Morioka lab focuses on delineating the molecular mechanisms that regulate programmed cell death such as necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis. In addition, Morioka further delinate how dead cells are removed and how efferocytosis impacts on homeostasis and pathology using a uniquely created model systems.
- Assistant Professor at UVA Department of Medicine, USA
- Guest Full Professor at Gifu University, Japan
Membership:
- Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports
- Guest Edited Collection
(Cell Death and Clearance)
https://www.nature.com/srep/guestedited#cell-death-and-clearance
Background:
B.S. and M.S. from Nagoya University
Ph.D from Nagoya University- Kunihiro Matsumoto's lab
http://bunshi3.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~bunshi6/matsumoto_japanese/kunipublication.html
Visiting Scholar, North Carolina State University - Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji's lab
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jtsuji/_jtsuji/Ninomiya-Tsujis_lab.html
Postdoctoral training, University of Virginia - Kodi Ravichandran's lab
https://med.virginia.edu/faculty/faculty-listing/kr4h/