Dr. Yoshizawa has been appointed as a professor in April 2024. We are currently recruiting graduate students.

Professor

Tatsuya Yoshizawa

Tatsuya Yoshizawa, PhD

mail : yoshizaw (@) koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Education

1993 Graduated from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture.

1995 Completed Master Course, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture

1999 Completed Ph.D. program, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Tokyo University. (Ph.D. in Agricultural Science)

Career

1999-2007 Research Assistant, Department of Dental Pharmacology, Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata University

2007-2010 Research Fellow, Department of Genetics and Embryology, Columbia University, Gerard Karsenty Laboratory

2010-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University

2011-2014 Lecturer, Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Life Science, Kumamoto University

2014-2024 Associate Professor, Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Graduate School of Life Science, Kumamoto University

2024-present Professor, Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

2015-2018 Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Adjunct Lecturer

Awards

1996 Best Presentation Award, Japanese Society for Bone Metabolism

1996 Keystone Symposium (Nuclear Receptors) Travel Award

2002 Best Presentation Award, Japanese Society for Bone Metabolism

2007 Society of Basic Dentistry Award

2015 The Japan Diabetes Society, Kyushu Branch Award, Basic Section

2015 Kumamoto Medical Society Encouragement Award, Research Division

Associate Professor

Daisuke Yamada, PhD

mail : dyamada (@) koto.kpu-m.ac.jp


Education

2008 Graduated from the faculty of pharmacy, Kanazawa university

2010 Completed master course, graduate school of pharmacy, Kanazawa university

2014 Completed doctor course, graduate school of medicine, Kanazawa university

Carrer

2014 - 2017 Research assistant, Department of pharmacology, Niigata university of pharmacy and applied life sciences

2017 - 2024 Assistant professor, Department of regenerative science, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University

2024 - present Associate professor, Cell biology, Graduate school of medicine, Kyoto prefectural university of medicine

Awards

2015 JB award, The Japanese Biochemical Society

2020 Best presentation award, Okayama university

2022 Yuki award, Okayama medical association

2023 28th Japanese Society of Cartilage Metabolism award, Japanese Society of Cartilage Metabolism


Assistant Professor

Hitoshi Gotoh

Hitoshi Gotoh, PhD

mail : hgotoh (@) koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

My research theme is relationship between intracellular metabolism and neural development. My hobby is jogging around Kyoto and fishing.

Undergraduate education, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University.
Graduate education, Faculty of Science, Graduate university of Osaka. Ph.D. 2007-2010 National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Postdoctoral Researcher
2012-2013 Dept of Physiology and Neurobiology, Univ. of Connecticut, Visiting Scientist


Graduate student(D3) Ryota Noji

Ryota Noji

My research project is "Elucidation of evolutional changes in interhemispheric remodeling". My research project is supported by SPRING project, JST.