Program-Specific Professor / PI / Research Administrative Director

Kazumitsu Ueda Kazumitsu Ueda

Research Interest

Agricultural Chemistry

Molecular mechanism of ABC proteins which protect the human body and maintain optimal health.

What I like about my science

Many times, ABC proteins have overturned long-standing ideas held by scientists.

Researcher Q & A

Where are you from?

Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Why did you become a researcher?

I wanted to understand myself and my body.

What is your favorite experiment, theory, device, reagent, lab equipment? Why do you like it?

Cholesterol transport experiment by ABC proteins.
Few research groups in the world can perform this experiment.

What is your hobby?

I started to practice Aikido when I became 60 years old.

Playing tennis with lab members
Multi-drug exporter MDR1 takes up drugs (such as ivermectin) from the cell membrane

Members

Kazumitsu Ueda 　Program-Specific Professor / PI / Research Administrative Director
Atsushi Kodan 　Program-Specific Assistant Professor
Fumihiko Ogasawara 　Program-Specific Researcher
Nagata Koh 　Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Papers

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Media

List

News

Research

Flip-flopping cholesterol in the cell membrane
Research

Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer drug resistance
Research

Large transporter protein linked to schizophrenia
Research

The ABCs of species evolution
Activities

[New article available] iCeMS Frontrunners: Prof Kazumitsu Ueda
Events

[Upcoming] Membrane Lipid Transporter Symposium 2018 —Flippases, Floppases and Scramblases
Research

Sensing cholesterol in cell membranes

Interview

Health Discovery Defying Conventional Biochemistry

“ABC proteins” are a family of proteins in cell membranes, which transport various substances. Fo...

Program-Specific Professor

Kazumitsu Ueda
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