Kazunori Kataoka, PhD | In Vivo Frontiers Symposium

Prof. Kazunori Kataoka is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and the Founding Center Director of the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM), Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion. Over the past 40 years, Prof. Kataoka has made significant contributions to the fields of biomaterials, particularly in drug delivery/drug targeting, non-viral gene delivery, and nanomedicine. He has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles with over 100,000 citations (h-index of 165). He has been certified as a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) for the past eight years since 2016. He also has over 600 issued patents and founded five start-ups. Awards include the Clemson Award (the Society for Biomaterials) (2004), the Founder’s Award (Controlled Release Society) (2006), the NIMS Award (National Insitute of Materials Science, Japan) (2009), the Humboldt Research Award (2012), the Leo Esaki Prize (2012), Gutenberg Research Award (2015), Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Prize (2017), Biomaterials Global Impact Award (2023), and Clarivate Citation Laureate in Chemistry (2023). He has been elected as a Member of the Engineering Academy of Japan (2011), an International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2017), and a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (2017).

In Vivo Frontiers: The Promise and Progress of RNA Delivery & Gene Editing brought together leading researchers in RNA delivery and gene editing to discuss the latest advancements and challenges in these two fields.

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