Hideya Kawaji
Center Director, Research Center For Genome & Medical Sciences at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Yokohama, Japan
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Top SchoolHideya Kawaji is a genomics and computational biology leader with 12 years of experience directing large-scale research programs across RIKEN and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science. He specializes in genomics, transcriptomics, RNomics and biomarker discovery, and has built bioinformatics resources including genome browsers and databases that bridge molecular data to clinical applications. As Center Director and visiting professor roles across multiple Japanese institutions, he combines hands-on computational method development with strategic program leadership in preventive and applied genomics. Notably, his career spans both academic and industry roots—starting as an engineer at NTT—giving him a rare perspective on translating complex omics research into robust, production-ready tools.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Engineering, Ph.D, Engineering at The University of Osaka
Japanese, English
Github Skills (29)
bedtools10
genome10
bam10
minhash10
knife10
genomics10
bioinformatics9
directory-structure8
graph8
genomes6
configurator5
open-access5
projection5
scientific-publications5
flask4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hkawaji/dpi1
Dec 2013 - Oct 2016
Contributions:38 commits, 9 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 10 months
hkawaji/hkawaji.github.io
May 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:94 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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