Fumihiko Nakamur
School
School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Professional Title
Professor
Contact Information
fnakamura@tju.edu.cn
B210, 2F Building 24, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University
Education Background
- Postdoctoral Cell Biology | Stanford University| Cell Biology | 2019
- Ph. D. Animal Science | Tohoku University, Japan| Animal Science| 2019
Research Interests
- The group uses a wide range of techniques including proteomics, microscopy, molecular biology, and cell biology, and appreciate collaboration with expertises in structural biology, mechanical engineering, single molecular analysis, computer simulation, and drug design.
- Despite its importance, little is known about the underlying mechanisms of mechanotransduction.
- ranging from muscular dystrophies and hypertension-induced vascular and cardiac hypertrophy to cancer progression and metastasis.
- Defects in mechanotransduction, often caused by mutations or deregulation of proteins that disturb cellular or extracellular mechanics, are implicated in the development of various diseases
- Mechanotransduction is essential for many physiological processes in diverse organisms during development and maintenance of all tissues.
- The Nakamura group focuses on the regulation of the cellular actin cytoskeleton and in particular on the molecular mechanisms of chemical and mechanical signal transduction (mechanotransduction), a conversion of mechanical forces into cellular biochemical signals.
Positions & Employments
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2019.12-2019.12
Tianjin University | Professor -
2019.12-2019.12
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School | Assistant Professor -
2019.12-2019.12
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School | Instructor -
2019.12-2019.12
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School | Research Fellow -
2019.12-2019.12
Tohoku University | Associate Professor
Academic Achievements