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[IL5]Emerging Physiological Roles of RNA Modifications and Their Links to Human Genetic Disease
Fan-Yan Wei1,2 (1. Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 2. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University)
Fan-Yan Wei, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute of Development,Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University; Professor (concurrent), Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tohoku University
Education
2000 B.Sc., Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2002 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2006 Ph.D. in Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and PharmaceuticalSciences, Okayama University
Professional Experience
2006–2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University Schoolof Medicine, USA (HFSP Long-Term Fellow)
2009 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2015 Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2017 Associate Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2019– Professor, Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute ofDevelopment, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
2023– Vice Director, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
2025– Professor (concurrent), Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Tohoku University
Honors and Awards
2006 Okayama Medical Award (FY2005)
2006 Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship Award
2011 Encouragement Award, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Societyof West Japan
2011 Young Investigator Award, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular DiabetologyStudy Group
2017 17th Encouragement Award, Physiological Society of Japan
2017 tRNA2016 EMBO Reports Prize
2018 Kumamoto Medical Society Encouragement Award
2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize
Professional Memberships
RNA Society of Japan; Molecular Biology Society of Japan; Japanese Biochemical Society;Japanese Mitochondrial Society; Physiological Society of Japan
Professor, Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute of Development,Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University; Professor (concurrent), Graduate School of PharmaceuticalSciences, Tohoku University
Education
2000 B.Sc., Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2002 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2006 Ph.D. in Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and PharmaceuticalSciences, Okayama University
Professional Experience
2006–2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University Schoolof Medicine, USA (HFSP Long-Term Fellow)
2009 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2015 Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2017 Associate Professor, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
2019– Professor, Department of Modomics Biology and Medicine, Institute ofDevelopment, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
2023– Vice Director, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
2025– Professor (concurrent), Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Tohoku University
Honors and Awards
2006 Okayama Medical Award (FY2005)
2006 Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term Fellowship Award
2011 Encouragement Award, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Societyof West Japan
2011 Young Investigator Award, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular DiabetologyStudy Group
2017 17th Encouragement Award, Physiological Society of Japan
2017 tRNA2016 EMBO Reports Prize
2018 Kumamoto Medical Society Encouragement Award
2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize
Professional Memberships
RNA Society of Japan; Molecular Biology Society of Japan; Japanese Biochemical Society;Japanese Mitochondrial Society; Physiological Society of Japan
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