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| Naoto Ueno obtained his Ph.D.
in 1984 from the University of Tsukuba. He did a postdoctoral
fellowship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
and contributed to the discovery of inhibin, activin,
follistatin, and fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). In
1988, he was appointed assistant professor at the University
of Tsukuba. Since that appointment, his research interest
has turned to developmental biology, with a focus on the
function of growth factor in embryogenesis, particularly
in pattern formation and morphogenesis, which led to the
identification of activin as a potent mesoderm-inducing
factor in Xenopus. In 1993, he became a full professor
at Hokkaido University. His identification in 1994 of
bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) as the endogenous signal
responsible for the dorsoventral patterning of the
Xenopus embryo is recognized as a major contribution
to the field of developmental biology. Since then, his
lab's efforts have focused on clarifying extra- and intra-cellular
regulation of growth factor signaling. From 1997 to present,
he has been a professor at the National Institute for
Basic Biology. His group is currently interested in the
cell movements during gastrulation that lead to dynamic
changes in embryo shape. He serves as a board of director
for International Society for Differentiation and as an
editorial board member or editor for several journals,
including Development. He was awarded the gold
medal from Tokyo Techno-Forum21 in 1988 for the discovery
of the role of BMPs in embryonic development. |
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