Fumiichiro Yamamoto
Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (formerly known as La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), La Jolla, CA
Contact: mailto:fyamamoto@burnham.org; Phone 858-646-3116
Address: Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Education
1978: Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
B.S., Biology
1983: Osaka City University Graduate School, Osaka, Japan
Ph.D., Developmental & Cellular Biology
1983-1986: State University of NY at Stony Brook, New York
Postdoc, Molecular Biology
Employment/Experience
1986: Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
1987-1994: Staff Scientist and Head, Molecular Biology Laboratory, The Biomembrane Institute, Seattle, WA
1987-1988: Biosafety Officer, The Biomembrane Institute, Seattle, WA
1988-1993: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1991-1994: Radiation Safety Officer, The Biomembrane Institute
1992-1996: Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Washington
1992-1996: Faculty in the Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program (IMCBP), University of Washington
1993-1996: Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
1995: Staff Scientist, California Institute of Biological Research, La Jolla, CA
1995-present: Associate Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (formerly known as La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), La Jolla, CA
Awards
- The Jean Julliard Prize from the International Society of Blood Transfusion for his contributions on “Elucidation of molecular genetic basis of histo-blood group ABO system” (1992).
- Keynote Lecture Award from the Japanese Society of Blood Transfusion (1994).
- State of the Art Lecture “Molecular Genetics of ABO” at the ISBT meeting, Vienna, Austria (2000)