Cell Biology
Susumu Kajiwara
Professor
Medical MycologyInfectious DiseasesBiotechnology
Biography
He’s got a Doctor of Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and then joined Kirin brewery Co. Ltd.as a researcher. He moved to Tokyo Tech as an assistant professor in 1995 and worked as an associate professor from 2001 to 2012. During that term, he also served as a deputy director, Council of Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office of Japan (2003-2005) and a visiting research fellow, University of Otago, NZ (2006-2007). He served as a full professor of Tokyo Tech in 2012 and then he was appointed as a vice president, Tokyo Tech in 2018 (to 2019). After that, he was appointed as a deputy director-general, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),in 2019(to 2021) then served as an advisor to the president and full professor, Tokyo Tech in 2021.
Expectations for WRHI
The construction of organization-based international exchange for Science and Technology
| 2021 | Advisor to the President, Tokyo Tech |
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| 2021 | Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Tech |
| 2019 | Deputy director-general, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan |
| 2018 | Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, Toho University |
| 2018 | Vice President, Tokyo Tech |
| 2016 | Vice Dean, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Tech |
| 2012 | Advisor to the President, Tokyo Tech |
| 2012 | Professor, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Tech |
| 2006 | Visiting Research Fellow, University of Otago, NZ |
| 2005 | Advisor to the President, Tokyo Tech |
| 2003 | Deputy Director, Council of Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office of Japan |
| 2001 | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Tech |
| 1998 | Lecturer, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Tech |
| 1995 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Tech |
| 1993 | Researcher, Kirin brewery Co. Ltd. |
| 2011 | Award for Good Education, Tokyo Tech |
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| 2010 | International Contribution Award, Takeda |
| 2009 | Award of Japan Bioindustry Association |
| 2006 | KIRIN Invention Award |
| 2021 | X. Chen, S. Iwatani, T. Kitamoto, H. Chibana, S. Kajiwara; “The lack of SNARE protein homologue Syn8 influences biofilm formation of Candida glabrata” Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 9, 607188 (2021) |
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| 2021 | N. T. Hoa, R. Zhang, N. Inokawa, T. Oura, X. Chen, S. Iwatani, K. Niimi, M. Niimi, A. R. Holmes, R. D. Cannon, S. Kajiwara; “Candida albicans Bgl2p, Ecm33p, and Als1p proteins are involved in adhesion to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite” J. Oral Microbiol. 13, 1879497 (2021) |
| 2020 | Huang, K. Fujii, X. Chen, S. Iwatani, H. Chibana, S. Kojima, S. Kajiwara; “Fungal NOX is an essential factor for induction of TG2 in human hepatocytes” Med Mycol. 58, 679-689 (2020) |
| 2019 | K.V. Galkina, M. Okamoto, H. Chibana, D. A. Knorre, S. Kajiwara; “Deletion of CDR1 reveals redox regulation of pleiotropic drug resistance in Candida glabrata” Biochimie 170, 49-56 (2019) |
| 2019 | Tenagy, K. Tejima, X. Chen, S. Iwatani, S. Kajiwara; “Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase is essential for the growth of Malassezia spp.” J. Fungi 5, 88. doi: 10.3390/jof5040088 (2019) |
| 2017 | Shrestha, R. Shrestha, XY Qin, TF Kuo, Y. Oshima, S. Iwatani, R. Teraoka, K. Fujii, M. Hara, M. Li, A. Takahashi-Nakaguchi, H. Chibana, J. Lu, M. Cai, S. Kajiwara, S. Kojima; “Fungus-derived hydroxyl radicals kill hepatic cells by enhancing nuclear transglutaminase” Sci Rep. 7, 4746 (2017) |