Department of Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

PhD student Mahabub Alam received Shinyukai Excellent Student Award

Award ceremony was held on November 8, 2019

This award is to recognize excellence in reserch of PhD student of the graduate school of medicine. Big congratulations to Mahabub.

Lecture by Dr. Rei Narikawa, Shizuoka University

Development of new sensors using photoreceptors of photosynthetic microbes, May 14, 2019, 20190528

We learnt a lot on biology and mechanisms of photosensors in cyanobacteria, and how these receptors can be manipulated to generate new molecules for optogenetics. Thank you Dr. Narikawa for wonderful and exciting lecture.

Review paper by Hiroki Kato is accepted.

On Inner Myeloid and gene regulatory network of the hematopoietic system 20190528

We discuss that myeloid differentiation is the prototype of hematopoiesis, and how this prototye is modified to generate erythroid and lymphoid cells.

Essay by Dr. Kyoko Ochiai

upon her Tohoku University Female Scientists Award 20190528

in Japanese, but you may feel how she thinks

Award to Dr. Kyoko Ochiai

Congratulations for receiving Tohoku University Female Scientists Award 20190528

This prize is to encourage leadig female scientists at Tohoku University toward world class leaders.

Dr. Ochiai is working on gene regulation in B cell activation and plasma cell differentiation, and her discoveries in the past few years and efforts in education are recognized as one of the recipients of this award for the fiscal year 20018.

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