Shin-ichiro Imai, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Biology and Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7228
- Email: imaishin{at}wustl.edu
EDUCATION
Graduate
1989 M.D., Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
License of Physician, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan
1995 Ph.D., Keio University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Thesis Title: The mechanism of cellular aging and immortalization
Postgraduate
1997-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate, Laboratory of Dr. Leonard Guarente, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Analysis of yeast and mouse Sir2 functions in aging
ACADEMIC POSITIONS/EMPLOYMENT
7/2001-6/2008 Assistant Professor Department of Developmental Biology (Formerly, Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology) Department of Medicine (Joint) Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
7/2008-4/2013 Associate Professor (tenured since October 2008) Department of Developmental Biology Department of Medicine (Joint) Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
5/2013-present Professor Department of Developmental Biology Department of Medicine (Joint) Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
3/2017-present Invited Chief Scientist, Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Kobe, Japan
10/2017-present Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Project for Elucidating and Controlling Mechanisms of Aging and Longevity, Tokyo, Japan
HONORS AND AWARDS
1990-1991 Predoctoral Award from Keio University School of Medicine
1995 Award of Keio Medical School Alumni Association
1996 Keio University Sakaguchi-Memorial Medical Science Fund
1996 The American Society for Cell Biology/Glenn Foundation Award
1997-1999 The Human Frontier Science Program Long-term Fellowship
2000 Medal from the Tokyo Society of Medical Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University, Japan
2001-2004 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Special Fellowship
2002 Washington University Center for Aging Pilot Project Award
2003-2007 The Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award
2005-2007 Washington University Clinical Nutrition Research Unit (CNRU) Pilot & Feasibility Award
2006 Special Recognition for Excellence in Mentoring in the Seventh Annual Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards
2006-2008 The American Diabetes Association Innovation Award
2006-2007 The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Innovation Award
2007-2008 The Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging
2007 WUSM 2008 Distinguished Investigator Award
2008-2010 The Longer Life Foundation Pilot & Feasibility Award
2008-2012 The Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Aging Award
2013 Vincent J. Cristofalo, PhD, Annual Lectureship, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania
2016 Keynote Lecture, “The PARP Family and ADP-ribosylation”, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting, New York.
2016 Glenn/AFAR Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award
2016 The Most Influential 100 People for JAPAN 2017, Nikkei Business
2020 International Okamoto Awardee, Japan Research Foundation for Healthy Aging
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2006-present Supervising Editor, Aging Cell (Blackwell Publishing)
2011-present Faculty of 1000, Aging section
2014-2016 Associate Editor, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease (Springer Nature)
2016-2019 Co-Editor-in-Chief, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease (Springer Nature)
2019-present Editor-in-Chief, npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease (Springer Nature)