Kazuto Yamashita is a researcher of diagnostic field in Central Research Laboratories, Sysmex Corporation (Kobe, Japan). The company provides diagnostic instruments, reagents and related software all over the world. He got B.S. and M.S. from Department of Chemistry, Kobe University. After he joined Sysmex Corporation (2016 –), he focused on protein chemistry, especially for the aggregation of proteins, and assay development using fully automated immunoassay system. Currently, he is working on the development of new reagents aiming for a blood-based diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.