ISHIKAWA Fuyuki, Director

Message for researchers

KURA will continue to evolve, and all URA members are committed to contributing to the development of your research, so please feel free to contact us.

Specialized field/skill

Cancer Biology, Telomere, Chromatin and Gene Expression Research, Physician/M.D.

What made you decide to become a URA?

I have long been interested in KURA and the work of the URAs who belong to it, and now I had the honor of being appointed the director of KURA. I would like to contribute to the further development of KURA by making the most of my experience in education and research.

History

Bachelor of Medicine, The University of Tokyo

Research Associate, Carcinogenesis Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute

Research Assistant, The University of Tokyo Hospital

Post-doctoral Fellow, Thomas R. Cech Laboratory, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professor, Department of Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

Member and Chairperson of Section II (Life Sciences), Science Council of Japan

Director, KURA

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