Taisuke Tomita

We mainly use biochemistry and molecular biology to study molecular and cell pathology in both cultured cells and animal models, identify new technologies and new drug discovery targets, and deliver results that will lead to the development of therapeutic drugs, as well as aim to give new developments to basic biology research. We also actively pursue collaborative research with industry and academia, and aim for social implementation of research results. Our group aims at findings leading to the development of therapeutic, preventive and diagnostic methods through fundamental disease research and at the same time we are conducting research with the goal of developing new basic research fields. We do so by identifying molecular causes of various diseases, especially neuropsychiatric disorders; elucidating the mechanism of diseases; and by identifying new drug targets and their molecule mechanisms. Our research focuses on both the study and intervention of molecular pathology of diseases caused by abnormality of membrane protein metabolism. The main diseases being studied in our lab are: Alzheimer 's disease, autism, and Parkinson 's disease.