Distinguished Professor and Director of Research Center for Autophagy · Osaka University · company speakers →
Dr. Tamotsu Yoshimori received his PhD degree in 1989 at Osaka University. After working at several places including the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Prof Kai Simons lab) and National Institute of Basic Biology (Prof Yoshinori Ohsumi lab), he is now a distinguished professor of Osaka University (Graduate School of Medicine and of Frontier Biosciences) and a director of Research Center for Autophagy, Osaka University. His research interests are focused on intracellular membrane trafficking, and especially for the last 21 years, autophagy. He started his study on mammalian autophagy in the lab of Prof Yoshinori Ohsumi, a pioneer in the field who received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2016. Yoshimori identified LC3 as an autophagosome binding protein, which has been widely used as the gold standard in autophagy assays. He also provided new insights into membrane biogenesis in autophagy and the role of autophagy in pathogen defence and suppression of various diseases.
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