Professor / SAHARA, Makoto

【Specialty】

Stem Cell Biology; Embryology; Regenerative Medicine; Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine; General Medicine

【Membership of academic societies】

- International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)

- American Heart Association (AHA) [Fellow of the AHA (FAHA)]

- Japanese Circulation Society (JCS)

- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (JSIM)

- Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine (JSRM)

【Academic degrees】

University of Osaka	B.S.	1994	Biology
University of Osaka	M.D.	1998	Medicine
University of Tokyo	Ph.D.	2007	Cardiovascular Medicine

【Biography】

1998-2000	Residency	Tokyo University Hospital (Internal Medicine)
2000-2003	Cardiology fellow	Cardiovascular Institute Hospital [Tokyo]
2006-2008	JSPS research fellow	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2008-2010	Assistant professor	Tokyo University Hospital (Dept. Cardiovasc Med.)
2010-2013	Research fellow	Harvard Medical Sch. / Massachusetts G. Hospital
2013-2017	Assistant professor	Karolinska Institute (Dept. of Medicine/CMB)
2017-2024	Senior researcher/Assoc professor	Karolinska Institute (Dept. of Medicine/CMB)
2019-current	Associate professor (adj.)	Yale University School of Medicine
2024-current	Professor	Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor / NGUYEN THI PHUONG, Thao

【Biography】
2006　Bachelor of Dentistry, Ho Chi Minh Medicine and Pharmacy University　(Vietnum)
2011　PhD, Department of Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
2015　Assistant professor, Graduate School of Biomedical andHeath Sciences, Hiroshima University 2019　Postdoctral researcher, Graduate School of Biomedical andHeath Sciences, Hiroshima University　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2022　Assistant professor, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University

Postdoctral Researcher / LIU, Liang

【Biography】
2014　Bachelor of Medicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine (China)
2017　Master of Biomedicine, Henan University of Chinese Medicine (China)
2024　PhD, Department of Microbiology & Immnology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Postdoctral Researcher / SHIMAMURA, Naoki

【Biography】

2021　Bachelor of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture
2023　Master of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture
2026　PhD, Dept of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture

Attending Surgeon & Predoctoral Researcher / KISHITA, Kenji

【Biography】

2022　Bachelor of Medicine (M.D.), Yamanashi University School of Medicine
2024　Attending Surgeon, 1st Dept of Surgery, Hamamatsu University Hospital
2027　PhD student, Hamamatsu University Graduate School of Medicine

Graduate Student / MUIJSENBERG, Michelle

【Biography】

2025　Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences, Maastricht University (Netherland)
2025　Master student, 1st Dept of Surgery, Hamamatsu University Hospital
2027　Master Program Internship, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

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