Gunma University / Akita University COE Program Signal Transduction in the Regulatory System and Its Disorders

Members

* IMCR: Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation

	name
	Affiliated department, position title
	Specialized field, Academic degree
	Division of roles (role for the plan in first fiscal year)
	Itaru KOJIMA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	Endocrinology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Organizer of the program
	Masatomo MORI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Professor
	Endocrinology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the factors regulating obesity and metabolic disorders
	Takashi MATOZAKI
	IMCR, Gunma University, Guest Professor Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Professor
	Biochemistry, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the tyrosine phosphorylation signals
	Tetsuro IZUMI
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	Mol. & Cell. Biol., M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the mechanism of exocytosis
	Tadahiro KITAMURA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	Endocrinology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on transcription factors involved in the pathogenesis of diabetes
	Hirokazu HIRAI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Professor
	Neurophysiology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the signals regulating maturation of neurons
	Fumikazu OKAJIMA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	Physiological, Chemistry, Ph.D.
	Research on the receptors for lysolipids
	Akihiro HARADA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Guest Professor Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Professor
	Cell Biology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the formation of cell polarity
	Takayuki YAMASHITA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	Mol. & Cell. Biol., M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the stress signal
	Takashi IZUMI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Professor
	Biochemistry, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the lipid mediators and their receptors
	Masahiko KURABAYASHI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Professor
	Cardiology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the pathobiology of atheroscrelosis
	Hirochika KITAGAWA
	IMCR, Gunma University, Professor
	M.D., Ph.D.
	Takehiko SASAKI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Professor
	Lipid Biochemistry, Ph.D.
	Research on the enzymology of lipid mediators
	Yu-ichiro YAMADA
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Professor
	Endocrinology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the metabolic regulation by intestinal factors
	Ken-ichi SAWADA
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Professor
	Hematology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the regulation by dendritic cells
	Tomonori HABUCHI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Professor
	Urology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the progression of urological tumors
	Yumiko IMAI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Professor
	Experimental Medicine, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the viral-host interactions involved in the pathogenesis of influenza
	Toshiaki OHTEKI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Guest Professor Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Professor
	Immunology, Ph.D.
	Research on the immunoregulation in dendritic cells
	Akira SUZUKI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Guest Professor Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Professor
	Mol. Biology, M.D., Ph.D.
	Research on the tumor suppressor gene
	Masakazu YAMAZAKI
	Graduate School of Medicine, Akita University, Associate Professor