[S-20] Symposium 20 Cutting-edge advances in NMOSD and MOG-related disorders

[S-20-1] Molecular pathology of AQP4-NMOSD

^○Masato Yasui (Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of medicine, Japan)

Education
1989 Medical License (M.D.), Graduated from School of Medicine, Keio University (Tokyo, Japan)
1997 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden).

Clinical Training
1989-1992 Clinical Resident of Pediatrics St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Clinical Fellow of Neonatology Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Research Training
1993-1997 Postgraduate Student, Dept. of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
1997-2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

Academic Positions
2001-2006 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics and Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2006- Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo Japan
2018- Director, Keio Global Research Institute, Keio University, Tokyo Japan