Profile of Prof.Ishiwata
Shin'ichi Ishiwata
| present position: | Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University Professor |
| Birth Day: | 7/23/1945 |
| Academic career: | 1969/4 BSc, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo | 1971/3 MSc, Graduate School of Science,Nagoya University (Physics) |
| 1974/3 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science,Nagoya University (Physics) | |
| 1974/4 Researcher (Japan society for the promotion of science (Nagoya University)) | |
| 1975/3 Doctor of Science (Nagoya University) | |
| 1976/1 Postdoctoral Fellow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Muscular Associations of America) | |
| （米国筋ジストロフィー協会博士研究員） | |
| １９７８年１月 ボストン生物医学研究所研究員 | |
| Professional career | 1979/4 Assistant Professor, Waseda University |
| 1981/4 Associate Professor, Waseda University | |
| 1986/4 Professor, Waseda University |
Professor Ishiwata specializes in the field of biophysics, specifically the study of the mechanisms underlying molecular motors and the assembly of biological structures. The lab has recently acquired the capacity to observe single molecular motors in the 10nm size range under an optical microscope, which greatly facilitates research in these areas. Prof. Ishiwata was first drawn to the field when he entered graduate school by the crystal-like structure of skeletal muscle. Awed by its immaculate construction, he has since sought to further understand how such a structure is put together. Progress has been made thus far, but more work remains to be done to solve this intriguing puzzle of nature.
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