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Genome Infrastructure Development Lab (Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization)
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A lab that studies the foundations of genomic medicine and inflammatory diseases.
AboutAbout the lab
Building the foundation for genomic medicine.
The lab conducts research that helps build the infrastructure needed to advance genomic medicine.
It works on human resource development through its own educational programs, aimed at the many types of professionals involved in the genome cohort studies run by the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization.
It is also developing SNP arrays tailored to genome analysis of the Japanese population and collecting large-scale data.
The lab also studies the mechanisms of inflammatory diseases, focusing on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and biotin.
Key terms
- Genome cohort study
- A study that, with the cooperation of many people, examines how genome information relates to health status and disease
- SNP array
- A testing chip for examining many single-letter differences in DNA sequence (SNPs) between individuals all at once
- Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)
- A family of enzymes that break down the proteins that make up the tissue surrounding cells
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts research that helps build the infrastructure needed to advance genomic medicine. It also works to clarify, at the molecular level, how inflammatory diseases arise.
*Illustrative imageBuilding the infrastructure that supports genomic medicine
The lab carries out human resource development using educational programs designed for the various types of professionals involved in genome cohort studies, and is also considering how to extend these programs beyond the lab. It is developing SNP arrays optimized for the Japanese population and collecting large-scale data, with the aim of putting disease risk prediction into practical use in society.
*Illustrative imageElucidating the mechanisms of inflammatory diseases
The lab works to elucidate the pathological mechanisms of inflammatory diseases, focusing on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and on biotin, a water-soluble B vitamin.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMika Sakurai
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “DNA Visual Representation of Double-Helix” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Building the infrastructure that supports genomic medicine: “DNA microarray chip” ErikAbner / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Elucidating the mechanisms of inflammatory diseases: “Biotin-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
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