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Tomita Lab
Neuropathology and Neuroscience

News

2024-9-7

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The 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Proteases in Pathophysiology was held at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Auditorium. For details, click here.
Graduate students Chia Jen Sung and Ikumi Tomizawa received the Young Investigator Award, and graduate students Rie Nakayoshi, Mai Kuriyama and Honoka Kobayashi received the Best Student Presentation Award!
2024-6-22

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Graduate student Daisuke Yamane received the Best Poster Presentation Award at BIOUT held in Tokyo.
2024-6-15

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Graduate students Tatsuya Nagase (oral division) and Hiroto Kobayashi (poster division) received the Best Presentation Award at the annual meeting of Kanto Branch of the Biochemical Society of Japan held in Tokyo.
2024-6-14

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Dr. Chihiro Sato (Washington University in St. Louis) held a seminar. For details, click here.
2024-5-29

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Graduate student Chia Jen Sung was awarded the ISMND Travel Fellowship at ISMND2024 in Korea.

About us

Our goal is to identify new technologies and new targets for drug discovery using biochemistry and molecular biology in both cultured cells and animal models, and to provide the world with results that will lead to the development of therapeutic drugs and new developments in basic biology research. We also actively promote joint research with industry and academia to implement the results of our research in society.

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Publication

Presenilin deficiency enhances tau phosphorylation and its secretion

Sun Y, Islam S, Gao Y, Nakamura T, Tomita T, Michikawa M, Zou K
J Neurochem. in press. doi: 10.1111/jnc.16155.

Effects of bound nucleotides on the secondary structure, thermal stability, and phosphorylation of Rab3A

Ito G, Tomita T, Utsunomiya-Tate N
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 723:150199, 2024.

Selective agonism of GPR34 stimulates microglial uptake and clearance of amyloid β fibrils

Etani H, Takatori S, Wang W, Omi J, Akahori A, Watanabe H, Sonn I, Okano H, Hara N, Hasegawa M, Miyashita A, Kikuchi M, Ikeuchi T, Morishima M, Saito Y, Murayama S, Saito T, Saido TC, Takai T, Ohwada T, Aoki J, Tomita T
bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.08.593262.

Leuco Ethyl Violet as Self-Activating Prodrug Photocatalyst for In Vivo Amyloid-Selective Oxygenation

Furuta M, Arii S, Umeda H, Matsukawa R, Shizu K, Kaji H, Kawashima SA, Hori Y, Tomita T, Sohma Y, Mitsunuma H, Kanai M
Adv Sci. in press. doi: 10.1002/advs.202401346. PMID: 38689504.