The 1st-gen professor

Dr. Yoshio Mutoh
1943~1949
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics
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The 2nd-gen professor

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: adapted from The Japanese Conference on the Biochemistry of Lipids

The 3rd-gen professor

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: adapted from The Kitakanto Medica Journal

The 4th-gen professor

Dr. Takashi Izumi
2000~2018
Studies of physiologcal role of bioactive lipid mediators, metabolism of phospholipid, and signal transduction via GPCRs
Image: adapted from the Japanese Society of Biochemistry

The 5th-gen and current

Yoji Andrew Minamishima
2018~
Hypoxic response in vivo, cellular metabolism, cell cycle, cellular senescence, cancer biology, and physiological role of hydrogen sulfide
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