Dr.tsuneaki Sakata

Biography

Dr. Sakata graduated from Graduate School of Science, Osaka University in 1979. He joined one of the major Japanese pharmaceutical companies and mainly engaged in research and development of biological medicines. And then after his research on genome-based drug discovery, he is currently in charge of open innovation activities. He was commended by Osaka governor the Osaka Prefectural Pharmaceutical-related Contributor Award (pharmaceutical research) in 2014. His area of expertise is molecular biology and drug-discovery innovation, and he has been serving and contributing Japanese innovative drug-discovery technologies. 【Faculty titles】As of March 2016 ・Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering Science (Visiting Professor) ・Osaka University, Cybermedia Center (Visiting Professor) ・Tokushima University, Department for the Promotion of Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration (Visiting Professor) 【Job Title】As of March 2016 ・NPO Kinki-Bio-Industry Development Organization (Vice-Chief Director) ・The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Life Science Promotion Committee (Vice Chairman of a Committee) ・Kyoto University,　Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences（iCeMS）(Industry Advisory Board Member) ・Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JST-CRDS,　Center for Research and Development Strategy, Life Science and Clinical Research Unit (Visiting Fellow)

Research Interest

 Clinical Sciences.