Molecular Aging and Cell Biology
Welcome to the website for
Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine Division of Molecular Aging and Cell Biology
Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata Japan
Postdoctoral position is now available.
Please see "Call for postdoctoral fellow"
- What's new -
2019. November
AHA 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2019. November
Ippei Shimizu; Attended International Conference and Exhibition on Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (ICE ON IMERI). Thank you very much Dr.Wawaimuli Arozal for this kind invitation!
1. Shimizu I. Invited Lecture, Department Pharmacology of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia (FMUI), 4th November, 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2. Shimizu I. Invited talk, International Conference and Exhibition on Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (ICE ON IMERI), 4th November, 2019, IMERI building, Jakarta, Indonesia.
3. Shimizu I. Invited Lecture. National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita, 5thNovember, 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia.
2019. October
Ippei Shimizu; Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders
2019. October
We have started accepting 2nd grade medical students as final candidates for oversea exchange program 2020. We also started Training of Basic Laboratory Skills. We note here that this recruitment will be terminated as soon as it reaches the fixed number.
2019. September
Shimizu I; Research Grant: Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical & Pharmaceutical Research
2019. September
We are moving temporally to 4th floor.
2019. September
Congrats Yung Ting and Goro!
Poster award, BCVR2019, Tokyo.
2019. September
We attended ESC in Paris.
2019. July-August
We attended BCVS in Boston.
2019. July
Ken visited us and gave us a great lecture related with clonal hematopoiesis.
Thank you for visiting us!
Prof. Kenneth Walsh; University of Virginia School of Medicine, Robert M.Berne Cardiovascular Research Center Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
2019. July
Ippei Shimizu; JSPS KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2019. July
Ippei Shimizu; appointed as Editorial board member of Scientific Reports.
2019. July
Dr. Jefman Efendi Marzuki joined our lab.
2019. June
Published;
Shimizu I*, Minamino T*. Cellular senescence in cardiac diseases.
J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 12. pii: S0914-5087(19)30128-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2019.05.002.
*co-corresponding author
Fig. 1. Markers of senescent cells. J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 12.
Fig. 2. Emerging concept of therapies targeting failing hearts with senolysis. J Cardiol. 2019 Jun 12.
2019. June
Tomoki Miura became Student Fellow of Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine (SFCBM)
2019. April
Von voyage to Boston Ryutaro!
2019. April
Shimizu I; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) -KAKENHI-
Yoshida Y; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) -KAKENHI-
Nagasawa A; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) -KAKENHI-
Furuuchi R; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) -KAKENHI-
Katsuumi G; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) -KAKENHI-
2019. April
Yung Ting Hsiao and An Lin joined our lab.
2019. March
Published
Yoshida Y*, Shimizu I*, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Nakao M,
Nakagmi H, Morishita R, Minamino T. Peptide vaccine for semaphorin3E ameliorates systemic
glucose intolerance in mice with dietary obesity. Sci Rep 2019 Mar7; 9(1)3858 *Co-first author
2019. March
We attended JCS 2019 @Yokohama.
2019. March
Professor Barbara Casadei gave us a talk in Niigata. Thank you very much!
2019. February
Published
Yokoyama M*, Shimizu I*, Nagasawa A*, Yoshida Y, Katsuumi G, Wakasugi T, Hayashi Y, Ikegami
R, Suda M, Ota Y, Okada S, Fruttiger M, Kobayashi Y, Tsuchida M, Kubota Y, Minamino T.
p53 plays a crucial role in endothelial dysfunction associated with hyperglycemia and ischemia.
J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Feb 18 *Co-first author
Graphical abstract of our findings reported in J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Feb 18
2019. February
Published
Wakasugi T*, Shimizu I*, Yoshida Y, Hayashi Y, Ikegami R, Suda M, Katsuumi G, Nakao M,
Hoyano M, Kashimura T, Nakamura K, Ito H, Nojiri T, Soga T, Minamino T.
Role of smooth muscle cell p53 in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
PLOS One. 2019 Feb 26 , *Co-first author
2019. January
Uchiyama K; Joined our lab.
2019. January
Shimizu I; Research Grant: The Japan Geriatrics Society
2019. January
Shimizu I; Research Grant: The Naito Foundation
2018. December
Congrats!
Young Investigator Award Competition, Medical Student Cardiovascular Biology Conference 2018
Winner: Yuki Tsukano
Award for excellence: Nobushige Imai, Eitaro Sugai
2018. December
Yoshida Y; Research Grant: The Uehara Memorial Foundation
2018. December
Congrats!
Takayuki Wakasugi; YIA award,
The Japanese Circulation Society, Kantokoushinetsu Regional Meetng, 2018, Tokyo
