Michiei Oto

{{Short description|Japanese molecular biologist}}

Michiei Oto is a molecular biologist and an expert on the application of biotechnology to genetic testing.{{cite journal|title= Optimization of nonradioisotopic single strand conformation polymorphism analysis with a conventional minislab gel electrophoresis apparatus|date=2013-03-25 |pmid=8238876 | doi=10.1006/abio.1993.1379 |volume=213 |journal=Anal. Biochem. |pages=19–22 | last1 = Oto | first1 = M | last2 = Miyake | first2 = S | last3 = Yuasa | first3 = Y|issue=1 }}{{cite journal|title= Identification of Mutated p53 in Cancers by Nongel-Sieving Capillary Electrophoretic SSCP Analysis|date=2013-03-25 |pmid=21374295 | doi=10.1385/1-59259-689-4:127 |volume=27 |journal=Methods Mol Med |pages=127–38 | last1 = Oto | first1 = M|isbn=978-1-59259-689-8 }}{{cite journal|title= Molecular genetic diagnosis of familial tumors|date=2013-03-25 |pmid=15375700 | doi=10.1007/s10147-004-0421-5 |volume=9 |journal=Int J Clin Oncol |pages=246–56 | last1 = Tomita | first1 = N | last2 = Oto | first2 = M|issue=4 |s2cid=25875725 }}

He was the first to propose gene literacy education.[http://warp.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/244777/www.jspcmb.jp/pbcontents/pdf/pb23_3/23_339.pdf PB]

Oto was born in Japan. He received a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Chiba University in 1980 and a Ph.D. from the School of Medicine at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He is the department director of biotechnology at Tokyo Technical College and a visiting Lecturer at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Maebashi Institute of Technology and Kogakuin University.