(１) Research projects by foreign researchers
| Program No. | Affiliation | Position |
Principal researcher |
Research title | New or continued project |
Researcher in charge in IMCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003 | Capital Medical University(China) | Professor | Jin-Kui Yang | Berberine promotes insulin secretion through KCNH6 potassium channel in pancreatic beta cells. | continued |
Professor・Tetsuro Izumi |
| 20006 | Hunan University(China) | Associate Professor” |
Hong-Hui Wang | Development of a Glucose-gated DNA-nanodevice for glucose Control in TypeⅡDiabetes. | continued | Professor・Tetsuro Izumi |
| 21006 | Ajou University(South Korea) | Research professor | Hantae Jo | ZIP13 regulates the TGF-β signaling in Hepatic stellate cell. | New |
Assistant Professor・Ayako Fukunaka |
| 21018 | Mahidol University（Thailand） | Instructor | Prapaporn Thamtarana | Characterization of candidate genes for autosomal dominant diabetes | New |
Professor・Jun Shirakawa |
| 21019 | Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)（Singapore） | PI; Assistant Professor | Adrian Teo | Human stem cell-derived pancreatic beta cells for the treatment of diabetes | New |
Professor・Jun Shirakawa |
| 20007 | University of Minnesota（United States of America） | Assistant Professor | Emilyn Alejandro | Role of nutrient-driven O-GlcNAc-posttranslational modification in pancreatic exocrine and endocrine islet development | continued |
Professor・Yoshio Fujitani |
