Chika Takano, Japan

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Microbiology
Nihon University School of Medicine

Chika Takano is a pediatrician specializing in inherited metabolic disorders at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. After earning her MD in 2011, she joined the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health in 2013 and has been involved in both clinical care and translational research. She conducted research on human amniotic epithelial cells (hAECs) during her scholarship at the University of Southern California in 2018 and obtained her PhD in Medicine from Nihon University in 2019. Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, her research focuses on developing hAEC-based therapies for inherited metabolic disorders.

Lectures by Chika Takano

When	Session	Talk Title	Room
Wed-22 16:00 - 17:00	Plenary Session — YIC Icebreaking Session	Introduction	Hall A4
Wed-22 16:00 - 17:00	Plenary Session — YIC Icebreaking Session	Trivia	Hall A4
Wed-22 16:00 - 17:00	Plenary Session — YIC Icebreaking Session	Roundtables	Hall A4
Wed-22 17:00 - 18:30	Plenary Session — Plenary Session 1: Opening Address and Keynote Lecture 1	Practical Information	Main Hall
Fri-24 15:00 - 16:30	Oral Abstract Session — Parallel Session 16: Mechanistic insights into cell fate and organ health	Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed heterogeneity of human amniotic epithelial cells	Hall A2-3

Sessions chaired by Chika Takano

When	Session	Role	Room
Wed-22 16:00 - 17:00	Plenary Session — YIC Icebreaking Session		Hall A4

Committees

Committee	Role	Section
Local Organizing Committee	Executive Director