Toshiyuki Fukada

Tokushima Bunri University - JP

Toshiyuki Fukada is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Tokushima Bunri University, Japan. His research focuses on the study of zinc transporters and zinc signaling at molecular, genetic, and pathophysiological levels, with particular interest in the ZIP family of transporters and their roles in human physiology and disease. He has contributed to the identification of key zinc transporters and their relevance to metabolic and inflammatory disorders, and is currently pursuing both drug development targeting zinc transporter activity and regenerative approaches using iPS cells to treat ZIP transporter–related diseases. He has been actively involved in the ISZB community, serving on several committees, as a Board member, as Conference President of the ISZB 2019 meeting in Kyoto, Japan, and as the 7th President of ISZB (2021–2023).