Takeshi  Yoshimatsu, PhD

Takeshi Yoshimatsu, PhD

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Additional Titles:

Visiting Associate Professor, BioRTC, Yobe State University, Nigeri Visiting Research Fellow, The School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK

Research Interest:

Education:

  • 2006 PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2003 MSc, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2001 BA, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Positions and Scientific Appointments:

  • 2022 Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
  • 2022 Associate Professor, Yobe State University, Damatsuru
  • 2022 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • 2020-2022- Research Fellow, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • 2016-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sussex, Brighton (Marie Curie Fellow-2017-2019)
  • 2013-2016 Acting Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • 2008-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Uehara Postdoc Fellow 2008-2009)
  • 2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Awards/Honors

  • 2022 Special Recognition Award by the Yobe State Governor
  • 2022 Moorfield Eye Charity Springboard Award
  • 2022 Macular Society Seedcorn Award
  • 2017-2019 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
  • 2019 Post-doc Award, Sussex Neuroscience 2019
  • 2011 Travel Award from Carl Zeiss Microscopy (Gordon Research Conference)
  • 2088-2009 Uehara Foundation Fellowship
  • 2007 Travel Award from Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
  • 2006 IUBMB Young Scientists Program Travel Award
  • 2005 The Research Talk Competition of IMCB (1st Place)
  • 2004 The Naito Foundation Subsidy for Promotion of Specific Research Projects