Biography

Dr. Ishibashi earned his B.S. in Physics at Tokyo Metropolitan University, and Ph.D. in Medicine at Kitasato University, Japan. His long-term interest is the function and dynamics of protein complex at nano scale through physics, single-molecule biophysics, and imaging. He has spent more than 20 years using a variety of microscopy techniques, including fluorescence nanoscopy, and electron microscopy. He previously served as Manager of Confocal Microscopy Facility in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at UTHealth Houston. His intent to educate and support scientists about microscopy led to his joining the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO) as Associate Director of Biological Imaging Core (BIC) in 2022. He joined the faculty at UHCO as Research Assistant Professor in 2023 and is serving as a member of the Research & Scholarship Committee of UH Faculty Senate. He is a board member of the Texas Society for Microscopy, and his goal is to create an excellent platform providing education and assistance on light and electron microscopy including image analysis for the research community.