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Keiko Torii (鳥居 啓子, Torii Keiko) is a plant scientist working on stem cell maintenance, and the cell-to-cell communication required to correctly pattern tissue during development, focusing on stomatal development as a model.[1] Her work on cell-to-cell communication has also focused on the mechanisms that determine organ size and shape. In September 2019, Torii joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin[2], where she is a professor of molecular biosciences and holds the Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology.[3] She is also an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute [1] and a Principal Investigator and Visiting Professor at the World Premier Research Initiative, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Japan.[4] Prior to joining the University of Texas at Austin, Torii was the Endowed Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Washington.[5]

Torii was born in Tokyo, Japan. She completed BS and MS degrees at University of Tsukuba, Japan, [6] where she also obtained a PhD researching seed development in carrot.[7]

Awards and honors

In 2012, Torii became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[8] In 2008 she received JSPS prize for her work on ‘Mechanisms of Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation in Plants’ [9]. Torii was the recipient of the Saruhashi Prize in 2015. [10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Keiko U. Torii". HHMI.org.
  2. ^ "Torii, Keiko - Molecular Biosciences - CNS Directory". cns.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  3. ^ "Prominent Plant Biologist Keiko Torii Joins Faculty". molecularbiosci.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ^ "Keiko Torii - WPI World Premier International Research Center Initiative: Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University". www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
  5. ^ "Awards, Honors, and Professorships". University of Washington. University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(13)01038-5.pdf
  7. ^ 鳥居, 啓子; Torii, Keiko (7 March 1993). "Cell differentiation of the outermost cells of developing endosperm in carrot" – via jairo.nii.ac.jp. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "AAAS names 11 UW researchers as fellows".
  9. ^ "JSPS PRIZE - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp.
  10. ^ "Nagoya University Awards". en.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
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