Manami Tanaka

Dr. Manami Tanaka, M.D., Ph. D. Bradeion Institute of Medical Sciences, Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan. Nationality: Japan Education M.D. 1982 Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical School, Japan Ph.D. 1986 The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine -pathology, Japan Academic history 1976 Graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School, Hokkaido, Japan 1982 Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical School 1982 M.D. (Japanese Medicine Registry No. 269003, issued June 4, 1982) 1986 Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine -pathology) Career History 1986 – 1987: Research Assistant, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo 1987 - 1997: Assistant Professor, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba 1988 - 1990: Research Assistant, Dartmouth University Medical School, Department of Microbiology, New Hampshire, USA. 1992 - 1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo (The program of Foreign Long-Term Researcher, by Ministry of Education, Japan). 1992 - present: Adjunctive Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine (Microbiology) 1992-1995: Head of International collaboration for parasite genome project with British Museum (Natural History), FIOCRUZ (Sao Paulo), and TIGR (USA). 1993 - 1995: International Reviewer of WHO / TDR project (Genome). 1995 - 1999: Visiting Researcher, British Museum (Natural History), Faculty of Zoology (Welcome Trust Foundation and Ministry of Education, Japan). 1997 – 2001: Senior Researcher, National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, attached to the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry 2001 – 2011: Head of Bradeion Project (prevention and treatment of cancer), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry 2003 – 2005: Adjunctive Professor of Pathology, Tokai University School of Medicine 2006-2013: Adjunctive Professor of Pathology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine 2011 – present: Executive Vice President, Bradeion Institute of Medical Science, Co., Ltd., Director of attached Medical Clinic Field of specialization 1. Oncology 2. Pathology 3. Molecular evolution and Biodiversity 4. Genetic engineering, Genome analysis (chromosomal level) 5. Microbiology and Parasitology