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Dr. Seicho Makihira
EDUCATION:
1994 D.D.S. Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry
1998 Ph.D. Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING AND FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
2004/3-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima, Japan
2002-2004 Postdoc, Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute and Department of Oral and Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
2003-2004 JSPS Postdoc for research abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Research Associate, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry
Organization Affiliation:
1999-present International Association for Dental Research
1999-present Japanese Association for Dental Research
1994-present Japan Prosthodontic Society
1994-present Japanese Society of Cartilage Metabolism
1994-present Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Awards or Recognitions:
2004/2/5 1st Prize, Pan Boston Oral Science Research Symposium, Postdoctoral Poster Competition
1999 Young Investigator Award, The Alumni Association of Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry
1999 Plenary Presentation Award, The Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2000 Unilever Hatton Travel Award, International Association for Dental Research
2001 Yamamoto-Shinmei Award, The Japanese Society of Cartilage Metabolism
Description of Research Area:
My concept of the research plan is clear and approaches the project from two directions simultaneously- from bone regeneration on one side, and the inhibition of bone resorption on the other.
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