Our Research
During mitosis, a full set of chromosomes must be equally transmitted to the offspring of each dividing cell. Failures in this process can result in numerous disorders, including birth defects and tumor progression. The Funabiki Lab studies how chromosomes signal in order to spatially and temporally orchestrate rapid assembly and disassembly of macromolecules that ensure accurate chromosome segregation.
Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology,
The Rockefeller University
Hironori
Funabiki Ph.D.
Biography
1990 B.S., Kyoto University, Faculty of Science,
Department of Chemistry
1995 Ph.D., Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science,
Department of Biophysics
1995-1996 Postdoc, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biophysics
1996-2000 Postdoc, University of California, San Francisco,
Department of Physiology
2000-2002 Postdoc, Harvard University,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
2002-2007 Tri-institutional Assistant Professor and Head of Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
2007-2014 Tri-institutional Associate Professor and Head of Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
2014- Tri-institutional Professor and Head of Laboratory,
The Rockefeller University
Awards
1994 The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow
1996 The Naito Foundation, Subsidy for Inter-Institute Researches
1996 Leukemia Society of America, Fellow
1999 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Special Fellow
2002 The Chicago Community Trust, Searle Scholar
2003 The Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trust Research Award
2003 Alexandrine and Alexander Sinsheimer Fund Scholar Award
2006 The W. M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program, Semi-Finalist
2019 NIH, NIGMS, Maximizing Investigators' Research Award
