CV Ishikawa

Takashi Ishikawa, PhD

Current position: Research scientist / Group leader at ETH Zürich.
Diploma: University of Tokyo, Japan (1990)
Ph. D: University of Tokyo, Japan (1995)
Date of birth: 7 August 1967
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Education:

1986-1990 BSc in Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
1990-1992 MSc, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
Thesis : "Study of skeletal muscle thin filament by site-specific labelling". Supervisor : Professor Takeyuki Wakabayashi.
1992-1995 PhD, School of Science, University of Tokyo
Thesis : "Structural analysis of skeletal muscle thin filament by
three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy"
Supervisor : Professor Takeyuki Wakabayashi.

Postdoctoral training:

1995-1998 Special Postdoctoral Fellow of the Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research (RIKEN), Japan.
Supervisor: Professor Yorinao Inoue
1998-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow at NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Supervisor: Dr Alasdair C. Steven
1998-2001 Visiting Fellow, NIAMS/NIH.
2002-2003 Visiting Fellow, NIAMS/NIH, sponsored by the
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2003-2004 Research Fellow, NIAMS/NIH

Professional position:

2004-present Research scientist / Group leader at Department of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland.

Membership of academic societies:

Japanese Biophysical Society
American Society for Cell Biology
Biophysical Society

Research interests:

Mechanisms of ATP-driven motor proteins and their regulation. I have been working on structural studies of macromolecular complexes, including motor proteins (AAA-proteins, myosin, kinesin), regulatory proteins (tropomyosin, troponin), and membrane proteins (photosystem II) using electron microscopy and image analysis. I am also working on joint projects on chromatin (with Dr. T. Schalch and Prof. T. Richmond) and on ribosome (with Dr. C. Berger-Schaffitzel and Prof. N. Ban).

Contact Information:

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich)
HPK F7
ETH Hönggerberg
CH8093 Zürich
Telephone: +41-44- 633 2462
FAX: +41-44-633 1073
E-mail: takashi.ishikawa(at)mol.biol.ethz.ch