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Akihide Kamiya Associate Professor

 

Got tenure position from April, 2015

Contact

E-mail : kamiyaa[at]tokai-u.jp

Degree/ License

Ph.D.

Biography

1999
Ph.D. from Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
1999-2001
Research associate, Stem Cell Regulation Project, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
2001-2004
Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA
2004-2005
Staff Scientist, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Experimental Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
2005-2008
Assistant Professor, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Experimental Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
2008-2011
Assistant Professor, Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
2012
Associate Professor, Tokai University Institute of Innovative Science and Technology

Research Field

Liver is the central organ of metabolism and hepatocytes, the main cellular component of the adult liver, express many enzymes and factors playing a crucial role in mature liver functions. Infection of hepatitis viruses, overtake of alcohol, or several metabolic disorders induce chronic liver hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinomas. In this laboratory, we are going to establish new stem cell therapy for these severe liver diseases.

Keywords

Hepatic stem cell, iPS cell, liver regeneration, liver development

Membership (of Academic Organization)

  • The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine
  • The Japan Society of Hepatology
  • The Japanese Society of the Research of Hepatic cells

Honors

  • 2007 Chairman’s Award in the 14th annual meeting of The Japanese Society of the Research of Hepatic cells, Kagoshima, Japan
  • 2008 Poster Award in FASEB Summer Research Conference “Liver Growth, Development and Disease”, Snowmass, Colorado, USA.
  • 2009 Young Investigator’s Award in the 8th annual meeting of The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Message

Liver undergoes a dramatic change from the embryonic hematopoietic organ to the metabolic one during embryonic development. Regeneration after hepatectomy or chemical-induced injury is another example of the remarkable ability of the liver. However, the molecular mechanisms of liver regeneration after severe damage remains largely unknown. Our laboratory have been working on developmental biology and regeneration of the liver and will contribute to progress new cell-therapies for liver diseases.