Keiko Torii
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Keiko Torii is a plant scientist working on stem cell maintenance, and the cell-to-cell communication required to correctly pattern tissue during development, focusing on stomatal development as a model.[1] Her work on cell-to-cell communication has also focused on the mechanisms that determine organ size and shape. She is the Endowed Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Washington,[2] Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute [1], and a Principal Investigator and Visiting Professor at the World Premier Research Initiative, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Japan. [3]
Torii was born in Tokyo, Japan. She completed BS and MS degrees at University of Tsukuba, Japan, [4] where she also obtained a PhD researching seed development in carrot. [5]
Awards and honors
In 2012, Torii became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). [6] In 2008 she received JSPS prize for her work on ‘Mechanisms of Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation in Plants’ [7]. Torii was the recipient of the Saruhashi Prize in 2015. [8]
References
- ^ a b "Keiko U. Torii". HHMI.org.
- ^ "Awards, Honors, and Professorships". University of Washington. University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Keiko Torii - WPI World Premier International Research Center Initiative: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University". www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
- ^ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(13)01038-5.pdf
- ^ 鳥居, 啓子; Torii, Keiko (7 March 1993). "Cell differentiation of the outermost cells of developing endosperm in carrot" – via jairo.nii.ac.jp.
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- ^ "JSPS PRIZE - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp.
- ^ "Nagoya University Awards". en.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
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