Lab Members
Takatsugu Ishimoto Profile
Affiliation
The Cancer Institute, Division of Carcinogenesis, Chief
Education & Professional Career
Degree-granting education
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, M.D., 2001, Faculty of Medicine
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Ph.D., 2009, Faculty of Medicine
Postgraduate Training
Intern, Department of Surgery II, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 2001-2002
Resident, Department of Surgery, Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka Hospital, Miyazaki, 2002-2005
Graduate Student, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 2005-2007
Associate fellow and Postdoctoral fellow, Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, 2007-2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 2011-2014
Visiting Assistant Professor, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore, 2014-2016
Principal Investigator, The International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto University, 2016-
Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 2017-2023
Professor, The International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto University, 2023
Division Chief, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR) 2023-present
Area of Research
Tumor microenvironment
Gastrointestinal cancer
Membership
Tahara Award of The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis, 2020
AACR- KCA joint work shop Young Investigator Scholarship, 2019
Young Excellent Researcher of The Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2017
Young Investigator of the Year of The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2015
Medical Research Encouragement Prize of The Japan Medical Association, 2011
Medical Research Encouragement Prize of The Japanese Society for Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis, 2011
Other
Member
| Researcher | Takashi Semba, M.D., Ph.D. | researchmap |
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| Postdoctoral Scientist | Masaya Yamazaki, Ph.D. | researchmap |
| Postdoctoral Scientist | Lingfeng Fu, M.D., Ph.D. | |
| Staff Technician | Atsuko Yonemura, Ph.D. | |
| Project Technician | Yoko Yamazaki | |
| Project Technician | Emi Hirata | |
| Research Scholar | Yiling Tong (Kumamoto University) | |
| Research Scholar | Akiho Nishimura (Kumamoto University) | |
| Research Scholar | Takuya Tajiri (Kumamoto University) | |
| Research Scholar | Huaitao Wang (Kumamoto University) | |
| Research Scholar | Yuya Okamoto (Tokyo University) | |
| Graduate Student | Kota Muraki (Keio University) | |
| Visiting Scientist | Masahiro Fukuda | |
| Visiting Scientist | Tomoyuki Uchihara | |
| Visiting Scientist | Tadahito Yasuda |
