User: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
1983-1986: State University of NY at Stony Brook, New York, Postdoc, Molecular Biology 1983: Osaka City University Graduate School, Osaka, Japan, Ph.D., Developmental & Cellular Biology 1978: Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, B.S., Biology

Employment/Experience
1995-Present: Associate Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (formerly known as La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), La Jolla, CA 1993-1996: Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington 1992-1996: Faculty in the Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program (IMCBP), University of Washington 1992-1996: Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Washington 1995: Staff Scientist, California Institute of Biological Research, La Jolla, CA 1991-1994: Radiation Safety Officer, The Biomembrane Institute 1987-1994: Staff Scientist and Head, Molecular Biology Laboratory, 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 1987-1988: Biosafety Officer, The Biomembrane Institute, Seattle, WA 1986: Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY

Awards
2000: State of the Art Lecture “Molecular Genetics of ABO” at the ISBT meeting, Vienna, Austria 1994: Keynote Lecture Award from the Japanese Society of Blood Transfusion 1992: 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”