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The Sasaki Lab—founded in 2012—represents a team of scientists working on the roles of GTP energy metabolism on human diseases, in particular cancers and metabolic diseases. We discovered the existence of a GTP sensor, which has the effect of propelling tumor growth (Molecular Cell, 2016), and how the GTP sensor is evolved (Structure, 2022). Furthermore, we discovered a tumor-promoting reprogramming of GTP metabolism (Nature Cell Biology, 2019) and spatial regulation of GTP metabolism within a cell (Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019). We continue to investigate the GTP-metabolism—regulation and roles of GTP-energy sensor—by taking the "GTP" way.
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Atsuo Sasaki
Ph.D.
Position:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
IAB - Keio University
Hiroshima University
Tokyo University of Science
Job Title
Principal Investigator
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Mika Sasaki
M.S.
Position:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Job Title
Senior Research Staff
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Aki IIO-OGAWA
Ph.D., D.V.M.
Position:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Job Title
Post Doc Fellow
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Yuki Fujii
Ph.D.
Position:
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Job Title
Post Doc Fellow
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Sei Kondo
Ph.D., D.D.S.
Position:
IAB - Keio University
Job Title
Post Doc Fellow
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Shun Kageyama
Ph.D.
Position:
IAB - Keio University
Job Title
Project Lecturer
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Hirotaka Kanoh
Position:
IAB - Keio University
Job Title
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Ushio Ishikawa
Position:
IAB - Keio University
Job Title
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Rina Okihara
Position:
Hiroshima University
Job Title
Visiting Scholar
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Yusei Ota
Position:
Hiroshima University
Job Title
Visiting Scholar
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Hirotoshi Ochi
Position:
Hiroshima University
Job Title
Visiting Scholar
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Masashi Oshima
M.D., Ph.D.
Position:
Jichi medical university saitama medical center urology dept.
Job Title
Post Doc Fellow
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Kosuke Sakaguchi
M.S.
Position:
IAB - Keio University
Job Title
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