Four Independent iCeMS Kyoto Fellows Named
November 24, 2009
 Asst. Prof. Peter M. Carlton |
 Asst. Prof. Tatsuya Murakami |
 Asst. Prof. Takuya Yamamoto |
 Dr. Ziya Kalay |
As part of its ongoing effort to support and encourage young researchers to quickly attain independence, Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) has established several independent Kyoto iCeMS Fellow positions. An international recruitment process, including advertisements in the journals Nature and Science, resulted in the selection of the first four fellows, listed below. Please see 
iCeMS News Release (PDF) for details.
Asst. Prof. Peter M. Carlton* (Meiosis, Chromosome Biology, Optical Microscopy)
| B.Sc.: University of Southern California Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Present: University of California, San Francisco, Research Specialist * iCeMS Visiting Asst. Prof. since September 2009. Becoming iCeMS Kyoto Fellow in March 2010. |
Asst. Prof. Tatsuya Murakami (Cell Engineering, Protein Engineering)
| B.Sc.: School of Engineering, Osaka University M.Sc., Ph.D.: Dept. of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto Univ. Grad. School of Engineering Formerly: Assistant Professor, iCeMS Imahori Lab |
Asst. Prof. Takuya Yamamoto** (Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics)
| B.Sc.: Faculty of Science, Kyoto University M.Sc., Ph.D.: Grad. School of Biostudies, Kyoto Univ. Division of Integrated Life Science Present: Assistant Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), iCeMS ** PI in the Basic Biology Department of the CiRA. Named iCeMS Kyoto Fellow in October 2009. |
Dr. Ziya Kalay (Statistical Physics)
| B.Sc.: Middle East Technical University, Turkey Ph.D.: University of New Mexico Department of Physics Formerly: University of New Mexico, Research and Teaching Assistant |