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Biopolymer Chemistry Lab
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A lab that explores, at the molecular level, how sperm and egg recognize each other.
AboutAbout the lab
How do cells recognize their partners?
The Biopolymer Chemistry Lab studies the mechanisms by which cells recognize one another, using mammalian cells.
The lab aims to clarify, from the standpoint of chemical structure, why egg and sperm bind only to partners of the matching animal species at fertilization.
The research also makes use of genetic engineering and immunochemical methods.
Key terms
- Zona pellucida
- The layer that surrounds the egg. It is the first thing sperm bind to at fertilization
- Recombinant protein
- A protein produced artificially by introducing a gene into another cell
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's main goal is to elucidate how cells recognize one another, and it studies this in mammalian cells. It investigates, on the basis of chemical structure, the mechanism by which sperm and egg bind to each other at fertilization.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Biopolymer Chemistry Lab include faculty and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.
- Associate ProfessorNaoto Yonezawa
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Sample of White-Tailed Deer Sperm Under Fluorescent Microscopy” Theprevetvikng / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Cell-Cell Recognition Modeled on Fertilization: “ICSI” Eugene Ermolovich (CRMI) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生体構造化学研究室): “Lysozyme crystal1” No machine-readable author provided. Lode~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (反応有機化学研究室): “Iodine crystal” 2x910 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (有機合成化学研究室): “Rampe à vide” Serge Brière / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (分析化学研究室): “BC photo from research 1” BCanalyst / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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