Elly Tanaka

Elly Margaret Tanaka
Born
Elly Margaret Tanaka
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Fieldsmolecular biology, regeneration
Workplaces
Thesis (1993)
Marc W. Kirschner
Websitewww.oeaw.ac.at/imba/groups/elly-tanaka

Elly Margaret Tanaka, FRS (born 1965) is a biochemist and Scientific Director at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) at the Vienna Biocenter, Austria. Tanaka studies the molecular cell biology of limb and spinal cord regeneration as well as the evolution of regeneration.

Early life and education

Tanaka was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and obtained a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1987 and a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco in 1993, where she had worked in the lab of Marc W. Kirschner.[1] She then became a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Jeremy Brockes at University College London and Ludwig Institute.[1]

Research and career

Tanaka started her own lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden (Germany) in 1999.[1] Her research focused on axolotl spinal cord regeneration.[1]

In 2008, Tanaka became a professor at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) of the Technische Universität Dresden.[1] She became director of the center in 2014,[2] before becoming senior scientist at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna in 2016.[3] In 2024, Tanaka joined the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) as Scientific Director.[4] The Mexican salamander species axolotl is Tanaka's main model system for her research and is also working to translate them to mouse and human tissue.[5] Using innovative molecular biology and microscopy methods, she identified those stem cells that underlie the regeneration of limbs and the spinal cord.[6] She is a member of the Editorial Board for Developmental Cell.[7]

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Oral History | Elly Tanaka". library.cshl.edu. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Academy of Europe: CV". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Press Release: Elly Tanaka joins the IMP as Senior Scientist". The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Press Release: Elly Tanaka: IMBA's new Scientific Director". Institute of Molecular Biotechnology. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Elly Tanaka • iBiology". iBiology. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Imaging Regeneration of Limbs and Neuronal Damage – Schering Stiftung". www.scheringstiftung.de. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Board: Developmental Cell". www.cell.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". The Royal Society (Press release). 27 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Klabuhn, Julia (12 March 2025). "Leopoldina ehrt Elly Tanaka mit der Schleiden-Medaille für ihre Erkenntnisse auf dem Gebiet der Regenerationsbiologie". Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Wittgenstein-Preis an Biochemikerin Tanaka". ORF (in German). 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Press Release: Elly Tanaka and Jürgen Knoblich elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina". Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (Press release). 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Elly Tanaka elected to the National Academy of Sciences". Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (Press release). 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Elly Tanaka elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences". Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (Press release). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  14. ↑ Jukic, Igor (16 June 2017). "EMBO welcomes 65 new members". EMBO (Press release). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  15. ↑ "Elly Tanaka receives the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2020". EMBO. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Höchste Akademie-Preise für Neurowissenschafter, Biologen und Historiker". Der Standard (in German). 3 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Institute of Molecular Biotechnology".
  18. ↑ "Elly M Tanaka". EMBO. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Elly Tanaka wins "2017 Female Scientist Award" by German Stem Cell Network". Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (Press release). 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
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