Research Activities
Research Activities
Principal Investigators
Dept. of Cell Growth and Differentiation
Kenji Osafune (Deputy Director & Professor)
Curriculum Vitae
| 1990-1996 | M.D. Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
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| 1996-2000 | Residency in Nephrology at hospitals in Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures in Japan |
| 2000-2003 | Ph.D. in Developmental Biology, University of Tokyo School of Science, Tokyo, Japan (Prof. Makoto Asashima) |
| 2003-2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo (Prof. Makoto Asashima) |
| 2005-2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Stem Cell Institute / Harvard University (Prof. Doug Melton) |
| July 2008 | Lecturer, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, iCeMS, Kyoto University |
| October 2009 | Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, iCeMS, Kyoto University |
| April 2010 | Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University |
| October 2014 | Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University |
| April 2020 | Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research (MUIIBR) |
Honors and Awards
| September 2012 | 32nd Molecular Nephrology Forum,Excellence Award |
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| July 2014 | Japanese Society of Nephrology Ohshima Prize |
| October 2014 | 4th Osaka Marathon Best Charity Runner Award |
| January 2015 | 2nd CiRA Prize |
| December 2015 | Young Investigator Imura Award 2015 |
| March 2017 | 44th Japan Society for Pancreas and Islet Transplantation |
| May 2017 | The 60th Japanese Society of Nephrology Excellent Presentation Award |
| September 2017 | The 8th Molecular Pancrea Forum Excellent Presentation Award |
| February 2018 | ISN Frontiers Meeting 2018(ISN: International Society of Nephrology)The Highest Abstract Award |
| June 2019 | ISSCR Travel Award for 2019 ISSCR Annual Meeting in Los Angeles |
| June 2019 | ISSCR Abstract Merit Award for 2019 ISSCR Annual Meeting in Los Angeles |
| June 2019 | The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nephrology Best English Presentation Award |
| November 2019 | 2019 ASN Kidney STARS award |
| February 2020 | High-scoring Abstracts Awards, Immunology of Diabetes Society Congress 2020 |
| February 2021 | 2nd Kusunokikai Best Paper Award for Basic original papers |
| June 2021 | ISSCR Abstract Merit Award for the 2021 ISSCR Annual Meeting |
| June 2021 | ISSCR Travel Award for the 2021 ISSCR Annual Meeting |
