Masaru Okabe

Work address        Yamadaoka 3-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan

Work phone            +81-6-6879-8374

Work fax                 +81-6-6879-8376

Email                     okabe@gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp

Education

                                  B.S, M.S., Ph.D. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University

(1971, 1973, 1978)

Thesis: In vitro fertilization of mouse eggs.

Employment

  1974-1992 Research Associate, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,¡¡Osaka University

1979-1981                                              Post-doctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences,                                        Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

1992¡¡            October Associate Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University

1998¡¡            June Professor, Genome Information Research Center, Osaka University

2002¡¡           April Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases¡¡£¨an additional post)

Professional Memberships

Japanese Society for Andrology, Japanese Society for Reproductive Immunology, Japanese Society for Disease Model Animals, Japanese Society for Animal Experimentation, Japanese Society for Molecular Biology, International Society for Reproductive Immunology

Leadership Positions

Board of Directors for Japanese Society for Andrology (1998 -)

Board of Directors for Japanese Society for Disease Model Animals (1998 -)

Board Member for Japanese Society for Reproductive Immunology (1999 -)

Editor

Journal of Reproductive Immunology (April, 2004-)

Research Interests:

Sperm-egg interaction, reproductive biotechnology, transgenic animals

Major Publications:

The putative chaperone calmegin is required for sperm fertility. Nature 1997; 387:607-11.
 'Green mice' as a source of ubiquitous green cells. FEBS Lett 1997; 407:313-9.