Sidonia Făgărășan Explained

Sidonia Făgărășan
Birth Place:Romania
Workplaces:RIKEN
Alma Mater:Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Kyoto University
Academic Advisors:Tasuku Honjo

Sidonia Făgărășan is a Romanian biological scientist who is a professor at the Riken Institute in Japan. Her research considers the molecular mechanisms that underpin processes in gut microbioata and the mucosal barrier. In 2020, she was awarded the Kobayashi Foundation Award.

Early life and career

Făgărășan completed training in clinical medicine at Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy. She was a medical resident in Cluj-Napoca, where she completed various training positions and was eventually made assistant professor. During her early career she became interested in the molecular mechanisms that underpin immune homeostasis. In 1998 she moved to Japan as a Visiting Researcher at Kyoto University, and remained there to complete a doctorate.[1]

Research

Făgărășan contributed to the discovery of Activated Induced Deaminase, and went on to short the role of AID in gut homeostasis. In 2002, Făgărășan was appointed leader of the Riken Laboratory for Mucosal Immunity at the Research Centre for Allergy and Immunology.[2]

Făgărășan looks to understand the mechanisms between the microbiota and the immune system at the mucosal barrier.[3] She looks to understand how the gut immune system contributes to the diversity, balance and metabolic functions of microbes.[4] She showed that T-cells, the immune systems that protect the body from infections, change the body's metabolism.[5] [6]

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sidonia Fagarasan, MD, PhD . 2023-01-16 . icmi.confex.com.
  2. Web site: 2015 . Meet the ICMI 2015 Keynote and State of the Art Speakers .
  3. Web site: 2014-07-18 . Gut Immunity Is A Two Way Street . 2023-01-16 . Asian Scientist Magazine . en-US.
  4. Web site: RIKEN scientists win NISTEP Researchers Award RIKEN . 2023-01-16 . www.riken.jp.
  5. Web site: Activation of immune T cells leads to behavioral changes . 2023-01-16 . ScienceDaily . en.
  6. Web site: 2018-08-20 . Understanding How Antibodies Shape the Gut Microbiome . 2023-01-16 . News-Medical.net . en.
  7. Web site: Symposium Speaker: Sidonia Fagarasan . 2023-01-16 . IUIS 2019 . en-US.
  8. Web site: Dr. Sidonia Fagarasan received the First Kobayashi Award in 2019 RIKEN IMS Center for Integrative Medical Sciences . 2023-01-16 . www.ims.riken.jp.