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Yoshitaka Kimura

Associate Research Scientist

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Yoshitaka Kimura

Mailing Address

  • Immunobiology

    300 Cedar Street, TAC S640

    New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8011

    United States

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Education & Training

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Yale University School of Medicine (2022)
  • Project Researcher
    The University of Tokyo (2018)
  • PhD
    The University of Tokyo, Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016)
  • MS
    The University of Tokyo, Pharmaceutical Sciences (2013)
  • BS
    The University of Tokyo, Pharmaceutical Sciences (2011)
  • Associate Research Scientist
    Yale University School of Medicine

Activities

  • The innate immune receptor Dectin-2 mediates the phagocytosis of cancer cells by Kupffer cells for the suppression of liver metastasis
    Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 2017
    The 5th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society
  • Dectin-2 suppresses liver metastasis through Kupffer cells in cooperation with MCL and distinctly from Dectin-1
    Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2017
    The 75th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association
  • Dectin-2 mediates the phagocytosis of cancer cells by Kupffer cells for the suppression of liver metastasis
    Osaka, Osaka, Japan 2017
    The 26th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Metastasis Research
  • Dectin-2 mediates the phagocytosis of cancer cells by Kupffer cells for the suppression of liver metastasis
    Chiba, Chiba, Japan 2017
    The 21st Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Cancer Immunology
  • The innate immune receptor Dectin-2 mediates the phagocytosis of cancer cells by Kupffer cells for the suppression of liver metastasis
    Berlin, BE, Germany 2016
    The 3rd Symposium of Max Planck-The University of Tokyo Center for Integrative Inflammalogy
  • Dectin-2 selectively suppresses liver metastasis by facilitating the uptake of cancer cells by Kupffer cells
    Hefei, Anhui, China 2016
    11th Annual meeting of Chinese Society for Immunology
  • Dectin-2 selectively suppresses liver metastasis of cancer through Kupffer cells
    Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2016
    The 75th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association
  • Recognition of tumor cells by Dectin-1 orchestrates innate immune cells for anti-tumor responses
    Jinan, Shandong, China 2014
    2014 CSI Congress on Immunology
  • Recognition of tumor cells by Dectin-1 orchestrates innate immune cells for anti-tumor responses
    Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan 2014
    BIO UT 2014
  • Cancer immune escalation process triggered by activation of gdT17 cells through MyD88/IL-23 cascade
    Chiba, Chiba, Japan 2013
    Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology 2013
  • Cross-talk between host and cancer cells amplify inflammation triggered by gdT17 cells to promote malignant progression
    Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2013
    The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association
  • IL-17-producing NK1.1- CD27+ gdT cells promote tumor malignant progression by inducing inflammatory microenvironment
    Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 2012
    Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology 2013

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
JSPS Overseas Research FellowshipsJapan Society for the Promotion of Science2020
Postdoctoral FellowshipThe Uehara Memorial Foundation2018
Kishimoto Travel AwardsThe 5th Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society2017
Invited speaker at International Young Immunologist Forum11th Annual meeting of Chinese Society for Immunology2016
LEGEND Travel Award 2016Biolegend / Tomy Digital Biology2016
Traveling award9th Annual meeting of Chinese Society for Immunology2014
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science2014
Graduate Program for Leaders in Life InnovationThe University of Tokyo Life Innovation Leading Graduate School2012
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