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Iwasaki Lab
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The lab investigates the causes of disease and drug discovery through the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving the mysteries of life and the causes of disease through molecular structure.
The Iwasaki Lab conducts research aimed at clarifying the mysteries of life and the causes of disease from the structures of molecules.
For structural analysis, the lab uses cryo-electron microscopy with single-particle analysis, as well as X-ray crystallography.
Targeting viruses, bacteria, and soft tissue tumors, the lab aims to contribute to drug discovery through a method called structure-based drug design (SBDD).
The key to successful structural analysis is how well the target molecule is prepared, and the lab draws on all of its knowledge of biochemistry and cell biology.
Key terms
- cryo-electron microscope
- An electron microscope used for analyzing the structures of molecules. A state-of-the-art instrument is installed in this lab
- SBDD
- Structure-based drug design, a method of designing drugs using the structures of the molecules that cause a disease. The first drug developed this way was an anti-influenza drug
- soft tissue tumor
- A tumor that forms in the soft tissues of the body. The lab targets synovial sarcoma and Ewing sarcoma
ResearchResearch themes
The Iwasaki Lab aims to clarify the mysteries of life and the causes of disease from the structures of biomolecules. Targeting viruses, bacteria, and soft tissue tumors, it carries out structural analysis with the aim of contributing to drug discovery.
*Illustrative imageStructural Analysis of Molecules That Cause Soft Tissue Tumors
The lab analyzes the structures of molecules that cause soft tissue tumors. It targets synovial sarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, with the aim of contributing to drug discovery.
*Illustrative imageOperating a Cryo-Electron Microscope
As part of a project of AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development), a state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscope is installed in the lab. While supporting many private companies, the lab works to extend this into drug discovery.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Iwasaki Lab consist of faculty members, researchers, research engineers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2025
- ProfessorKenji Iwasaki
- Associate ProfessorNaruhiko Adachi
- Assistant ProfessorAyaka Harada
- Assistant ProfessorKazashi Kato
- Assistant ProfessorRyo Fujiki
- Assistant ProfessorGen Sabun
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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: “Cryo Conditions in EM” G wiz233 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Structural Analysis of Molecules That Cause Soft Tissue Tumors: “Crystal structure of Human Rubicon protein bound to Rab7-GTP” Prodigiousfool / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Operating a Cryo-Electron Microscope: “Protein Imager molecular rendering example 3 CsgFG complex” Molpgraphfan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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