Meet the expert...
Michiko Kimoto, PhD
Chief Operating Officer, R&D Director at Xenolis Pte. Ltd.

Michiko Kimoto earned her Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo before joining Dr. Ichiro Hirao’s lab at RIKEN in 2002, where she focused on expanding DNA’s genetic alphabet and developing methods for generating high-affinity DNA aptamers. In 2015, she moved to Singapore alongside Dr. Hirao to further research at A*STAR. In 2022, together with Dr. Hirao, she co-founded Xenolis Pte. Ltd., a company dedicated to the development of high-affinity XenoAptamers.