is a Japanese

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

and

medical geneticist Medical genetics is the branch tics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care. For example, research on the caus ...

who identified several causative genes for human diseases, including

Sotos syndrome Sotos syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by excessive physical growth during the first years of life. Excessive growth often starts in infancy and continues into the early teen years. The disorder may be accompanied by autism, mild ...

(2002), Marfan syndrome type II (2004),

Ohtahara syndrome Ohtahara syndrome (OS), also known as early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) is a progressive epileptic encephalopathy. The syndrome is outwardly characterized by tonic spasms and partial seizures within the first few months of life, and ...

(2008), West syndrome (2010), Microphthalmia with limb anomalies (2011), Autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxias (2011), Hypomyelination with cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum (HCAHC) (2011),

Porencephaly Porencephaly is an extremely rare cephalic disorder involving encephalomalacia. It is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by cysts or Body cavity, cavities within the cerebral hemisphere.Parker, J. (2004). The offi ...

(2012), and

Coffin–Siris syndrome Coffin–Siris Syndrome (CSS), first described in 1970 by Dr Coffin and Dr Siris, is a rare genetic disorder that causes developmental delays and absent fifth finger and toe nails. There had been 31 reported cases by 1991. The number of occurrence ...

(2012). Matsumoto has been the

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of the scientific journal ''

Journal of Human Genetics The ''Journal of Human Genetics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human genetics and genomics. It was established in 1956 as the ''Japanese Journal of Human Genetics'' and was independently published by the J ...

'' since 2014.Matsumoto, N. (2014). "A message from the new Editor-in-Chief". ''Journal of Human Genetics'' 59: 1.

Biography

Matsumoto was born in

Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasa ...

, Japan, and completed his M.D. in 1986 from Kyushu University School of Medicine.CV at 10th INternational Workshop on Advanced Genomics
/ref> After residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Kyushu University Hospital, he worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist for several years. Wishing to pursue advanced study in

medical genetics Medical genetics is the branch tics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care. For example, research on the caus ...

, he went to

Nagasaki University is a national university of Japan. Its nickname is ''Chōdai'' (). The main campus is located in Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. History Nagasaki University was established in 1949 by incorporating several nation ...

to study as a graduate student under

Norio Niikawa is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who discovered an autosomal dominant disorder, Kabuki syndrome, also known as Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome. Contribution Niikawa made an important contribution in the field of medical genetics. In 1981 ...

, who discovered

Kabuki syndrome Kabuki syndrome (also previously known as Kabuki-makeup syndrome (KMS) or Niikawa–Kuroki syndrome) is a congenital disorder of genetic origin. It affects multiple parts of the body, with varying symptoms and severity, although the most common is ...

. He obtained his doctorate in

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

in 1997 from the same institution, before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

. He was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of

Human Genetics Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings. Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population gene ...

at Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 2003.

References

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