Education

• 2002: Graduated with a Master’s degree, Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
• 2006: Ph.D. in Biological Science, Graduate school of Science, Nagoya University

Professional Experiences

• 2002-2004: Technical staff, Genomic Science Center, RIKEN
• 2004-2007: Assistant, Faculty of Bio-Science, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology
• 2007-2008: Postdoc, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, US
• 2008-2012: Postdoc, Bioinformatics and System Engineering (BASE) Division, RIKEN
• 2012-2022; Research Assistant Professor, Medical Research Support Center (MRSC), Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
• 2022~: Lecturer, Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, KINDAI University
• 2024~: Program-Specific Associate Professor, Informatics Platform, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII), Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Selected Publications

Minegishi M, Kuchimaru T, Nishikawa K, Isagawa T, Iwano S, Iida K, Hara H, Miura S, Sato M, Watanabe S, Shiomi A, Mabuchi Y, Hamana H, Kishi H, Sato T, Sawaki D, Sato S, Hanazono Y, Suzuki A, Kohro T, Kadonosono T, Shimogori T, Miyawaki A, Takeda N, Shintaku H, Kizaka-Kondoh S, Nishimura S. Secretory GFP reconstitution labeling of neighboring cells interrogates cell-cell interactions in metastatic niches. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 5;14(1):8031. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43855-2. PMID: 38052804; PMCID: PMC10697979.

Miyamoto M, Kawato Y, Fujie R, Kurowarabe K, Fujiwara K, Nobusawa R, Hayashi R, Iida K, Ohigashi I, Hayasaka H. CCL21-Ser expression in melanoma cells recruits CCR7⁺ naïve T cells to tumor tissues and promotes tumor growth. Cancer Sci. 2023 Sep;114(9):3509-3522. DOI: 10.1111/cas.15902. Epub 2023 Jul 8. PMID: 37421165; PMCID: PMC10475776.

Matsushima S, Ajiro M, Iida K, Chamoto K, Honjo T, Hagiwara M. Chemical induction of splice-neoantigens attenuates tumor growth in a preclinical model of colorectal cancer. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Nov 30;14(673):eabn6056. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abn6056. Epub 2022 Nov 30. PMID: 36449604.

Toyomoto M, Inoue A, Iida K, Denawa M, Kii I, Ngako Kadji FM, Kishi T, Im D, Shimamura T, Onogi H, Yoshida S, Iwata S, Aoki J, Hosoya T, Hagiwara M. S1PR3-G₁₂-biased agonist ALESIA targets cancer metabolism and promotes glucose starvation. Cell Chem Biol. 2021 Aug 19;28(8):1132-1144.e9. DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.01.004. Epub 2021 Feb 8. PMID: 33561428.

Iida K, Hagiwara M, Takeuchi A. Multilateral Bioinformatics Analyses Reveal the Function-Oriented Target Specificities and Recognition of the RNA-Binding Protein SFPQ. iScience. 2020 Jul 24;23(7):101325. DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101325. Epub 2020 Jun 28. PMID: 32659723; PMCID: PMC7358709.

Merkurjev D, Hong WT, Iida K, Oomoto I, Goldie BJ, Yamaguti H, Ohara T, Kawaguchi SY, Hirano T, Martin KC, Pellegrini M, Wang DO. Synaptic N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) epitranscriptome reveals functional partitioning of localized transcripts. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Jul;21(7):1004-1014. DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0173-6. Epub 2018 Jun 27.

FANTOM Consortium and the RIKEN PMI and CLST (DGT). A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas. Nature. 2014 Mar 27;507(7493):462-70. DOI: 10.1038/nature13182. PMID: 24670764; PMCID: PMC4529748.

Iida K, Jin H, Zhu JK. Bioinformatics analysis suggests base modifications of tRNAs and miRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics. 2009 Apr 9;10:155. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-155. PMID: 19358740; PMCID: PMC2674459.

Zheng X, Pontes O, Zhu J, Miki D, Zhang F, Li WX, Iida K, Kapoor A, Pikaard CS, Zhu JK. ROS3 is an RNA-binding protein required for DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis. Nature. 2008 Oct 30;455(7217):1259-62. DOI: 10.1038/nature07305. Epub 2008 Sep 24. PMID: 18815596; PMCID: PMC2782394.

Iida K, Go M. Survey of conserved alternative splicing events of mRNAs encoding SR proteins in land plants. Mol Biol Evol. 2006 May;23(5):1085-94. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj118. Epub 2006 Mar 6. PMID: 16520337.