Research Projects
| Division | Core Member | Title of research project |
| [ Neuroscience ] | ||
| Regenerative Neural Medicine | Hisao Yamada | In situ imaging of neural cells and their function |
| Anatomy and Brain Science | Tetsuo Sugimoto | Analysis of mouse lateral striatum using antibodies for GAD1, GPR155, Calb1 and dopamine receptors |
| Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Hiroko Matsuda | Imaging of disease-related molecules and cells |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | Kae Nakamura | The role of serotonin and dopamine for cognitive processes in the primate |
| Molecular and Functional Biology | Seiji Ito | Elucidation of pathogenesis and development of diagnosis and treatment of intractable neural diseases |
| Neurology | Hirofumi Kusaka | Analysis of synaptic plasticity in the basal ganglia network by regional quantitation of mRNA in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats |
| Neuropsychiatry | Toshihiko Kinoshita | Alterations of Mirror Neurons in Patients with Schizophrenia |
| Neurosurgery | Akio Asai | Development of in vivo imaging of cancer stem cells in glioblastoma |
| Medical Control of Stress Response | Koh Shingu | Anti-inflammatory property of dexmedetomidine, a selective α2-adrenergic receptor agonist |
| Spinal Cord Regeneration | Toshio Nakatani Yasuyuki Kuwagata |
Basic and clinical studies on cell treatment for complete spinal cord injury |
| Functional Neuroscience | Reiko Kobayakawa | Study on fear induced by odorant molecules |
| [ Cancer ] | ||
| Stem Cell Pathology | Hiroo Ueno | Analyses of dynamics of intestinal stem cells by multi-color lineage tracing method |
| Viral Oncology | Jun-ichi Fujisawa | Analysis of ATL development in HTLV-1 infected humanized mouse model |
| Stem Cell Biology | Yoshiaki Sonoda | Identification of embryonic stem cell-like tissue committed stem cells and elucidation of their differentiation pathway: An application to cell therapy and regenerative medicine |
| Public Health and International Health | Toshimasa Nishiyama | Functional analysis of overexpressing genes in tissue stem cells and relationship with cancer stem cells |
| Legal Medicine | Atsushi Akane | The comprehensive analysis of microRNA in hearts of stress model rat |
| Molecular Genetics | Tatsuo Kinashi | Molecular mechanism of lymphocyte trafficking |
| Model Animal | Sung-il Lee | Generation of mice carrying GFP reporter gene by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome engineering |
| Cell Signaling | Satoshi Matsuda | Analysis of signal transduction molecules involved in proliferation, development and stemness |
| Internal Medicine 1 | Shosaku Nomura | Development of novel therapeutic strategy and elucidation of functional basis for intractable diseases by human dendritic cell research |
| Otolaryngology | Koichi Tomoda | Search and Identification of head and neck cancer-related factors by imaging mass spectrometry |
| Stem Cell Disorders | Susumu Ikehara | IBM-BMT is an effective strategy for cancer treatment |
| [ Metabolism ] | ||
| Molecular Pharmacology | Tomoyuki Nakamura | Study of fibril formation in the extracellular matrix |
| Internal Medicine 2 | Ichiro Shiojima | Identification of cardiac stem cell-specific surface antigens |
| Internal Medicine 3 | Kazuichi Okazaki | A molecular imaging study of identifying biomarkers in inflammatory gastroenterological disorders |
| Surgery | A-Hon Kwon | Identification of causative material of small-bowel obstruction from histopathological sections by MALDI-imaging mass spectrometry |
| Dermatology | Hiroyuki Okamoto | Analysis of UV-induced molecules related to melanoma |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Hirokazu Iida | Sonication for diagnosis of implant-associated infections |
| Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | Kenji Kusumoto | Clarification of skin and soft tissue aging and tissue regeneration and application in diagnosis and treatment using molecular imaging |
| Ophthalmology | Kanji Takahashi | Elucidation of molecular mechanism of choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration and retinal ischemia-reperfusion injury |
| Radiology | Satoshi Sawada Noboru Tanigawa |
The basic experiment of development for diagnostic agent and the curative drugs by the RI labeled antibody for the solid tumors |
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Clinical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
Hakuo Takahashi Koji Tsuta |
Analysis of localization of endogenous digitalis in the brain, and the pathophysiological roles in hypertension
Nanoparticle technique for pathological diagnosis |
| Physics | Yu Kihara Masami Kageshima |
Cellular function imaging by x-ray microscopy
Research for imaging of intracellular function and structure |