Ryohichi (Rio) Sugimura
Harvard Medical School, USA
Biography
Ryohichi (Rio) Sugimura has obtained broad knowledge of basic biology, physiology, pathology and clinical training as a medical student for MD degree in Osaka University, Japan. He has experienced laboratory techniques and scientific discussion, particularity for stem cell research under supervision of Dr. Jun-ichi Miyazaki, Dr. Shin-ichi Nishikawa and Dr. Toru Nakano. As a PhD student of Dr. Linheng Li laboratory at Stowers Institute for Medical Research, He studied the mechanism to maintain hematopoietic stem cells. Currently, He is working with Dr. George Daley as a Postdoctoral researcher. His particular research topics include hematopoietic stem cell specification in vitro. He has been serving as Associate Faculty Member of Faculty 1000 Medicine since 2010. He has been an Associate Member of ISSCR and a Member of BMES. He has obtained PhD in 2012.
Abstract
Abstract : Engineering long-term multipotent hematopoietic cells from human pluripotent stem cells