Assistant Professor, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Kyoto University Hospital
Walking as a Physician Scientist at Kyoto University
What you keep in mind in your work and research
Since enrolling as a Ph.D. student at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, I have been this technique non-invasively evaluates pancreatic beta cell mass that can non-invasively evaluate pancreatic beta cell mass, which is the basis of the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, using nuclear medicine molecular imaging techniques, and on the development of preventive and therapeutic methods targeting the protection and recovery of pancreatic beta cell mass. I am also working on the development of diabetes prevention and treatment targeting the protection and recovery of pancreatic β-cell mass. In our daily clinical practice, we are always interested in the question “Why? I try to ask myself whether the research I find interesting and want to do will be supported by patients or not while I am inspired and motivated by my research. I also try to ask myself whether patients will support the research that I find interesting and interesting to do. In addition, collaboration with many researchers, mentors, and Ph.D. students is indispensable to advance my research, and I would like to work on my research with a positive attitude while cherishing my encounters with people.
What do you find interesting about your work and research
As a physician scientist, I am involved in clinical research of pancreatic beta cell imaging not only in animals but also in humans with insulin-producing tumors and type 1 diabetes mellitus. I think the excitement and sense of accomplishment that I feel when my research advances or develops in unexpected ways is irreplaceable.
Please describe in one word what you think is unique about Kyoto University.
I think it is “free and open-minded, but we can work as one team to overcome challenges and achieve our goals. In my own research on pancreatic beta cell imaging and the development of diabetes treatment, I work with many researchers in the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition as well as the Department of Radiology, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Drug Discovery Medicine, the iPS Cell Research Institute, the Center for Advanced Research in Human Biology, and so on. Encounters with people and discussions outside the laboratory often lead to major advances and unexpected developments in my research, and I am grateful for the many encounters I have had in Kyoto University's atmosphere of “free and open discussion of science without hierarchical relationships.
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine celebrates 125th anniversary
It has been 14 years since I graduated from Kyoto University School of Medicine, and 8 years since I entered graduate school and began my research. During my medical school days, I learned the basics of experiments in the group of Dr. Hisanori Horiuchi (Professor at Tohoku University) at the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine (Prof. Toru Kita), and I sometimes immersed myself in experiments in the laboratory after club activities. In graduate school, I was engaged in pancreatic beta cell imaging research under the guidance of Professor Nobuya Inagaki (at that time) in the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, and it was at this time that I also worked with Professor Daisuke Yabe, the current professor, on many clinical papers and other work. I am convinced that my encounters with “people” at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine opened the door to my life as a researcher. Medical students, young doctors, and everyone else, why don't you join us at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine to do medical research together? I believe that many encounters await you in Kyoto University's academic culture of “freely and openly discussing science.
