Department of Molecular Microbiology
Division of Life Sciences
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kyoto University
Profile (Vitae) of Yoshihiko WATANABE, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology
Division of Life Science
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kyoto University
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606 8501, JAPAN
Phone: (+81) 75 753 4577
Fax: (+81) 75 761 2698
E-mail: watanabe@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
http://www.pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bisei/index.html
Carrier Objective:
Elucidation of the physiological roles of interferons and clinical application of interferons to diseases.
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Research Fields:
Tumor Immunology, Virology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
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Curriculum Vitae:
1971 B.S. at Faculty of Science (Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry), University of Tokyo
1974 M.S. at Faculty of Science (Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry), University of Tokyo
1975 Research Associate, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University
1989 Ph.D. (Medical Sciences) from Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
Title of Thesis : Highly efficient action of autocrine mouse interferon-γ expressed via a retroviral vector [Pubmed]
1989-present Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Kyoto University
Rearch Abroad:
1990-91 Visiting scientist, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
1993 Visiting scientist, Institut Jacques Monod, University Denis Diderot Paris 7 (Paris, France)
1995 Visiting scientist, Whitehead Institute for Medical Research (Boston, USA)
1997 Visiting scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF)* (London, UK)
(*now reorganized into Cancer Research UK)
Member of the Societies as Follows:
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ)
Japanese Cancer Association (JCA)
Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI)
Japanese Society for Virology (JSV)
Japanese Biochemical Society (JBS)
Japan Society of Gene Therapy (JSGT) [Councilor]
Japanese Society of Interferon and Cytokine Research (JSICR)
International Society of Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR)
Association Pasteur Japon (APJ)
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