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Siro SIMIZU



Siro SIMIZU(Ph.D,Senior Research Scientist)

INTEREST OF MY RESEARCH

I am studying the mechanisms of tumor cell metastasis and of drug resistance. Nobel molecular targets of cancer chemotherapy are suggested by our results. The seeds of antitumor drug are searching using chemical array technology we have established.

EDUCATION

1989-1993Keio University, Department of Applied Chemistry 
1993-1998Graduate Course, Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology 

DEGREES

B.Sc. (1993) Keio University 
Dr. Engineering (1998) Keio University 

APPOINTMENTS

1998-2000Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN
2000-2007Research Scientist, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN
2007-present Senior Research Scientist, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN
2009.Oct.- Senior Research Scientist,Chemical Biology Core Facility, RIKEN ASI  

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Oncology Research

MY HOBBY

Movies, Reading books

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Takagi S., Simizu S., Osada, H.
    RECK negatively regulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 transcription.
    Cancer Res., 69, 1502-1508 (2009)

  2. Miyazaki I., Simizu S., Ichimiya H., Kawatani M., Osada, H.
    Robust and systematic drug screening method using chemical arrays and the protein library: identification of novel inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase II.
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72, 2739-2749 (2008)

  3. Simizu S., Suzuki T., Muroi M., Lai N. S., Takagi S., Dohmae N., Osada, H.
    Involvement of disulfide bond formation in the activation of heparanase.
    Cancer Res., 67, 7841-7849 (2007)

  4. Simizu S., Takagi S., Tamura Y., Osada, H.
    RECK-mediated suppression of tumor cell invasion is regulated by glycosylation in human tumor cell lines.
    Cancer Res., 65, 7455-7461 (2005)

  5. Simizu, S., Osada, H.
    Mutations in the Plk gene lead to instability of Plk protein in human tumour cell lines.
    Nature Cell Biol., 2, 852-854 (2000)

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