News
Syota Fukuyama (M1) received the Excellence Poster Award at the R6 Japanese Biochemical Society of Japan, Kyushu Branch.
Eisho Kozakura (D3) received the Excellence Poster Award at the R6 Japanese Biochemical Society of Japan, Kyushu Branch.
Ryoya Ueno (D1) received the Student Excellent Presentation Award at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Lipid Biochemistry.
As a recipient of the JASSO Scholarship for Short-Term Student Exchange, Hikaru Maruyama has arrived in Japan from Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
As short-term exchange students, Saeyee Phornpat and Phuthanachoktawee Panicha have arrived in Japan from Mahidol University, Thailand.
Yuki Ota(B4) received the Student Excellence Presentation Award at the 145th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
Recruit
We are looking for graduate students.
If you would like to know more about the research contents of the laboratory, please contact the following email address. We also accept consultations and questions regarding laboratory visits at any time.
Research
In our laboratory, we strive daily for drug discovery research and biomarker discovery for unmet medical needs.
Therefore, we are paying attention to lipid oxidation. Recently, it has been reported that these lipid peroxides and their metabolites act as causative molecules of various diseases and inflammations. For example, peroxide is involved in new cell death ferrocytosis, and the complex of lipid-derived aldehydes and proteins is involved in the development of angiogenesis and age-related macular degeneration.
Therefore, we first worked on the development of detection technology for these lipid oxides and screening technology for their target molecules. Recently, based on these technologies, we are conducting research into the efficacy of seed candidate compounds for disease model animals, elucidation of disease mechanism, and search for biomarkers.
We are looking forward to those who are interested in such new research fields and those who have a strong spirit of challenge.