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IAB appoints twelve local high school students as "RA-U18" research assistants

Twelve local high school students joined on-going cutting edge projects at IAB.(This program was established in May 2009 ) The high school, Tsuruoka Chuo high school (Principal Mr. Yosuke Yamada, total enrollment of 907 students), is located right next to IAB and the twelve students were selected after written examinations and interviews. A welcome ceremony for the students appointed as "RA-U18" research assistants was held on April 25, 2011.

Serum Metabolomics Reveals γ-Glutamyl Dipeptides as Biomarkers for Discrimination among Different Forms of Liver Disease

Prof. Tomoyoshi Soga and Dr.Masahiro Sugimoto of IAB working in collaboration with a group of researchers including Prof. Makoto Suematu of School of Medicine, Keio University , Dr.Takafumi Saito of Department of Gastroenterology, Yamagata University School of Medicine and Dr.Masahi Honma of Department of Pharmacy, The University of Tokyo Hospital, has discovered reliable biomarkers for rapid screening diagnosis of liver diseases.
The article of this discovery will be published in Journal of Hepatology.

http://www.jhep-elsevier.com/article/S0168-8278(11)00159-0/abstract

Nice Step Researcher Award 2010

Mr.Junichi Sugahara(Doctoral couse student of IAB) and Mr.Kazuhide Sekiyama(President of Spiber Inc., graduated from IAB) won Nice Step Researcher Award 2010 of National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT.

One big step toward the physical check-up with saliva in Yamagata prefecture

Yamagata Dental Association (President: Dr.Keiichi Ishiguro) and IAB launched the research group to start the physical check-up with saliva near future.

Metabolome Analysis elucidates the change of taste of Dadacha-mame scientifically

IAB analyzed how metabolites change and how it influences to the taste by Metabolome analysis, when they're preserved. This is a collaborative research project with JA Tsuruoka (Tsuroka city, President : Mr.Imano) and Shonai division Yamagata prefecture(Mikawa town, President: Mr.Toshio Aida) to seek the best condition to preserve Dadacha-mame.

Metabolome analysis reveals the components of taste & flavor of Dadacha-mame

IAB analyzed the components of taste & flavor of Dadacha-mame(local variety of green soybeans) by Metabolome analysis. This is a collaborative research project with Yamagata University (Dr.Hiroaki Egashira, Faculty of Agriculture) and RIKEN PSC(Dr.Kazuki Saito).

Metabolome analysis reveals the components of good taste of "Tsuyahime", new brand rice of Yamagata prefecture

IAB reveals the components of good taste of "Tsuyahime", new brand rice of Yamagata prefecture, by Metabolome analysis. This is a collaborative research project with Yamagata Integrated Agricultural Research Center.

IAB 10th anniversary event held IAB's 10th anniversary event "Tsuruoka city, Yamaga prefecture as a world-famous educational & cultural city" was held at MARICA citizen hall, Tsuruoka City on Sept...

Dr.Nakada wins the BSJ Award for Junior Young Scientists at the Botanical Society of Japan

Dr.Takashi Nakada(research associate) received the BSJ Award for Junior Young Scientists at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan(Sep 9-11, 2010).

Fifth Metabolome Symposium The Fifth Metabolome Symposium was held at Grand-el-sun, Tsuruoka City on Sep 9-11, 2010. 29 oral presentations and 54 poster presentations presented. About 250 participan...