Professor, Dr. Naoki Yamamoto is employed at the Center for Society-Academia Collaboration/International Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Research Promotion Headquarters, Fujita Health University. He graduated from Fujita Health University in 1994, worked at Fujita Health University Hospital and Emergency Center in 1996, and obtained a Doctorate (Medicine) at the Fujita Health University Graduate School in 2002. Subsequently, he worked at the Joint Research Laboratory at Fujita Health University in 2004 and at Regenerative Medicine Promotion Facility at Fujita Medical University in 2018 as an Associate Professor. Thereafter, he worked at the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University in 2020, and has been employed in his current position since 2021. In the field of cell biology, he has established new cell culture methods for iPS cells, tissue stem cells, and cancer cells, aiming at clinical application using basic research.
Prof. Dr. Hideyuki Saya leads the Oncology Innovation Center, Research Promotion Headquarters, Fujita Health University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Medicine from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in 1987. After completing his postdoctoral research at UCSF, he became an Assistant Professor of Neuro-Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1988. From 1994 to 2006, he served as a Professor of Oncology at Kumamoto University School of Medicine. In 2007, he joined Keio University School of Medicine as a Professor and became Professor Emeritus in 2022. Prof. Dr. Hideyuki Saya is dedicated to overcoming refractory cancers through fundamental research and its clinical applications.
