Fermentation Technology

Yamada M

Biography

Kenneth Yamada received B.A., M.D., and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. After serving as a section chief in the National Cancer Institute for 10 years, he has been a laboratory or branch chief at the NIDCR since 1990. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1991. He received the first Senior Investigator Award of the American Society for Matrix Biology in 2004, and in 2008 he received the Distinguished Scientist Award of the American Association for Dental Research. He was promoted to NIH Distinguished Investigator in 2011. Dr. Yamada has served on the Councils of the American Society for Cell Biology, International Society for Matrix Biology, American Society for Matrix Biology, and NIH Assembly of Scientists. He is an editor of The Journal of Cell Biology and serves as an associate editor or board member of a number of other journals including Matrix Biology, Journal of Cellular Physiology, Journal of Cell Science, Current Protocols in Cell Biology, and Journal of Dental Research. He has published more than 400 papers and reviews and is currently an Institute for Scientific Information ‘Highly Cited Researcher.’ He has given the Stadler and Swerling lectures at Harvard and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Retzius Lecture at the Karolinska Institute, the Leonardo Lecture at the San Raffaele Research Institute, as well as a number of keynote and symposium lectures. He served a full term on the NIH Cell Biology Study Section and currently serves on the NIH Committee on Scientific Conduct and Ethics, Trans-NIH Mentoring Committee, and Senior Biomedical Research Service Policy Board.

Research Interest

Cell adhesion, Migration, Invasion, Matrix remodeling, and Tissue morphogenesis