Morioka lab focuses on delineating the molecular mechanisms that regulate programmed cell death such as necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis (Blood 2012, and Cell Death Differ 2017). In addition, Morioka further delineate how dead cells are removed and how efferocytosis impacts on homeostasis and pathology using a uniquely created model systems (Nature 2018, Nat.,Cell. Biol. 2019 and Cell 2022 ).


1, Assistant Professor at Department of Medicine, and CIIR, University of Virginia, USA (Primary)
2. Guest Full Professor at Gifu University, Japan
3. Invited Full Professor at Tokushima University, Japan
Background:
B.S. and M.S. from Nagoya University
Ph.D from Nagoya University- Kunihiro Matsumoto's lab
\https://www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/english/laboratory/st.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://pathology.wustl.edu/people/kodi-ravichandran-bvsc-phd/
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Membership:
- Editorial Board member of Scientific Reports
- Guest Edited Collection
(Cell Death and Clearance) https://www.nature.com/srep/guestedited#cell-death-and-clearance
- Editorial Board Member in Frontiers in Cell Death