山崎 晶 Sho Yamasaki

Sho Yamasaki, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Deputy director and Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), Osaka University
Visiting Professor, Chiba University
Visiting Professor, Kyushu University
Visiting Professor, Hiroshima University

Educational Backgrounds:
1999　Ph.D., Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
1993　M.S., Agriculture, Kyoto University
1991　B.S., Agriculture, Kyoto University

Professional Backgrounds:
2017 - present　Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University
2017 - present　Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
2009 - 2017　Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
2004 - 2009　Senior Scientist, RIKEN, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI)
1999 - 2004　Assistant Professor, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
1993 - 1999　Research Scientist, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Awards:
2022　The Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Prize
2021　The Toyoichi Otawara Memorial Award
2018　21st Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI) Award
2016　52nd The Saburo Kojima Memorial Award
2016　MEXT Prizes for Science and Technology
2010　JSPS Award
2008　RIKEN RCAI Outstanding Contribution of the Year
2007　Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI) Young Investigator Award

Biography:
Sho Yamasaki is Proessor and head of the division of Molecular Immunology at the Research Institute for Microbial Diseases and Immunology Frontier Research Center at Osaka University as well as visiting Professor at Chiba University.
After graduation from Kyoto University (Ms) in 1993, he started immunology research in Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (1993-1999).  In 1999, he received his PhD from Kyoto University for his study with Makio Iwashima on T cell antigen receptor signaling.  Then he worked with Takashi Saito at Chiba University (1999-2004) and RIKEN RCAI (2004-2009) on the signal transduction of immune receptors, such as TCR and FceRI.  In 2009, he started the Moleular Immunology Laboratory at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, where he holds the position of professor (2009-2017).  He took his current position at Osaka University from 2017.  His laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the recognition of pathogen and endogenous insults through ITAM-coupled immune receptors.  Of particular interest is the regulation of immune responses to internal and external insults through C-type lectin receptors and innate-type T cell receptors.  His Laboratory is also developing a platform analyzing human T ell clonotypes specific for pathogens.