[NSF-01] How neurons keep calm and carry on: roles of quality control in neurodegenerative diseases

[NSF-01-2] Collapse of mitochondria-associated membrane (MAM) as common pathomechanism for motor neuron disease

^○Koji Yamanaka (Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan)

Education:
MD, Kyoto University, 1992
PhD, Kyoto University, 2000

Academic Carrier:
1992-1996 Medical Residency (Kyoto University Hospital, Fukui Red Cross Hospital, NCNP)
2001-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
2006-2009 Unit Leader (Principal Investigator), RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2009-2014 Laboratory head, RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2013-current Professor, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University
2016-current Director, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University

Honor:
Year 2013 Award, Japanese Society of Neurology
Carrier Development Award, Muscular Dystrophy Association, USA (2004)

Editor:
Section Editor, Neuroscience Research; Associate editor, FEBS Open Bio; Editorial Board, Molecular Brain