Chief Scientific Officer for Infectious Diseases
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Japan
Name:
Yoshinori Yamano
Present address:
Pharmaceutical Research Division
Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
3-1-1, Futaba-cho
Toyonaka, Osaka, 561-0825
Japan
Education:
1994 Awarded the degree of PhD in applied microbiology at the graduate school of Agriculture in Kyoto University for a thesis entitled “Studies on the outer membrane permeability of antimicrobials in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.”
1984-1986 Graduate school of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Awarded the degree of MS in applied microbiology for a thesis entitled “The construction of glutathione- overproducing strains in Escherichia coli.”
Research and professional experience:
2022-present Executoive Director, Shionogi Infectious DuseasebResearch Promotion Foundation
2022-present Executive, Director, The Cell Science Research Foundation
2016-present Chief Scientific Officer for Infectious Diseases, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Shionogi & Co., Ltd
2013-2016 Vice President, Discovery Research Laboratory for Core Therapeutic Areas, Shionogi & Co., Ltd
2010-2013 General Manager, Medicinal Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd
2005-2010 Department Head of the Infectious Diseases, Discovery Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
2002-2005 Section manager of the department for the research of antimicrobials, Discovery Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
1986-2002 Researcher at the department for the research of antibacterials, Research Laboratories, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.