Masahiko Hibi

Birth Data

April 16, 1963

Education

1988	M.D. Degree, Hiroshima University
1992	Ph.D. Degree in Immunology, Osaka University

Scientific Positions

04/92– 01/95	Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, San Diego
02/95– 03/99	Research Associate at Osaka University Medical School
04/99– 03/01	Associate Professor at Oska University Graduate School of Medicine
04/01– 03/10	Team Leader at RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
04/02– 03/09	Adjunct Professor at Kobe University Graduate School of medicine
04/09–	Professor at Nagoya University, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center

Research Areas

Developmental Biology, Neuroscience

Research Highlights

• Identification of IL-6 receptor complex (with T. Kishimoto)
• Identification of Jun N-terminal Kinase (with M. Karin)
• Elucidation of signaling through the cytokine receptor gp130 (with T. Hirano)
• Elucidation of the mechanisms for dorso-ventral axis formation in zebrafish
• Elucidation of the mechanisms for anterior-posterior patterning in vertebrate central nervous system
• Elucidation of the development and function for the cerebellar neural circutis in zebrafish and medaka