Department of Genome Informatics (closed at March 31, 2016)

Staff:

Professor

Teruo Yasunaga, Ph.D.

Professor(SUP)

Tatsuya Takagi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Naohisa Goto, Ph.D.

Shota Nakamura, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor(SUP)

Norihito Kawashita, Ph.D.

Research Student

Momoko Yoshida

Subjects:

1. Bioinformatics and molecular evolution analysis of genes and genomes.
2. Analysis of protein 3-D structure information for drug discovery and design.
3. Genome sequencing of disease-causing organisms in collaboration with other laboratories.
4. Development of genome information analysis software, including Next-Generation Sequencing data management and analysis.

Papers published in 2016

1. Interleukin-18-deficient mice develop dyslipidemia resulting in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and steatohepatitis.

   Kyosuke Yamanishi, Seishi Maeda, Sachi Kuwahara-Otani, Yuko Watanabe, Momoko Yoshida, Kaoru Ikubo, Daisuke Okuzaki, Yosif El-Darawish, Wen Li, Keiji Nakasho, Hiroshi Nojima, Hiromichi Yamanishi, Tetsu Hayakawa, Haruki Okamura and Hisato Matsunaga

   Transl Res, 173, 101-114.e7, 2016.

Link

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University