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?

I stick to nothing

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 　Part-time Researcher

Papers

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News

Research

Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer drug resistance
Research

Large transporter protein linked to schizophrenia

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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