Sidonia Făgărășan | |
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| Alma mater | Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Kyoto University |
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| Institutions | RIKEN |
| Academic advisors | Tasuku Honjo |
Sidonia Făgărășan is a Romanian biological scientist who is a professor at theRiken Institute inJapan. 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.
Făgărășan completed training in clinical medicine atIuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy.[citation needed] She was a medical resident inCluj-Napoca, where she completed various training positions and was eventually made assistant professor.[citation needed] 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 atKyoto University, and remained there to complete a doctorate.[1]
Făgărășan contributed to the discovery of Activated Induced Deaminase, and went on to short[clarification needed] the role of AID in gut homeostasis. In 2002, Făgărășan was appointed leader of theRiken 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 themucosal 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]
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