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NEWS09.11.02
Doctoral student wins Presentation award at JBS annual meeting
NEWS(09.11.02)
Doctoral student wins Presentation Award at JBS Annual Meeting
IAB graduate student Mr. Kenjiro Kami (Graduate School of Media and Governance, doctoral program) received Presentation Award at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Oct.21-24, 2009), organized by The Japanese Biochemical Society . The title of his presentation is "Metabolome analysis of cancer cells under nutrient-deprived condition by capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry"
NEWS09.10.30
Discovery of a new therapeutic method to prevent the progress of a chronic kidney disease
NEWS(09.10.30)
Discovery of a new therapeutic method to prevent the progress of a chronic kidney disease
Prof. Takaaki Abe, Division of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering working in collaboration with a group of researchers including Prof. T. Soga of the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, has discovered a new therapeutic target of chronic kidney disease "OATP-R" in a kidney. The OATP-R possesses the ability to reduce the accumulation of uremic toxins, however, its effect diminishes under the condition of renal failure. This research group has discovered that various statins, used as hypolipidemics, upregulate the expression of OATP-R, thus, intake of those statins leads to accrual of OATP-R to discharge uremic toxins out of a body and improve organ dysfunction. This research has developed a new therapeutic method to prevent the progress of renal failure including introduction of dialysis.
The article of this discovery was published in the electronic version of Journal of American Society of Nephrology on October 29. http://jasn.asnjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/ASN.2009070696
NEWS09.10.22
Obtained a patent for state-of-the-art metabolome analysis technology
NEWS(09.10.22)
NEWS09.10.16
The 1st CE-MS Metabolomics Workshop
NEWS(09.10.16)
NEWS09.09.04
Professor M. Tomita wins the Metabolomics Society Distinguished Service Award
NEWS(09.09.04)
NEWS09.06.25
20 Most Promising University-based Startups
NEWS(09.06.25)
Two IAB-Keio University Spinout BioVentures selected among top 20 Most Promising University-based Startups by METI
Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc. (Head Office: Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Prefecture, President: Ryuji Kanno) and Spiber Inc. (Head Office: Tsuruoka city, Yamagata Prefecture, President: Kazuhide Sekiyama) recognized to be among the 20 Most Promising University-based Startups in "Report of Fundamental Survey on University-based Startups in FY 2008" by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
NEWS09.06.22
Systematic identification of cell cycle-dependent yeast nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins by pred
NEWS(09.06.22)
Systematic identification of cell cycle-dependent yeast nucleocytoplasmic shuttling proteins by prediction of composite motifs
IAB scientists Dr. S. Kosugi and Prof. H. Yanagawa' just published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online (PNAS Online) on 11 June, 2009 results of a new study on nucleoplasmic shuttling proteins.
NEWS09.06.17
Metabolomic Profiling of Anionic Metabolites by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry
NEWS(09.06.17)
Metabolomic Profiling of Anionic Metabolites by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry
A group of IAB researchers including Prof. T. Soga working in collaboration with colleagues at Agilent Technologies, Inc. published the findings of a new study entitled "Metabolomic Profiling of Anionic Metabolites by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry" in Analytical Chemistry on 12 June, 2009.
NEWS09.06.04
Dr. Fujishima wins Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (NRMCB) Poster Prize at RNA2009
NEWS(09.06.04)
Dr. Fujishima wins Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (NRMCB) Poster Prize at RNA2009
IAB scientist Dr. Fujishima was awarded Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (NRMCB) Poster Prize at The 14th annual meeting of the RNA Society (RNA2009).The title of the poster is "Tri-split tRNA: A novel type of transfer RNA produced from three transcripts via trans-splicing",the world's first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring.
NEWS09.05.26
Measurement of internal body time by blood metabolomics
NEWS(09.05.26)
Measurement of internal body time by blood metabolomics
A study by a group of IAB researchers including Yuji Kakazu and Professor Tomoyoshi Soga working in collaboration with Yoichi Minami, Takeya Kasukawa and Hiroki R. Ueda, Team Leader, of Laboratory for Systems Biology and Functional Genomics Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (Director: Masatoshi Takeichi) reveals a method for measuring bodily time by analyzing metabolic products in the blood using a combined liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry technique developed at IAB. This new approach to reading circadian status is published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online (PNAS Online) on 1 June, 2009.
NEWS09.05.20
Could anti-parasitic drugs be effective against cancer?
NEWS(09.05.20)
NEWS09.05.15
"CE/MS method" wins The Prize of the Chairman of Hatsumei Kyokai
NEWS(09.05.15)
"CE/MS method" wins The Prize of the Chairman of Hatsumei Kyokai (Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation)
IAB scientist Prof. T. Soga was awarded The Prize of the Chairman of Hatsumei Kyokai (Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation) for "Invention of CE/MS method" (Patent No. 3341765) at 2009 National Commendation for Invention, sponsored by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation.
NEWS09.05.08
IAB appoints four local high school students as "RA-U18" research assistants
NEWS(09.05.08)
NEWS09.04.25
164th Committee on Genome Technology
NEWS(09.04.25)
164th Committee on Genome Technology
The 30th Workshop of the 164th Committee on Genome Technology was held on Apr 24-25, 2009 at Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus. This event was sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
NEWS09.04.09
IAB joint research project selected as "City Area Program"
NEWS(09.04.09)
IAB joint research project selected as "City Area Program"
IAB will be a partner in a project entitled "Project for creation of high-functional food science industry cluster" led by Yamagata prefecture and Tsuruoka city, that was selected as "City Area Program" by MEXT, a Ministry of the Japanese government.
"What is a City Area Program?" >>
City Area Program2009 Website(Japanese) >>
NEWS09.04.06
Nikkei BP Technology Award
NEWS(09.04.06)
Professor M. Itaya and Assistant Professor K. Tsuge win the 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award
IAB scientists Prof. M. Itaya and Assistant Prof. K. Tsuge were awarded the 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award, Category of Medicine & Biotechnology. on April 6, 2009.
The 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award website(Japanese) >>
EVENT09.03.24
Spring Science Camp 2009
EVENT(09.03.24)
NEWS09.03.16
The 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition
NEWS(09.03.16)
IAB students win prize at The 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition
The research project of IAB students Mr.Kazuhide Sekiyama and Mr.Junichi Sugahara got the first prize in the 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition.
The 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition website>>
NEWS09.02.04
The World's First Discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring
NEWS(09.02.04)
NEWS09.01.14
IAB and Carna Biosciences, Inc. launched joint research for new system to evaluate the effect of kin
NEWS(09.01.14)
IAB and Carna Biosciences, Inc. launched joint research for new system to evaluate the effect of kinase inhibitors
IAB and Carna Biosciences, Inc. announced that they launch joint research to analyze the function of kinase which are targeted by many anti-cancer drugs and apply a system to evaluate the effect of kinase inhibitors quantitatively.
>> Carna Biosciences, Inc. Press Release (Japanese)