Masaaki Komatsu 11th International Symposium on Autophagy 2025

Masaaki Komatsu

Dr. Masaaki Komatsu is a professor at Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. He received his Ph.D. from Juntendo University and completed his postdoctoral training at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of selective autophagy—particularly p62 body degradation—and ubiquitin-like protein modifications, with an emphasis on the UFM1 system. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of autophagy, including the degradation of phase-separated protein droplets and the physiological roles of autophagy in higher eukaryotes.