Hiroyuki Sasanuma

Project Leader

mail：sasanuma-hr

Hiroyuki’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. He uses yeast, human cell lines, and mice as model organisms. He currently conducts experiments both at the bench and in the culture room, similar to a postdoctoral researcher. Hiroyuki is particularly interested in developing new therapies to cure cancer. His hobbies include reading books and listening to music. He also loves skiing and visits the Zao Ski Resort in Yamagata alone every year.

Hisao Masai

mail：masai-hs

See previous information here (in Japanese).

Kenji Kitajima

Kosuke Tanegashima

Hayato Hirai

Shintaro Yamada

Shintaro Yamada wants to understand how cells repair DNA efficiently. Radiation and other naturally occurring exogenous and endogenous DNA damaging agents often generate genomic DNA breaks with chemically modified DNA ends that are highly carcinogenic. Cleaning the modified DNA ends is a critical step of DNA repair, but much remains unknown about its molecular mechanism. To understand this process, Yamada is developing high-resolution methods and examining how DNA repair machinery works at DNA break ends and prevents cancer-causing genetic mutations in human cells.

Yutaka Kanoh

Tomohiro Iguchi

Zhiying You

I am working on a research project analyzing the functions of the DNA replication helicase MCM and the replication fork stabilizer Claspin protein in the initiation and progression of DNA replication. My focus is on understanding how Claspin phosphorylation regulates the activity of the replication fork complex.
My hobbies include listening to music and traveling.

Taku Tanaka

Youichi Tajima

Takehiko Shibata

Sayuri Ito