Shun-ichiro KAWABATA

Born: July 16, 1957 in Kagoshima Japan

Married, two children

Japan citizen ship

Academic background
1980                      Bachelor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan.
1983                      Master, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan.
1986                      Ph. D., Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan.

　　　　　　　     Ph. D. Thesis: Structure and Function of Staphylocoagulase as a Human Prothrombin Activator

Post-doctoral training
1989〜1991          Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA (Professor Earl W. Davie)

Functions
1986〜1997        Assistant Professor at Department of Biology, Faculty, Sciences of Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
1994～1997         Crystallization of Horseshoe Crab Antimicrobial Protein, Max Planck Institute in Germany: Huber Laboratory, Japan-German Scientific Cooperation Program (German), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Borostel Institute in Germany: Rietschel Lab, Horseshoe crab LPS-binding protein research
1997〜2004        Associate Professor at Department of Biology, Faculty, Sciences of Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
2004〜2023          Professor at Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
2009〜2023          Distinguished Professor of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
2010～2013          Vice Dean of Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University
2023.  3. 31           Retired from Kyushu University by the age 65
2023.  4. 1.~          Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University (No. 1613)
 

   I served as Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Science from July 2010 to July 2014, and then as Deputy Dean of the Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences from April 2018 to March 2020, and served twice as the Dean of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science from April 2007 to March 2008 and from April 2021 to March 2022. On the other hand, I served as Vice President of the Faculty of Science Alumni Association from July 2011 to June 2022, and as President from July 2015 to June 2022. During this period, I achieved financial stability of the alumni association, including the lump-sum payment of membership fees, with the cooperation of officers and members, and established an award system for graduates of the Faculty of Science who achieved outstanding results.

Research theme

    The molecular mechanisms of innate immunity using horseshoe crabs and the fly Drosophila as animal models.

Research goal

   I would like to write a paper that can be read and understood even after 1000 years, without seeking reputation and evaluation from contemporaries and do work that goes beyond The Tale of Genji.

Motto

   The past is the illusion of the lazy, and the future is the hope of the foolish (a line from a poem by Horiguchi Daigaku). I would like to understand that the truth of the self is not present in the past or the future, but in the present second, and practice the teachings of Zen master Dogen.