Takahiro Seki

Takahiro Seki (TS) is a research specialist at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and a visiting associate professor at Kagoshima University in Japan. TS is a member of Professor Yihai Cao's group at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology in Karolinska Institutet, working on cancer and metabolism research. TS has been awarded numerous research grants in Japan, China, and Sweden, such as the JSPS doctoral research fellow scholarship, the Uehara Memorial Foundation, Karolinska Institutet forskningsbidrag, Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Research grant, and Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation Research Grant. 

TS has published as the first or corresponding author of more than 10 SCI papers, including one in one of the most prestigious scientific journals, Nature. TS has won the MTC paper of the year 2022. TS served as a reviewer for multiple SCI journals such as ACS Nano and Nature Communications. TS also served as an editorial board member for Springer Nature publisher's Discover Oncology. Moreover, many invitations to serve as a Guest Editor and Editorial member for numerous SCI international journals reinforce my experience as an experienced academic. 

TS has cultivated strategic research collaborations with esteemed experts in Sweden, China, and Japan, leveraging their expertise, genetic mouse models, comprehensive omics analyses, and research facilities when needed. 

In addition to research commitments, TS has previous experience as a practical supervisor for Ph.D. students in Japan and has exhibited educational leadership by supervising nearly ten international students in bachelor's and master's programs. These experiences have equipped TS to mentor and educate a broader spectrum of higher-education students.