Takafumi Nakamura's Biography

Takafumi Nakamura, Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Medicine, Tottori University

Dr. Nakamura received his PhD from Tottori University, Japan under the supervision of Professor Kenzo Sato in 2001. He then joined Professor Stephen J. Russell laboratory in molecular medicine program at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA as a postdoctoral research fellow (2002 – 2004) and research associate (2004 – 2005). He worked as Sakigake Researcher (2006 – 2010) and Project Associate Professor (2009 – 2012) at The University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2012, he was appointed as an associate professor in the Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, Japan. His research interests include 1) oncolytic virotherapy, 2) cancer gene therapy, 3) cancer immunotherapy, 4) viral entry and fusion for infection, and 5) tumor biology. He has published over 50 articles including major academic journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Science Translational Medicine, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research, Molecular Therapy, Molecular Therapy Oncolytics, Human Gene Therapy, and Journal of Virology and has registered over 15 patents. Recently, he has been focusing on translating his next-generation oncolytic vaccinia virus pipelines into clinic.