Hiromi was featured in the Tsukuba Communications (In Japanese only).>>TSUKU COMM vol.45 English>>http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/people-list/tsukuba-frontier-27

We have a new member, Chang Liu as a research collaborator from Professor Hiramatsu’s lab(Cardiovascular Surgery).  She is a student in Clinical Sciences. We have updated “Lab Members” page.

9/16-20 Dr. Rita Tostes at Ribeirao Preto Medical School, the University of São Paulo, visited our laboratory. A research exchange was conducted.During the week-long stay, the TARA seminar and joint research discussion and review were conducted. 9/25 The award ceremony of Changarathil Gopakumar, 4th year doctoral student in Biomedical Sciences, was held. We had a celebration at the lab. 9/27 We gave a farewell party for Dr.Aiko Sada. Some of photos from each event have po

As of October 1st, Assistant Professor Aiko Sada has been transferred to Kumamoto University as an Associate Professor. Congratulations! She had been worked with us since April 2016. We wish you all the best in this new chapter of your life.

Our new papers have just been published. Please find the link below for the paper. H. Kumra, V. Nelea, H. Hakami, A. Pagliuzza, J. Djokic, J. Xu, H. Yanagisawa, and D. P. Reinhardt: Fibulin-4 exerts a dual role in LTBP-4L mediated matrix assembly and function. PNAS. K. Sugiyama, H. Horigome, L. Lin, T. Murakami, J. Shiono, Y. Yamashiro, H. Matsuura, H. Yoda, H. Yanagisawa: Novel ELN mutation in a Japanese family with a severe form of supravalvular aortic stenosis. Molecular G