On January 2018, 1, Yokohama City University appointed Takanori Takebe, an associate professor of organ regenerative medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, as a professor in charge of the Advanced Medical Research Center.The youngest active professor at Yokohama City University was born.
Takebe was born in 1986 and is 31 years old. After graduating from Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 2011, he has been an associate professor of organ regenerative medicine at Yokohama City University in 2013 and a deputy director of the Stem Cell and Organoid Medicine Center of Cincinnati Children's Hospital in 2017. In 2013, we succeeded in creating the world's first human liver primordium (liver bud) with a vascular structure from iPS cells. In 2014, we discovered the optimal culture method and transplantation method for liver buds, and in 2015, we established a method for creating various mini-organs. In 2017, we succeeded in mass production of "mini liver".
These achievements have been published in major international papers such as Nature, and the "Beltz Award" (2014), which bears the name of Dr. Bertz, a German doctor who has made great achievements in the development of modern Japanese medicine. He has received numerous awards such as the "Young Science Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" (2016) and the "AMED President's Award for Medical Research and Development in Japan" (2017).Recently, it has also decided to proceed with joint research with a major IT affiliated company to treat "non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" using iPS cells.
In addition, while advancing cutting-edge research in regenerative medicine, we are also focusing on promoting a new academic field called "advertising medicine *"."Health stairs" at stations and buildings, "Alert pants" with a mechanism that changes color at the boundary of the Metabo standard value, etc. are also used for health measures of Yokohama City, and are attracting attention as a new health promotion for Yokohama citizens. ing.
At Yokohama City University, he was appointed as a professor in order to highly appreciate Mr. Takebe's achievements and to support the further development of research.We have high expectations for the development of research in a wider range of fields, including regenerative medicine, which is one of the strengths of the university.
* "Advertising medicine" is to utilize advertising perspectives such as design and copywriting as communication tools in the medical field and to connect them to the natural motivation of people's health behavior.
