Research Projects

Management Committee

Head Investigator
Akiyoshi Fukamizu Professor Life Science Center, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigators
Kazuhiko Igarashi Professor Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Mitsuyoshi Nakao Professor Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University Kaoru Sugasawa Professor Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University Hozumi Motohashi Professor Department of Gene Expression Regulation, IDAC, Tohoku University Naoya Yahagi Associate Professor Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Toshiyuki Shimizu Professor Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Advisors
Hiroyuki Sasaki Professor Kyushu University Masato Kasuga Director-General Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine Yoshihiro Yoneda　 Professor Osaka University

Planned Research Projects

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Project Title	Fukamizu Group: Crosstalk regulation between the formation of the transcriptional environment and amino acid metabolism
Principal Investigator		Akiyoshi Fukamizu Professor Life Science Center, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance University of Tsukuba Web: http://akif2.tara.tsukuba.ac.jp/ E-mail: akif::tara.tsukuba.ac.jp
Co-investigator		Hidekazu Takahashi Associate Professor Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine E-mail: hidetaka::yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Project Title	Igarashi Group: Epigenetic role of the methionine metabolic pathway and its involvement in carcinogenesis
Principal Investigator		Kazuhiko Igarashi Professor Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Web: http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/medical/05/ E-mail: igarashi::med.tohoku.ac.jp

Project Title	Nakao Group: Molecular basis of metabolic reprogramming mediated by chromatin factors
Principal Investigator		Mitsuyoshi Nakao Professor Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics Kumamoto University Web: http://www.imeg.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/ E-mail: mnakao::gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Co-investigator		Shinjiro Hino Assistant Professor Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics Kumamoto University E-mail: s-hino::kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Project Title	Sugasawa Group: Cross-regulation of the maintenance and mutagenesis of genomic sequence and epigenetic information
Principal Investigator		Kaoru Sugasawa Professor Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University Web: http://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/brce-sugasawa/index-e.html E-mail: ksugasawa::garnet.kobe-u.ac.jp

Project Title	Motohashi Group: Crosstalk between the oxidative stress response and metabolic regulation modulated by the chromatin environment
Principal Investigator		Hozumi Motohashi Professor Department of Gene Expression Regulation, IDAC, Tohoku University HP: http://www2.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/ger/ E-mail: hozumim::med.tohoku.ac.jp

Project Title	Yahagi Group: Exploring the mechanisms of metabolic control of gene expression through new approaches of nutrigenomics
Principal Investigator		Naoya Yahagi Associate Professor, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences University of Tsukuba Web: http://metab.umin.ne.jp/index-e.shtml E-mail: nyahagi-tky::umin.ac.jp

Project Title	Shimizu Group: Structural analysis of the transcription environment factors that engage in crosstalk with metabolic pathways
Principal Investigator		Toshiyuki Shimizu Professor Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo HP: http://www.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kouzou/index_e.html E-mail: shimizu::mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Co-investigator		Sachiko Toma Associate Professor Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Tokyo E-mail: tomas::mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Co-investigator		Yuka Nakajima Associate Professor Life Science Center, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance University of Tsukuba E-mail: nakajima::tara.tsukuba.ac.jp