Department of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, Keio University Uemura group

11.01.21

• Approval of a breast cancer drug Halaven by Japanese Government was reported on Japanese Newspapers.

11.01.18

• Uemura's final lecture in Keio University and a commemorative seminar were held.
 

 

 

11.01.05

• The article about Halaven based on our research was presented on Yomiuri Newspaper.

11.01.04

• A column titled "Kanagawa Sponge Leads to Breast-Cancer Drug" was presented on Wall Street Journal (e-edition).
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10.12.04

• The final lecture of Professor Uemura in Keio University will be given on January 18, 2011.

10.11.16

• The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Halaven™ (eribulin mesylate), a synthetic analogue of halichondrin B, for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
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10.08.12

• Our study on marine natural products was presented on Yomiuri Newspaper.

10.04.07

• Professor Uemura's review was published on Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Ser. B, Physical and Biological Sciences.
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10.03.31

• Dr. Ohno Osamu moved to Department of Chemistry, Keio University as an Assistant Professor.

10.03.30

• Our recent research on marine natural products was introduced on the new section Records and Challenge of The Chemical Records.
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10.02.20

• The Ceremonial Party for Professor Daisuke Uemura was held.

10.01.29

• The 5th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology was announced.
  >>Details in Japanese

10.01.26

• Professor Uemura was promoted to an honorary member of the Israel Chemical Society.

10.01.25

• The 9th Seminar of JAPNBR on June 11, 2010 was announced.
  >>Details in Japanese

10.01.19

• Our study on a paltypus venom was presented on The New York Times / International Herald Tribune. >>Details

10.01.13

• Our study on a paltypus venom was selected on "ACS News Service Weekly PressPac: January 13, 2010" for immediate press release. >>Details


• And it was also introduced on a website EurekAlert! operated by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). >>Details


• And it appeared on a science news website ScienceDaily, also. >>Details

10.01.09

• The Ceremonial Seminar for Professor Daisuke Uemura was announced.
  >>Details in Japanese

09.12.21

• Our study on a paltypus venom was introduced on the ACS magazine C&EN.>>Details

09.11.25

• [Press Release] Our research group, Dr. Masaki Kita of Tsukuba University and Professor David StC. Black of the University of South Wales (Australia) discovered a novel peptide isolated from a duck-billed platypus venom. >>Link to Journal of American Chemical Society

09.11.2

• Professor Uemura would be awarded this autumn's Medal with Purple Ribbon from Japanese Government.

09.8.1

• Professor David Gadsby (Rockefeller University), a leading physiologist in the field of Na/K channel science, visited our laboratory.

09.7.15

• Dr. Robert Kourist from Greifswald University (Germany), joined our research group as a visiting researcher.

09.7.1

• Dr. Chunguang Han moved to RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science (CMIS), as a Research Fellow on July 1, 2009
  
  New Address: 6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047 (Japan)
  Tel: (+81) 78-304-7130 Fax: (+81) 78-304-7131 E-mail: han.chunguang*atmark*riken.jp

09.6.29

• Professor Uemura delivered the lecture on The 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy at Honolulu, Hawaii.

09.6.6

• The 8th Seminar of JAPNBR took place on June 5, 2009. >>Details in Japanese

09.5.28

• Information of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S) "Chemistry of Novel Naturally Occurring Super-carbon-chain Molecules" was posted. >>Details

09.5.15

• The 8th Seminar of JAPNBR on June 5, 2009 was announced. >>Details in Japanese

09.4.1

• UEMURA Group in Nagoya University was closed, and the laboratory completely moved to Keio University on 31 March 2009.
• Dr. Osamu Ohno moved to Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University on April 1, 2009 from Nagoya University.
• Dr. Hammam Mostafa moved out on April 1, 2009.

09.3.31

• Dr. Makoto Kitamura moved to Matsumoto Lab. Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University as a Research Assistant on April 1, 2009
  New Address: Sousoukan 420, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi Yokohama 223-8522, JAPAN

09.3.31

• Our recent work was reported in the newspaper (The Tokyo Shimbun Newspaper). >>The article is in Japanese.

09.2.19

• Prof. Daisuke UEMURA was awarded The Naito Prize for his excellent research on bioactive natural product chemistry. (Award presentation ceremony was held on March 17) >>Details in Japanese

08.11.18

• Information of the 5th Hirata Memorial Lecture was posted. >Details

08.7.18

• Professor Uemura delivered the lecture on International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products - ICOB-6 & ISCNP-26 at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
 

• He presented the 2008 NPR Lecture Award Natural Product Reports to Professor Jason Micklefield as an editor of NPR.

08.5.12

• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research
  "Pursuit of Substances in Dynamic Ecological Systems" Symposium on June 26 (Thu) and June 27 (Fri), 2008 was announced.
  >>Details in Japanese

08.5.1

• Toshiyasu Inuzuka moved to Life Science Research Center, Gifu University as an Assistant Professor on May 1, 2008.
  New Address: 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi 501-1193
  Fax/Tel: +81-(0)58-293-2617   E-mail: inuzuka*atmark*gifu-u.ac.jp

08.4.1

• Prof. Daisuke UEMURA moved into Department of Bioscience and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University.
• New Laboratory with Assoc. Prof. Kenji MIYAMOTO at Keio University started on April 1.
  Drs. Kazuhiko NAKAMURA, Kaoru YAMADA, Makoto KITAMURA and Takahiro ABE also moved to Keio University.