Congratulations, Jihoon!
Jihoon Lee (a first-year medical student at the University of Washington) successfully completed a full-time, 10-week summer research project on epigenome editing as the Medical Student Research Training Program (MSRTP).
Congratulations, Eddie!
Eddie Chiou (a second-year medical student at the University of Washington) conducted cell culture experiments to elucidate the molecular basis of UV-induced lupus in the laboratories of Drs. Elkon and Kawasumi.
Welcome, Naoya!
Naoya Tatsumi, PhD (a postdoctoral fellow from Osaka University and University of California San Diego) joined our research team.
Odland Lecture
Masaoki, Eddie, and Daiki attended the University of Washington Dermatology Odland Lecture at the Seattle Tennis Club. Anthony E. Oro, MD, PhD (Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University) delivered a keynote speech “Tumor evolution and drug resistance in the Hedgehog pathway.”
Drs. Eijiro Akasaka and Tomohisa Fukui Visited the Kawasumi Lab
Two dermatologists at Hirosaki University visited the Kawasumi Lab after attending the 2017 SID Annual Meeting in Portland.
SID Meeting in Portland
Masaoki and Daiki attended the 2017 Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon and presented posters on UV carcinogenesis. Also, Masaoki served as a co-presider for Concurrent Mini-Symposium (Pharmacology and Drug Development), moderator for Selected ePoster Discussion…
Dr. Daisuke Sawamura Visited the Kawasumi Lab
Daisuke Sawamura, MD, PhD (Professor and Chair, Dermatology, Hirosaki University) visited the Kawasumi Lab prior to attending the 2017 SID Annual Meeting in Portland.
Congratulations, Takeshi!
Takeshi Yanagishita, MD, PhD (Visiting Scholar) performed cell culture experiments and immunohistochemistry to investigate the effects of chronic UV irradiation on genetic and epigenetic alterations in skin cancer. He will go back to Aichi Medical University as a dermatologist.