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

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

Awards

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