KITAMURA AkiraAssociate Professor
- Laboratory
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Sciences
- Research Theme
- Elucidation for the mechanism in maintaining proteostasis in the cell using innovative fluorescence techniques
- Research Keywords
Proteostasis, Molecular Chaperones, Protein aggregation, Protein folding, Fluorescence measurement, Bioimaging, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Biomolecular Interaction, C. elegans
Overview of Research
A hallmark of protein conformational diseases, exemplified by neurodegenerative disorders, is the expression of misfolded and aggregated proteins with associated toxicity. My purpose is to elucidate the relationship between cellular aggregated protein and cytotoxicity using innovative fluorescence microscopy, spectroscopic imaging methods and so on.
Charge
- School of Science:
Biological Science course (Macromolecular Functions), Core Laboratories - Graduate School of Life Science:
Division of Life Science, Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Functional Cellular Sciences
Message
Let’s enjoy to clarify and discuss the elegant cellular mechanism such as proteostasis.
Representative Publications
Refer to HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS DIRECTORY
(https://researchers.general.hokudai.ac.jp/profile/en.XsSv0ICp1QrNbE575wXzmA==.html)
Note
<Office Hour>
– Time: Anytime during the weekday
– Place: Frontier-AMLS, 6F
Please contact in advance by E-mail.
E-mail: akita[at]sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Affiliation
- Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Department of Advanced Transdisciplinary Sciences, Functional Cellular Science
- Frontier Research Center for Advanced Material and Life Science, Advanced Facility Unit