Yuji Shiba,
Professor, Department of Regenerative Science and Medicine
Dr. Shiba is currently a Professor of Regenerative Science and Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine at Shinshu University. After he obtained his MD from Shinshu University in 1998, he worked as a physician/cardiologist until he started his research training. He received his PhD in 2007 from Shinshu University and moved to the University of Washington (Mike Laflamme Lab) for post-doctoral training, where he started stem cell research. He moved back to Japan in 2011 and established his new lab.
Dr. Shiba is broadly interested in the use of stem cells for cardiac repair, but particularly emphasis on:
1) Electrophysiological consequences following the transplantation of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
2) Preclinical transplantation studies with non-human primates
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