, in 2009, she was promoted to Full Professor at Department of Biology with an affiliate faculty position at the Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington.
[7] In 2011, she received the title of College of Arts and Sciences Endowed Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Washington (2011-2019), and has also been an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2011–present).