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TAIRA Junichi
 
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Affiliation
Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics
Job
Associate Professor
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Research Interests

  • molecular biology

  • peptide chemistry

  • biochemistry

Degree

  • Saga University  -  Doctor of Science   2008.03

Biography in Kyutech

  • 2022.05
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering   Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics   Associate Professor  

  • 2019.04
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    2022.04
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering   Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics   Assistant Professor  

  • 2014.09
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    2019.03
     

    Kyushu Institute of Technology   Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering   Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics   Assistant Professor  

Biography before Kyutech

  • 2009.04 - 2014.08   Kurume University   Assistant Professor   Japan

Academic Society Memberships

  • 2003.04   日本化学会   Japan

  • 2003.04   日本生化学会   Japan

  • 2003.04   日本ペプチド学会   Japan

Research Career

  • 日本学術振興会特別研究員(DC1)

    研究期間: 2005.04  -  2008.03

Papers

  • Importance of isoleucine residue in ion channel formation ability of 11-residue peptaibols Reviewed International journal

    T. Nakatani, A. Koga, S. Goto, M. Inoue, K. Shigedomi, K. Seki, K. Araki, J. Taira, H. Kodama, S. Osada

    Bioorg. Med. Chem.   110   117839   2024.08

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2024.117839.

  • Role of tubulin C-terminal tail on mechanical properties of microtubule Reviewed International journal

    S. Nowroz, S.R. Nasrin, A.M.R. Kabir, T. Yamashita, T. Kusumoto, J. Taira, M. Tani, M. Ichikawa, K. Sada, Kazuki, A. Kakugo

    Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.   706   149761   2024.04

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149761

  • Computational Screening and Experimental Validation of Inhibitor Targeting the Complex Formation of Grb14 and Insulin Receptor Reviewed International journal

    Y. Ochi, T. Matsui, K. Inoue, K. Monobe, H. Sakamoto, S. Aoki, J. Taira

    Molecules ( MDPI )   29   198   2023.12

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    DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010198

  • Computer-assisted identification of inhibitor with novel pharmacophore targeting first kringle domain of hepatocyte growth factor Reviewed

    J. Taira, M. Yamaguchi, A. Tashiro, A. Kida, K. Suzuki, K. Sakai, K. Matsumoto, S. Aoki

    ChemistrySelect   8 ( 36 )   e202301577   2023.09

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    DOI: 10.1002/slct.202301577

  • Identification of novel inhibitors for mycobacterial polyketide synthase 13 via in silico drug screening assisted by the parallel compound screening with genetic algorithm-based programs Reviewed International journal

    Junichi Taira, Kahori Murakami, Kohei Monobe, Kohei Kuriki, Miu Fujita, Yosuke Ochi, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shunsuke Aoki

    The Journal of Antibiotics ( Springer Nature )   in press   2022.08

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    DOI: 10.1038/s41429-022-00549-z

  • Establishing a parallel compound screening method and identifying novel antimicrobial compounds targeting Staphylococcus aureus dihydrofolate reductase Reviewed International journal

    Junpei Nakashima, Masamune Takeuchi, Shuhei Kawamoto, Kohei Monobe, Junichi Taira, Shunsuke Aoki

    Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science   12 ( 8 )   036 - 047   2022.08

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    DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2022.120805

  • Establishment of in silico prediction methods for potential bitter molecules using the human T2R14 homology-model structure Reviewed International journal

    K. Kuriki, R. Matsumoto, C. Ijichi, J. Taira, S. Aoki

    Chem. Biol. Lett.   9 ( 3 )   351   2022.05

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  • Computer‑Assisted Screening of Mycobacterial Growth Inhibitors: Exclusion of Frequent Hitters with the Assistance of the Multiple Target Screening Method Reviewed International journal

    Kohei Kuriki, Junichi Taira, Masato Kuroki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shunsuke Aoki

    International Journal of Mycobacteriology   10 ( 3 )   307 - 311   2021.09

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    DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_137_21

  • Online biomolecular design competition across university boundaries Reviewed

    69 ( 4 )   31 - 39   印刷中   2021.07

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  • Complex Formation of Heme Oxygenase-2 with Heme Is Competitively Inhibited by the Cytosolic Domain of Caveolin-1 Reviewed

    Misaki Takemoto, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yuichiro Higashimoto, Junichi Taira

    Biochemistry ( American Chemical Society )   印刷中   2021.07

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00247

  • Conformational Equilibrium of NADPH–Cytochrome P450 Oxidoreductase Is Essential for Heme Oxygenase Reaction Invited Reviewed International journal

    1. M. Sugishima, J. Taira, T. Sagara, R. Nakao, H. Sato, M. Noguchi, K. Fukuyama, K. Yamamoto, T. Yasunaga, H. Sakamoto

    Antioxidants   9   673   2020.07

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    DOI: 10.3390/antiox9080673

  • Improvement of the novel inhibitor for Mycobacterium enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA): A structure–activity relationship study of KES4 assisted by in silico structure-based drug screening Reviewed International journal

    J. Taira, T. Umei, K. Inoue, M. Kitamura, F. Berenger, J. C. Sacchettini, H. Sakamoto, Shunsuke Aoki

    J. Antibiot.   2020.03

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    DOI: 10.1038/s41429-020-0293-6

  • Structural modification of a novel inhibitor for Mycobacterium enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA) assisted by in silico structure-based drug screening Reviewed International journal

    J. Taira, T. Nagano, M. Kitamura, M. Yamaguchi, H. Sakamoto, S. Aoki

    Int. J. Mycobacteriol.   9 ( 1 )   12 - 17   2020.03

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    DOI: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_184_19

  • Dephosphorylation of clustered phosphoserine residues in human Grb14 by protein phosphatase 1 and its effect on insulin receptor complex formation Reviewed International journal

    J. Taira, K. Yoshida, M. Takemoto, K. Hanada, H. Sakamoto

    J. Pept. Sci.   25 ( 10 )   e3207   2019.07

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    DOI: 10.1002/psc.3207

  • Identification of Protein Phosphatase Involved in Dephosphorylation of Phosphoserines in Human Grb14 BPS Domain Reviewed

    K. Yoshida, J. Taira, H. Komatsu, H. Sakamoto

    Peptide Science 2018   33   2019.03

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  • Development of rat heme oxygenase-1 based gene encorded heme probe for intercellular heme detection

    J. Taira, O. Nakashima, H. Komatsu, H. Sakamoto

    Peptide Science 2017   156 - 157   2018.03

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  • Can peptide deformylase produce methionine aminopeptidase inhibitors from their formylated precursors?

    Y. Oishi, Y. Takami, J. Taira, H. Kodama, S. Osada

    Peptide Science 2017   106 - 107   2018.03

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  • Protective Role of PEDF-Derived Synthetic Peptide Against Experimental Diabetic Nephropathy Reviewed

    48 ( 9 )   613 - 619   2016.09

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    DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-108448

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  • Coadministration of the fniii14 peptide synergistically augments the anti-cancer activity of chemotherapeutic drugs by activating pro-apoptotic bim Reviewed

    11 ( 9 )   2016.09

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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162525

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  • EprS, an autotransporter serine protease, plays an important role in various pathogenic phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reviewed

    2015.12

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    DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000228

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  • Improvement of heme oxygenase-1-based heme sensor for quantifying free heme in biological samples Reviewed

    489   50 - 52   2015.11

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.08.004

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  • Pigment epithelium derived factor inhibits caveolin induced interleukin 8 gene expression and proliferation of human prostate cancer cells. Reviewed

    10   2644 - 2648   2015.10

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  • Discovery of InhA inhibitors with anti-mycobacterial activity through a matched molecular pair approach Reviewed

    94   378 - 385   2015.04

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.02.062

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  • Effect of glycogen synthase kinase 3 on the complex forming between growth factor receptor bound protein 14 and insulin receptor

    187 - 190   2015.03

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  • Evaluation of in vitro Phosphorylation Properties of Predicted Kinase which Phosphorylate Serines in Nuclear Localization Signal 1 in High Mobility Group Box 1 Reviewed

    20 ( 8 )   613 - 617   2014.08

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    DOI: 10.1002/psc.2630

  • Phosphorylation of Grb14 BPS Domain by GSK-3 Correlates with Complex Forming of Grb14 and Insulin Receptor Reviewed

    155 ( 6 )   353 - 360   2014.06

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    DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvu011

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  • Tenascin-C-derived Peptide TNIIIA2 Highly Enhances Cell Survival and PDGF-dependent Cell Proliferation through Potentiated and Sustained Activation of Integrin α5β1 Reviewed

    289 ( 25 )   17699 - 17708   2014.05

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    DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.546622

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  • Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) Binds to Caveolin-1 and Inhibits The Pro-Inflammatory Effects of Caveolin-1 in Endothelial Cells Reviewed

    2013.11

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.10.074

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  • EprS, an autotransporter protein of pseudomonas aeruginosa, possessing serine protease activity induces inflammatory responses through protease-activated receptors Reviewed

    15 ( 7 )   1168 - 1181   2013.07

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    DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12106

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  • Protein phosphatase 2A dephosphorylates phosphoserines in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and secretion of high mobility group box 1 Reviewed

    154 ( 3 )   299 - 308   2013.06

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    DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt056

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  • Protein phosphatase 2A in macrophage dephosphorylates phosphoserines involved in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and secretion of high mobility group box 1

    191 - 194   2013.03

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  • Caveolin-1 interacts with protein phosphatase 5 and modulates its activity in prostate cancer cells Reviewed

    434 ( 4 )   724 - 728   2013.02

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.01.051

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  • Identification of essential amino acid residues involved in the interaction of heme oxygenase-1 with caveolin-1

    35 - 38   2012.03

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  • Caveolin-1 is a competitive inhibitor of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) with heme: identification of minimum sequence in caveolin-1 for binding to HO-1 Reviewed

    50 ( 32 )   6824 - 6831   2011.08

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    DOI: 10.1021/bi200601t

  • Structural modification of 2-aminoisobutylic acid containing peptides toward an acquiring of antimicrobial activities against pathogenic bacteria Reviewed

    263 - 263   2011.03

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  • Peptaibol derived helix-Kink motif facilitates channel forming of the artificial α-aminoisobutyric acid rich helices Reviewed

    16 ( 4 )   277 - 282   2010.12

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    DOI: 10.1007/s10989-010-9233-9

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  • Modifications on amphiphilicity and cationicity of unnatural amino acid containing peptides for the improvement of antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria Reviewed

    16 ( 17 )   607 - 612   2010.11

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    DOI: 10.1002/psc.1270

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  • Trans-bilayer ion conduction by proline containing cyclic hexapeptides and effects of amino acid substitutions on ion conducting properties Reviewed

    83 ( 6 )   683 - 688   2010.06

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    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20090272

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  • Apoptotic death of hematopoietic tumor cells through potentiated and sustained adhesion to fibronectin via VLA-4 Reviewed

    285 ( 10 )   7006 - 7015   2010.03

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    DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.027581

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  • Amino acid sequence dependence of ion channel activity by cyclic tetrapeptides

    195 - 198   2010.03

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  • Ion channel formation of dimeric peptide enhanced by electrostatic inter-helical interactions Reviewed

    611   321 - 322   2009.04

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  • Conformational effects of cyclic hexapeptides for ion channel properties Reviewed

    611   337 - 338   2009.04

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  • Synthesis and biological activity of alamethicin analogs enhanced by electrostatic interaction

    245 - 248   2009.03

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  • Modifications of hydrophobic value and hydrophobic moment value of cationic model peptides for conversion of peptide-membrane interactions Reviewed

    81 ( 6 )   733 - 739   2008.06

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    DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.81.733

  • Ion channel formation assisted by electrostatic inter-helical interactions in covalently dimerized amphiphilic helical peptides Reviewed

    47 ( 12 )   3705 - 3714   2008.03

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    DOI: 10.1021/bi702371e

  • Antiadhesive sites present in the fibronectin type III-like repeats of human plasma fibronectin

    325 - 328   2008.03

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  • Synthesis and ion conductance of cervinin peptides

    277 - 280   2008.03

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  • Enhancement of ion channel formation by electrostatic interaction incorporated in dimeric helical peptide

    285 - 288   2008.03

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  • Antiadhesive sites present in the fibronectin type III-like repeats of human plasma fibronectin Reviewed

    30 ( 5 )   891 - 897   2007.05

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    DOI: 10.1248/bpb.30.891

  • Comparison study of ion channel activities of homo-dimerized and hetero-dimerized amphiphilic helical model peptides Reviewed

    121 - 122   2006.11

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  • Effect of ring size alteration for ion channel activities of cyclic peptides

    245 - 248   2006.03

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  • Synthesis and biological activities of proline rich cyclic heptapeptide hymenamide B analogs Reviewed

    609 - 610   2005.06

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  • Ion channel activities and mechanisms of ion conduction about cyclic hexapeptides Reviewed

    607 - 608   2005.06

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  • Ion-channel properties of cyclic hexapeptide cyclo(Pro-Xxx-Yyy)2 Reviewed

    531 - 534   2005.03

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  • Solid-phase synthesis of tyrosine-containing cyclic peptides Reviewed

    535 - 538   2005.03

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  • Synthesis and biophysical properties of the transmembrane segments of the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins Reviewed

    734 - 735   2004.11

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  • Synthesis and ion-channel activity of assembled Aib-model peptides

    327 - 330   2004.03

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Honors and Awards

  • 日本生化学会九州支部学術奨励賞

    日本生化学会九州支部   アダプタータンパク質Grb14 のインスリンシグナル抑制における機能の解明   2020.05.19

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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  • ヘム分解酵素の基質選別における膜局在の影響および膜からの遊離に伴う機能変化の解明

    Grant number:23K04964  2023.04 - 2025.03   基盤研究(C)

  • 細胞接着をモデルとしたリポソームの組織化技術の開発

    Grant number:23H04427  2023.04 - 2025.03   学術変革領域研究(A)

  • 脂質二重膜で機能するヘリックスペプチドを利用したミニマルインターフェイスの構築

    Grant number:21H05887  2021.04 - 2023.03   学術変革領域研究(A)公募研究

  • 生体内遊離ヘムの計測と細胞内イメージング

    Grant number:18K05358  2018.04 - 2022.03   基盤研究(C)

  • Grb14のインスリンシグナル抑制を制御するリン酸化状態の解明と関連因子の探索

    Grant number:16K21226  2016.04 - 2019.03   若手研究(B)

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    インスリンシグナル抑制因子Grb14の機能調節に関わるリン酸化状態の解明およびリン酸化、脱リン酸化に関与するキナーゼとホスファターゼの解明をおこなう。

  • 生体内遊離ヘムの濃度測定と動態解析

    Grant number:15K01825  2015.04 - 2018.03   基盤研究(C)

  • リン酸化を介してHMGB1の分泌を制御する因子の探索と制御機構の解明

    Grant number:25870990  2013.04 - 2016.03   若手研究(B)

  • 受動性輸送体タンパク質の機能調節のための膜貫通セグメントの構造と機能に関する研究

    Grant number:05J06431  2005.04 - 2008.03   特別研究員奨励費

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Other External Funds

  • 分子ロボコン「BIOMOD」世界大会への九工大チームの挑戦および大会運営への教員の参画

    2023.06 - 2024.03

    飯塚市大学支援補助金  

  • オンラインで行われる生体分子コンペティションへの挑戦に向けた教育環境の整備

    2021.07 - 2022.02

    飯塚市大学支援補助金  

  • PKCによるHMGB1のリン酸化特性の生化学的解析とその細胞内局在への影響

    2013.04 - 2014.03

    平成25年度 久留米大学学術振興基金助成金  

  • Caveolin-1を介したHeme Oxygenase-1による新規シグナル伝達経路の解明

    2011.04 - 2012.03

    平成23年度 武田科学振興財団 医学研究奨励(基礎)  

Career of Research abroad

  • Exchange Scientist

    米国国立衛生研究所 国立ガンセンター   Project Year:  2006.01.06 - 2006.04.05

  • Junior Research Associate

    Wilfrid Laurier大学  Project Year:  2003.11.10 - 2004.02.10

Charge of off-campus class subject

  • Institution:久留米大学医学部医学科

  • Institution:久留米大学医学部医学科

  • Institution:久留米大学医学部医学科

  • Institution:久留米大学医学部医学科

  • Institution:久留米大学医学部看護学科

  • Institution:杉森高等学校 看護専攻科

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Award for Educational Activities

  • Project Award: Gold

    BIOMOD2023 committee   2023.11.05

  • Molecular Robotics Award

    分子ロボティクス研究会   2023.11.05

  • Best Website Award: 2nd Place

    BIOMOD2023 committee   2023.11.05

  • デジタルコンテンツコンテスト(動画コンテンツ部門)

    九州工業大学   2021.09.21

  • BIOMOD JAPAN OPEN 2020 Grand Prize

    BIOMOD JAPAN OPEN 2020 実行委員会   2020.09.30

  • Project Award: Bronze

    Annual biomolecular design competition for students (BIOMOD)   2019.10.28

  • 優秀ポスター賞

    第43回蛋白質と酵素の構造と機能に関する九州シンポジウム   2019.09.07

  • 第3位(トラベルアワード)

    分子ロボティクス研究会   2019.08.31

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Social activity outside the university

  • 飯塚市適応指導教室でのSTEM教育支援

    Role(s):Lecturer, Planner, Demonstrator

    2024.02.01

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    Audience: Schoolchildren, Junior students

    Type:Visiting lecture

    飯塚市 適応指導教室「コスモス」にて、プログラミングや実験等のSTEM教育に関する活動を実施。不定期開催であるが2ヶ月に1度程度の頻度で開催