Yusuke Kato, Ph.D. 1994 Ph.D (Pharmacology), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan 1990-1991 Assistant Professor Faculty of Science, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan 1991-1995 Researcher National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan 1995-2009 Chief Researcher 2009-2019 Senior Researcher 2019-present Unit Leader 1995 Visiting Researcher Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan 1996-1997 Visiting Researcher The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Yusuke Kato studied and earned a PhD in Pharmacology at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. He was an Assistant Professor of biology at International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, from 1990-1991. He has been a faculty member of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), since 1991. From 1996-1997, he was a visiting researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Prof. Ronald Plasterk). His research focuses on rigorous and fine-tuned gene expression through site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids for synthetic biology, including biological containment, recombinant protein production, and live vaccine development.