Akira Orimo, Professor, Juntendo University 

Education/Training

Juntendo Medical School, Japan M.D., 1989

Jichi University Hospital, Japan, Clinical residency, 1990

University of Tokyo, Japan

          Clinical residency, Department of internal medicine, 1989-1990

          Clinical research fellow, Department of Geriatrics, 1990-1992

          Research fellow, Department of Biochemistry, 1992-1993

          Ph.D. in Internal clinical medicine, 1994

Saitama medical school, Japan

          Research fellow, Department of Biochemistry, 1993-1995

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Positions

April, 1995~     Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry (Masami Muramatsu lab),

                         the Saitama Medical School, Japan

                          (teaching experience for 3rd grade medical students: the biochemistry class for total

                           24 hours/a year for total 5 years)

April, 2000 ~September, 2002 

                         Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, the Saitama Medical School, Japan

September, 2000~July, 2007

                         Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology (Robert A. Weinberg lab),

                         Whitehead Institute, MIT

2007~2012

                        Group Leader, CR-UK Stroma-Tumour Interaction, Paterson Institute for Cancer

                         Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

2012~2020.2

                        Associated professor, Department of Molecular Pathology, Juntendo University, Tokyo,

                        Japan

2020.3~

                        Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

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Editorial Board Members

1. Scientific Reports (I.F.=4.525, 2019～present) https://www.nature.com/srep/about/editors

2. Cancers (I.F.=6.162, 2018～present) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/editors

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Honors &Award

Maruki Memorial award, Saitama medical school, Japan (1994-1997) P.I.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan (1995-1996)   P.I.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan (1996-1998)   P.I.

CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Japan (1997-2000) Co-PI

Novartis Foundation for Gerontology, Switzerland, (1997-1999)  P.I.

Uehara memorial fellowship, Japan (2000-2001)  P.I.

Sankyo Foundation of Life Science, Japan (2001-2003) P.I.

Uehara memorial fellowship, Japan (2004-2005) P.I.

Dana-Farber/Harvard SPORE in Breast Cancer, Project 5: The Role of Stromal Cells and Stromal-Epithelial Interaction in the Early Stages of Breast Tumor Progression: Implications for Risk, Prevention and Treatment (2005-2007) Co-P.I.

Cancer research-UK (C147/A6058, 2007-2012) P.I.

An alumni award, Juntendo University of Medicine, Japan, 2010 P.I.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan (2012-Present) P.I.

Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund (2019) P.I.

 

Research Interests

1. Tumor-stroma interaction

2. Roles of stromal fibroblasts in enhancing human carcinoma invasion and metastasis

3. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)

4. Cancer stem cell niche

5. Development of a potential therapeutic approach targeting tumour associated stroma

 

Teaching Interests

 1. Tumor microenvironment

 2. Tumor-stroma interaction

 3. Tumor angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis