Immunology Seminar
1st April at 14:00-15:00
Virtual event
in Zoom
Osamu Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
mRNA Regulation in Immune Responses: The Role of Regnase-1 as a Key Brake in Immune Cells
Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)
Link to the online seminar: https://utu.zoom.us/j/69606364707
Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä (ankahy@utu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi), University of Turku. If you do not yet receive calendar invitations to the Immunology Seminars subscribe to Immunology Seminar Series email list: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A
Osamu Takeuchi received his M.D. from Osaka University Medical School in 1995. After completing clinical training, he pursued a Ph.D. at Osaka University, where he studied innate immunity under Prof. Shizuo Akira. During his doctoral research, he identified that different Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize distinct microbial components. He then conducted postdoctoral training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute under Prof. Stanley Korsmeyer. Following this, he returned to Osaka University as an assistant professor, where he investigated the functional roles of TLR signaling molecules and RIG-I-like receptors in infection. In 2012, he joined the Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences at Kyoto University as a full professor, later moving to the Graduate School of Medicine at Kyoto University in 2018. His current research focuses on RNA regulation in immune and inflammatory responses, with a particular emphasis on the role of Regnase-1, an RNase crucial for cytokine mRNA degradation.