Noriko Osumi

Prof. Osumi has graduated Tokyo Medical and Dental University, been given PhD thesis from the same university, and now is a professor of Tohoku University School of Medicine since 1998. She is appointed in various governmental committees such as ethical issues, grant system development, and career paths for young scientists, and also chosen as a youngest member of Japanese Council Japan since 2005. She was a previous president of EPMEWS, and is now serving as a vice-leader in Tohoku University Female Scientists Hurdling Support Project from 2006. Her research interest is to understand regulatory mechanisms of neuronal development at cellular and molecular levels from prenatal to postnatal stages. Manipulating embryos and imaging brain cells are expertise of her lab.