Title：

Regulation of ecdysteroidogenesis in Bombyx mori

Lecturer：

Prof. Hiroshi Kataoka , Department of Integrated Biosciences

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

The University of Tokyo

Time：

May 15th，10:00 am

Venue：

C912, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus

Biography：

Education:        

Ph.D.         Agricultural Chemistry, March 1986

                   The University of Tokyo, Japan.        

M. Sc         Agricultural Chemistry, March 1983

                   The University of Tokyo, Japan

B.Sc.         Agricultural Chemistry, March 1981

                   The University of Tokyo, Japan

Professional appointments:

July 1988-June 1994: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

June 1994-March 1999: Associate professor, Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo

April 1999- present: Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo

April 2011-March 2015: Chair, Division of Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo

Research interest:    

Molecular mechanisms of regulation of insect molting, metamorphosis and diapause

Awards:   

Young Investigator Award of The Japanese Agricultural Biochemistry Society (1990)