Profile of Speakers

Stuart Howard Yuspa, M.D. <Birth>
July 19, 1941, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
<Education>
1962 B.A. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
1966 M.D. University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
<Position>
1973 Chief, In Vitro Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
1981 Chief, Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion,Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
Fiona Mary Watt, Ph.D. <Birth>
March 28, 1956, Edinburgh, England
<Education>
1976 B.A. Cambridge University, USA
1979 Ph.D. Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford. University, England
<Position>
1979 Postdoctoral Associate in Department of Biology, M.I.T.,Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1981 Head of Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London
1987 Head of Keratinocyte Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
Aimin Tang, M.D., M.S. <Birth>
April 8,1961, P.R. China
<Education>
1982 M.D., Nanjing Medical College, Nanjing, P.R. China
1988 M.Sc. (Dermatoimmunology), Nanjing Medical College, Nanjing,P.R. China
1988 Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Nanjin Medical College, P.R. China
<Position>
1992 Senior Research Associate, Dermatology Department, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1994 Research Associate, Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division,Department of Medicine and Institute for Human Gene Therapy,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1997 Research Scientist, Department of Virus and Cell Biology,Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard L. Eckert, Ph.D. <Birth>
May 27, 1953, Burlington, Wisconsin, USA
<Education>
1975 B.A. University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin,Major in Life Science
1978 M.S. University of Illinois, Urbana, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
1981 Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana, Physiology and Biophysics
1981 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Harvard Medical School
<Position>
1986 Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dermatology, Reproductive Biology, Oncology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1992 Assistant Professor (with Tenure) of Physiology and Biophysics, Dermatology, Reproductive Biology, Oncology and Biochemistry,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
1996 Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Dermatology, Reproductive Biology, Oncology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve Uniersity School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Kazuyuki Yoshizaki, M.D., Ph.D. <Birth>
September 19, 1944, Hyogo, Japan
<Education>
1971 M.D. Osaka University Medical School, Japan
1976 Research Scientist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Department of Immunology Research, Buffalo, NY.
1982 Ph.D. Osaka University Medical School
<Position>
1981 Assistant Professor of Department of Medicine III, Osaka University Medical School
1994 Lecturer, Department of Medicine III, Osaka University Medical School
1995 Associate Professor, Department of Medical Science I, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University
1996 Professor, Department of Medical Science I, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University
1997 Dean, School of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University
Toshifumi Matsuyma,M.D., Ph.D. <Education>
1976 M.D. Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
1989 Ph.D. Department of Virology and Parasitology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
<Position>
1988 Research Resident, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo
1989 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ontario Cancer Institute
1993 Research Scientist I, Amgen Institute
1995 Associate Professor of Department of Retroviral Regulation,Tokyo Medical and Dental University
1996 Professor of Oncology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Yasufumi Kaneda, M.D., Ph.D. <Birth>
May 30, 1954
<Education>
1980 M.D. Osaka University Medical School
1984 Ph.D. Osaka University Medical School
<Position>
1984 Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology, Osaka University
1988 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Biochemistry, Univ. of California, San Francisco
1992 Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular & Cellular Biology, Osaka University
Junji Takeda, M.D., Ph.D. <Birth>
April 24, 1952
<Education>
1979 M.D. Osaka University Medical School
1985 Ph. D. Osaka University Medical School
<Position>
1983 Research associate, Department of Bacteriology, Osaka University Medical School
1991 Associate professor, Department of Immunoregulation, Reseach Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
1997 Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Medical School
Takashi Saito, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

<Birth>
November 14, 1950
<Education>
1975 B.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo (Chemistry)
1977 M.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo. (Biochemistry)
1982 Ph.D., School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba. (Immunology)

<Position>
1979 Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
1982 Post doctoral Fellow, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne,Cologne, West Germany
1985 Visiting Associate, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,Maryland, U.S.A.
1988 Assistant Professor, Division of Immunology, Center for Neurobiology and Molecular Immunology, School of Medicine, Chiba University
1989 Professor, Division of Molecular Genetics, Center for Neurobiology and Molecular Immunology, School of Medicine, Chiba University