Kunio Shiota

Kunio Shiota
塩田 邦郎 (Shiota Kunio)
Born(1950-08-19)August 19, 1950
Alma materUniversity of Miyazaki, University of Tokyo
Known forepigenetics
AwardsJapanese Society of Veterinary Science Award (1996)
Scientific career
Fieldsbiochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Tokyo, Waseda University

Kunio Shiota (塩田 邦郎, Shiota Kunio, born August 19, 1950) is a Japanese life scientist specializing in biochemistry and epigenetics. He is a Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo and a former Guest Senior Researcher at Waseda University.

Biography

He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School in 1969[1] and from Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki in 1973.[1][2] In 1979, he completed Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo and got Ph.D. in agriculture.[1] After he completed the graduate school, he joined the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.[1] In 1987, He retired the company and became an associate professor at University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences (Department of Animal Resource Sciences and Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences).[1] He received the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science Award for 1996.[2]

He became a professor at University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences (Department of Animal Resource Sciences and Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences) in 1998.[1] He also served as adjunct professors at National Institute of Genetics,[3] Juntendo University and Kagoshima University.[2] In 2013, Kunio Shiota and Koji Hayakawa's research team at University of Tokyo succeeded in the generation of orexin neurons from pluripotent stem cells (mouse embryonic stem cells) for the first time in the world.[4]

In 2016, he was given the title of Professor Emeritus at University of Tokyo[5] and became a Guest Senior Researcher at Waseda University Research Institute for Science and Engineering.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 東京大学農学部公開セミナー 第42回「未来を創る農学　未来を支える農学」講演要旨集 (PDF) (in Japanese). Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  2. ^ a b c 塩田 邦郎. reserchmap (in Japanese). Japan Science and Technology Agency. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  3. ^ 国立遺伝学研究所創立70周年 その組織の変遷をたどる (PDF) (in Japanese). National Institute of Genetics. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  4. ^ 多能性幹細胞からオレキシン神経細胞の作出に成功（東京大学大学院農学生命科学研究科 プレスリリース） (in Japanese). Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  5. ^ 東京大学「平成28年度名誉教授一覧」 (PDF) (in Japanese). University of Tokyo. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  6. ^ "エピジェネティクスの交差点（東京大学名誉教授 塩田邦郎先生コラム） 第一回 エピジェネティクスって？ (in Japanese)". Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)