People
Staff
Kazumasa Aoyama
Education
- April 2003 – March 2008
Bachelor’s Program, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University
Degree: Bachelor of Pharmacy (Chiba University, March 24, 2008) - April 2008 – March 2010
Master’s Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University
Degree: Master of Pharmacy (Chiba University, March 25, 2010) - April 2010 – March 2014
Four-year Doctoral Program in Advanced Life Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University
Degree: Doctor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Chiba University, March 25, 2014)
Professional Experience
- Apr 2014 – Jun 2017
Specially Appointed Researcher, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University (Prof. Atsushi Iwama) - Jul 2017 – Sep 2018
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University (Prof. Atsushi Iwama) - Sep 2018 – Sep 2021
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Dr. Joel Moss) - Oct 2021 – Aug 2023
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Atsushi Iwama) - Sep 2023 – Present
Assistant Professor, Division of Hygienic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University (Prof. Megumi Tago)
Research Interests
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetic Engineering, Disease Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetic Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Intracellular Signal Transduction, Post-translational Modifications, Hematologic Malignancies
Professional Memberships
- The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Dec 2010 – Present)
- The Japanese Biochemical Society (Jul 2015 – Present)
- The Japanese Society of Hematology (Mar 2022 – Present)）
Awards
- 高久史磨賞受賞：公益信託日本白血病研究基金研究助成事業「EZH2機能喪失型骨髄異形成症候群に対する創薬標的分子の探索（Identification of Drug Targets for EZH2 Loss-of-Function Myelodysplastic Syndromes）」2024年10月
- 優秀発表賞受賞：日本薬学会生物系薬学部会主催「第12回 次世代を担う若手ファーマ・バイオフォーラム2013」 ◎青山和正 (口頭), 久保田 翔, 幸 龍三郎, 山口憲孝, 森井真理子, 石橋賢一, 久家貴寿, 橋本裕希, 朝長 毅, 山口直人. c-Abl によるヒストン脱アセチル化を介したクロマチン構造変換と核内 F-アクチン形成. 2013年9月
Students
B6 Faculty of Pharmacy
So Taguchi
Kosuke Higashi
B5 Faculty of Pharmacy
Yangsu Cho
B5 Faculty of Pharmacy
Ari Sanada
Yukina Nakayamada
Alumni
Yuuki Tanaka (2023.12〜2025.7)
Kei Kikuchi (2024.4〜2025.3)
