IDENTICAL INFORMATION Name: Koji Nagao Corresponding address: Laboratory of Nutrition Biochemistry, Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan Tel&Fax: +81 (952) 28-8781 E-mail: knagao*cc.saga-u.ac.jp PERSONAL INFORMATION Birth Date: June 12, 1970 Birth Place: Fukuoka, Japan Citizenship: Japan Description: Sex; Male, Blood Type; B, Height; 174 cm, Weight; 66 kg EDUCATIONAL HISTORY April/1974 - March/1977 Hanazono Kindergarten (Fukuoka, Japan) April/1977 - March/1980 Hong Kong Japanese School Primary Section (Hong Kong) April/1980 - March/1983 Meiji Gakuen Elementary School (Fukuoka, Japan) April/1983 - March/1986 Meiji Gakuen Junior High School (Fukuoka, Japan) April/1986 - March/1989 Kokura High School (Fukuoka, Japan) --- AWARDS (1989 March) April/1989 - March/1993 Undergraduate course: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / B.S. (Agriculture) April/1993 - March/1995 Master course: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / M.S. (Agriculture) April/1995 - March/1998 Doctor course: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan) / Ph.D. (Agriculture) OCCUPATION April/1998 - November/2000 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan) April/1999 - September/2000 Research fellow of University of California, San Francisco (USA) December/2000 - September/2006 Assistant professor of Saga University (Japan) October/2006 - February/2014 Associate professor of Saga University (Japan) April/2001 - February/2014 Adjunct assistant (2001.4-) or associate (2007.9-) professor of Kagoshima University (Japan) March/2014 - present Professor of Saga University (Japan) March/2014 - present Adjunct professor of Kagoshima University (Japan) MEMBERSHIPS Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry Japan Society for the Study of Obesity Japan Oil Chemists' Society American Oil Chemists' Society MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS 1. Relationships between lipid metabolism and diseases. 2. Mechanisms of the genetic control of lipid metabolism. 3. Regulation of gene expression by nutrients. AWARDS PUBLICATIONS |