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Keiko Torii
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba (Master of Science)
University of Tsukuba (PhD)
AwardsSaruhashi Prize(2015)
Asahi Prize (2021) [1]
Scientific career
FieldsResearch of Plant development, Stem cell
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University
Websitewww.plant-stomata.org ( Keiko Torii Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin )

Keiko Torii (鳥居 啓子, Torii Keiko) is a Japanese plant scientist and academic teaching at the University of Texas at Austin as of September 2019.

Career

Torii researches stem cell maintenance and the cell-to-cell communication required to correctly pattern tissue during development, focusing on stomatal development as a model.[2] Her work on cell-to-cell communication has also focused on the mechanisms that determine organ size and shape. In September 2019, Torii joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin,[3] where she is a professor of molecular biosciences and holds the Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology.[4] She is also an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute[2] and a Principal Investigator and Visiting Professor at the World Premier Research Initiative, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Japan.[5] Prior to joining the University of Texas at Austin, Torii was the Endowed Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Washington.[6]

Early life

Torii was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1965. She completed her B.S. (1987) and M.S. (1989) degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Institute of Biological Sciences at University of Tsukuba, Japan.[7] She also obtained a PhD (1993) from the University of Tsukuba, researching seed development in carrots.[8]

Positions

  • Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin . 2019–
  • Oversea Principal Investigator and Visiting Professor, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules, Nagoya University, Japan 2013–
  • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute  2011–
  • Endowed Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Washington 2011–2019
  • Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington 2009–
  • PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency 2008–2012
  • Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine 2006–
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington 2005–2009
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington 2002–2005

Awards and honors

  • 2008 – JSPS prize for 'Mechanisms of Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation in Plants' [9]
  • 2012 – Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [10]
  • 2015 – Saruhashi Prize[11]
  • 2021 – Asahi Prize[1]

Publications[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "THE ASAHI PRIZE". The Asahi Shimbun Company. Archived from the original on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  2. ^ a b "Keiko U. Torii". HHMI.org.
  3. ^ a b "Torii, Keiko – Molecular Biosciences – CNS Directory". cns.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  4. ^ "Prominent Plant Biologist Keiko Torii Joins Faculty". molecularbiosci.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  5. ^ "Keiko Torii – WPI World Premier International Research Center Initiative: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University". www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
  6. ^ "Awards, Honors, and Professorships". University of Washington. University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences. 23 March 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Torii, Keiko U. (November 2013). "Keiko U. Torii". Current Biology. 23 (21): R943–R944. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.032. PMID 24354015. S2CID 5156949.
  8. ^ Keiko, Torii (1993). Cell differentiation of the outermost cells of developing endosperm in carrot (Thesis) (in Japanese). hdl:2241/5190.
  9. ^ "JSPS PRIZE – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp.
  10. ^ "AAAS names 11 UW researchers as fellows".
  11. ^ "Nagoya University Awards". en.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
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