Prof. Masato Okada is inaugurated as the 23rd Director of RIMD
October 31, 2019
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On October 31st, 2019, Professor Masato Okada is inaugurated as the 23rd Director of Research Institute for Microbial Diseases. Director Okada takes over Professor Yoshiharu Matsuura, who completed his four-year term of office on October 30th. Professor Tetsuya Iida assumes Vice Director while Professor Nobuyuki Takakura is assigned to Support Director, the newly created position from this term.
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Dr. Okada graduated from Kyoto University School of Science in 1981 and received his Ph.D. from Osaka University in 1988. He worked as a Research Associate at the Institute for Protein Research at Osaka University and became an Associate professor in 1996 in the same institution. He was appointed current position as a Professor of RIMD in 2000.
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