Former and current professors along with key research projects
Founding professor | |
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Dr. Yoshio Mutoh 1943~1949 Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics Image sourced from Kiryu City FB Website |
2nd professor | |
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Dr. Saburo Yamazoe 1949~1974 Development of urine-based fatigue testing method and blood preservation method. Studies of sperm metabolism, muscle and brain phospholipids, cell membrane Na+/K+-ATPase, L-amino acid oxidase and reactive oxygen species Image sourced from The Japanese Conference on the Biochemistry of Lipids |
3rd professor | |
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Dr. Satoshi Yamashita 1974~2000 Genetic and molecular biological approaches to study phospholipid metabolism in membranes. Genetic studies of phospholipid metabolism in baker's yeast. Studies of choline kinases, phospholipase C/D, and lysophospholipase. Image sourced from The Kitakanto Medica Journal |
4th professor | |
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Dr. Takashi Izumi 2000~2018 Studies of physiologcal role of bioactive lipid mediators, metabolism of phospholipid, and signal transduction via GPCRs Image sourced from Japanese Society of Biochemistry |
5th and current professor | |
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Yoji Andrew Minamishima 2018~ Hypoxic response in vivo, cellular metabolism, cell cycle, cellular senescence, cancer biology, and physiological role of hydrogen sulfide |