Head of the Office: Hiromichi Shirataki MD, PhD
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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Message from the Head of the Department
Welcome to Shirataki lab at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University. We are very much interested in molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying intracellular vesicle transport involving in nutrient uptake, secretion of macromolecule, cell division, cell motility, and cell homeostasis.
Activities
Education
School of Medicine:
2nd year | Molecular Cell Biology |
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Academic Society Activities
The Japanese Biochemical Society
The Japanese Society of Hepatology
Japanese Cancer Association
Faculty
Professor Hiromichi Shirataki, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor Satoru Higashi, MSc
Characteristics of the section
We have focused on the taxilin family which was identified and named by our group, and have extensively investigated its cellular function in intracellular vesicle transport by using the solid foundation of biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics.
Contact
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Dokkyo Medical University
Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi, 321-0293 Japan