Peter ErtlProfessor of Lab-on-a-Chip Systems, Vienna University of Technology Prof. Ertl holds an engineering degree in Biotechnology (University of Life Sciences, BOKU, Austria), a PhD in Chemistry (University of Waterloo, UW, Canada) and received his postdoctoral training as a biophysicist at University of California at Berkeley (UCB, US). Following a position as Director of Product Development at a UW spin-off venture (Canada), Dr. Ertl joint the Biosensor Technology unit at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). During his tenure at the AIT, Dr. Ertl was also granted a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship at UC Berkeley (2012) and conducted visiting scientist positions at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2013), the Medical Center of the University of California at San Francisco (2014). In 2016 he was appointed Professor of Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Bioscience Technologies at the Vienna University of Technology (TUW), where his research focuses on the development of advanced in vitro diagnostic microsystems and organ-on-a-chip systems. Additionally, Dr Ertl held a visiting research appointment at Imperial College London (UK) in 2019 , is speaker of the Austrian Microfluidics Initiative (AMI) and editor of the open access journal Organs-on-a-Chip (Elsevier). |
Seiichi IshidaGuest Researcher, National Institute of Health Sciences, Professor, Sojo University Seiichi Ishida has been Professor of Division of Applied Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Sojo University, and Guest Researcher of Biological Safety Research Centre at National Institute of Health Sciences since 2020. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1993, and conducted postdoctoral studies at The Cancer Institute (Tokyo) and at Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Duke University Medical Centre. He used to be Senior Researcher (2000-2007) and Section Chief (2007-2020) of Division of Pharmacology at National Institute of Health Sciences. His research focuses primarily on the development of in vitro cell assay platform for the evaluation of drug metabolism and drug induced liver injury and their application to the regulatory science field. |
Hiroshi KimuraProfessor, Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University Dr. Hiroshi Kimura is a Professor in Micro/Nano Technology Center at Tokai University, where he has been since 2012. During 2017-2018, he was a visiting research fellow at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Tokyo in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he worked at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo, eventually as a project assistant professor. His research interests are mainly in fundamental microfluidic devices and systems technologies and their applications to biological sciences, including microphysiological systems. |
Danilo TagleDirector, Office of Special Initiatives, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the NIH (NCATS) Dan Tagle is Director of the Office of Special Initiatives at NCATS where he many coordinates efforts towards development of disruptive technologies in translational research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He was an NIH National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow in Human Genetics at the University of Michigan. He has served on numerous committees, advisory boards, and editorial boards. He has authored many scientific publications and has garnered numerous awards, including more recently the Roscoe O. Brady Award for Innovation and Accomplishment, and the Henry J. Heimlich Award for Innovative Medicine. |
Ryuji YokokawaProfessor, Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University Ryuji Yokokawa is currently a Professor at Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, and a Visiting Researcher at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Japan. Before the current position, he was an Associate Professor Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University (2011–2019), an Assistant Professor at Department of Micro Engineering, Kyoto University (2009–2011), and a Lecturer at Department of Micro System Technology, Ritsumeikan University (2005–2009). He was a project researcher of Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (PRESTO, JST) (2008–2014), and an adjacent faculty of World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative, Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University (2010–2012). |
