Biography:
Dr. Ooshio studied cell biology at Osaka University, Japan, and received her PhD degree in 2008. After five-year postdoctoral fellowship researching stem cells at Kanazawa University, Japan, she became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Asahikawa Medical University, Japan. Since 2019 she has been working on cancer research using Drosophila in her current position.
Identifying RFK and MEK as potential therapeutic targets for pancreatic cancer through a Drosophila screening