中村 麻子

Professional profile • Radiation cellular biologist specializing in the mechanisms of genome integrity, DNA double-strand break repair and mammalian aging with more than fifteen years experience and more than 45 publications. • Involved in the development of an assay for a new pharmacodynamics biomarker in response to chemo- and radio-therapeutic treatments in cancer patients. • Co-developing a sensitive and accurate biomarker for exposure to radiation and genotoxic substances. • Reviewer of several international journals (Oncogene, Journal of Nucleic Acid, Medical Molecular Morphology, and Journal of Radiation Research, etc.). • Strong interest in pursuing translational studies which improve human health based on basic research • Highly motivated individual with abilities to communicate both in English and Japanese, to adapt to new environments (flexibility), to think critically, and to solve scientific problems. • Mentor for the National Institutes of Health summer student program. • Teaching for anatomy and histology at Osaka Medical College. • Teaching for cellular biology at Ibaraki University. Education • PhD of Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima University (Professor; Toshinori Ide and Kenshi Komatsu) (2002) Research project: The function of Nijmegen Breakage syndrome (NBS1) protein in telomere maintenance and genome stability. • MS of Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima University (Professor; Toshinori Ide and Kenshi Komatsu) (1999) Research project: The genomic mutation analysis of Fanconi Anemia (FA) patients and the study of function of FA proteins in DNA repair mechanism. • Awarded the degree of Pharmacist (Registration No. 327562) (1997) • BA of Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima University (Professor; Toshinori Ide and Kenshi Komatsu) (1997) Research project: The identification of response gene for radiation sensitivity in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mutant cells, xrs-2. Professional Training • Professor of Ibaraki University, College of Science (2017-current) • Associate Professor of Ibaraki University, College of Science (2013- 2017) • Junior Associate Professor of Osaka Medical College, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology (Professor; Yoshinori Otsuki) (2011-2013) • Research Fellow of National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology (Principal Investigator; William Bonner) (2009-2011) • Visiting Fellow of National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology (Principal Investigator; William Bonner) (2007-2009) • Special volunteer of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science for Japanese Biomedical and Behavioral Researchers at NIH (Principal Investigator; William Bonner) (2004-2007) • Post Doctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Professor; Kenshi Komatsu) (2002-2004)