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Yuichiro Takagi, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BIOCHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Dr. Takagi received a BS degree in Chemistry from Ibaraki University, and a MS degree in Chemistry from The University of Tokyo in Japan. After obtaining a MS, he moved to the US, and completed with his PhD work with his thesis advisors, Drs. Joan and Ron Conaway at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. After receiving his PhD, Dr. Takagi became a postdoctoral fellow at the laboratory of Dr. Roger Kornberg (Nobel Laureate 2006) in the Department of Structural Biology at Stanford University. In Kornberg laboratory, Dr. Takagi began to investigate the structure and function of the large multi-protein complex, Mediator, aiming to understand the mechanisms of RNA polymerase II transcription regulation by Mediator in eukaryotes. After completion of his postdoctoral fellowship (1998-2003) followed by working as a research associate (2003-2006), he became an Assistant Professor in Indiana University School of Medicine in the fall of 2006. He was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure in 2011-2012.