Sho Yamasaki
Osaka University, Japan
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (RIMD),
Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC),
Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER),
Center for Advanced Modalities and DDS (CAMaD),
Osaka University
Osaka | Japan
Sho Yamasaki is a Professor and Head of the Division of Molecular Immunology at RIMD/IFReC, a Director of CiDER, and Deputy Director of IFReC at Osaka University. He graduated with a master’s degree from Kyoto University in 1993 and began his immunology research career at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (1993–1999). In 1999, he earned his PhD from Kyoto University for his research on T cell antigen receptor signaling under the supervision of Makio Iwashima. Following his PhD, he worked with Takashi Saito at Chiba University and RIKEN RCAI, focusing on immune receptor signal transduction. In 2009, he established the Molecular Immunology Laboratory at Kyushu University, where he served as Professor until 2017. He assumed his current position at Osaka University in 2017. His research focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms governing the recognition of internal and external insults via ITAM-coupled immune receptors, such as C-type lectin receptors and innate-type T cell receptors. Additionally, his laboratory is developing a platform for analyzing human T cell clonotypes specific to various pathogens.