Wataru Kobayashi
Principal Investigator
In Japan, Wataru studied biochemistry and structural biology with a focus on understanding how nucleosome structure regulates biological processes in the cell. Wataru obtained his Ph.D. from Waseda University under the supervision of Prof. Hitoshi Kurumizaka (2016). He continued as a Research Associate at Waseda University (2016-2019). Wataru was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (Austria) and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Germany) in the group of Prof. Kikuë Tachibana (2019-2025). During his postdoc, he studied the molecular mechanisms of zygotic genome activation induced by transcription factors. Wataru joined the University of Dundee as a Principal Investigator and obtained a Wellcome Career Development Award to establish his own group.
Outside the lab: Wataru enjoys cooking and playing a guitar.