Dr. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, PhD

CSO at Liid Pharmaceuticals

Speaker

Dr. Yamamoto obtained his degree from the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Osaka University in 2012, under the mentorship of Professor Satoshi Obika. After graduating, he became an Assistant Professor of the Obika Lab. In 2015, Dr. Yamamoto broadened his research experience by joining the Martin Schnermann Laboratory at the National Institute of Health in the U.S. In 2018, he was appointed as an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Nagasaki University, working in Professor Asako Yamayoshi's Lab. Beyond his academic pursuits, Dr. Yamamoto is also involved in the clinical application development at Liid Pharmaceuticals Inc., an oligo drug startup originating from the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Japan.

Awards: The Nucleic Acids Therapeutics Society of Japan (NatsJ) Award for Young Scientists (2022)