BIO: Prof. Keiichi Namba
Education:
1974 Bachelor of Engineering Science (Biophysics)
Department of Biophysical Engineering, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka
1980 Ph.D. (Biophysics)
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka
Research:
1980-1981 Postdoctral Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Dept. of Biophysical Engineering, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka
1981-1984 Research Associate, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1984-1985 Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1985-1986 Research Instructor, Department of Molecular Biology
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1986
Senior Research Associate, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences
Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1986-1991 Group Leader, Molecular Dynamic Assembly Project, ERATO, JRDC
Tsukuba, Ibaragi
1991
Research Manager, Molecular Dynamic Assembly Project, ERATO, JRDC
Tsukuba, Ibaragi and Kyoto, Kyoto
1992-1999 Research Director, International Institute for Advanced Research
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Seika, Kyoto
1997Project Director, Protonic NanoMachine Project, ERATO, JST
Seika, Kyoto
1999-2002 Research Director, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Seika, Kyoto
2001Group Leader, Structural Biology Group, Japan Synchrotron Radiation
Research Institute (SPring-8), Harima, Hyogo
2002Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Committee:
1990-1992 Member, Editorial Committee of Biophysics
1995-1996 Member, Sub-Committee of Science Council of Japan “Promotion
of Structural Biology at the molecular level”
1994-1997 Member, Proposal Review Committee of Japan Synchrotron Research
Institute (SPring-8)
1998-1999 Member, Committee of Science and Technology Agency “Research career
of young people in the scientific community of Japan”
1999-2000 Executive member, Sub-Committee of Science Council of Japan
“Promotion of Structural Biology at the molecular level”
1999-2001 Member, Executive Committee of the Biophysical Society of Japan
1999Member, CCP13 Steering Committee
2000
Member, NEDO Bioinformatics Project Proposal Review Committee
2000-2001 Executive member, Sub-Committee of Science Council of Japan “Strategy
in Protein Research Initiative”
2000Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Structural Biology
2001
Member, Editorial Committee of Biophysics
2001-2003 Member, Proposal Review Committee of Japan Synchrotron Radiation
Research Institute (SPring-8)
2001
Member, NEDO Bioinformatics Project Proposal Review Committee
2002-2003 Member, MEXT Intellectual Cluster Promotion Project Review Committee
Symposium Organizer:
Taniguchi International Symposium Biophysics Division (1996); Yakult Symposium
Research meeting (1997); Bacterial Flagellum Research Meeting (1997, 1998);
Matsushita IIAR Symposium (1998))
Society Membership:
Biophysical Society of Japan; Molecular Biology Society of Japan; Japan Protein
Science Society, Biophysical Society; Microscopy Society of America; American
Association for the Advancement of Science
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