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Mar. 24, 2014.

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This is all the members of our department with "Section of Communications and Public Liaison" members. It was taken at the main gate of National Institutes of Natural Sciences, when cherry blossoms were in full-blown. (2012/04/09) Click it to see the full-sized version.

Our study purpose
All of the cell function are performed or supported by operation of channels (ion and water channels) and transporters (carriers and pumps) located on the membrane.
The objectives of our laboratory work are 1) to elucidate molecular mechanisms of most general cell activities, such as volume regulation, absorption/secretion and environmental signal reception, 2) to clarify roles of channels, transporters and receptors in these fundamental functions from the view-point of integrative biology, and 3) to throw the light on the relationship between these malfunctions and diseases or cell death, as well as 4) to study the multifunctionality of channel and transporter during cell functions or malfunctions.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

1. Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Volume Regulation.

2. Ionic Mechanisms of Apoptotic and Necrotic Cell Death.

3. Ionic Mechanisms of Ischemic Death in Neurons and Cardiac Myocytes.

4. Molecular Mechanisms of Sensor Channel Functions.

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