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Takeshi NAGASAKI ,
Professor
Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University
Contact Information
Address: 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585
E-mail: nagasaki“at”bioa.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage:http://www.bioa.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp/bfc/
Fields of Interest
Biofunctional Engineering, Biomaterials Chemistry, Bio-Medical Materials Engineering
Professional Experience
1988-1991 Graduate Research, Kyushu University (S. Shinkai)
1991-1994 Research Associate, Kyushu University
1994-1995 Lecturer, Osaka City University
1995-2007 Associate Professor, Osaka City University
1997-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
2007-present Professor, Osaka City University
Education
Ph. D., Kyushu University, 1993
Membership of Academic Societies
The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System, Japanese Society for Biomaterials, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, American Chemical Society, Controlled Release Society, The Japanese Society of Gene Design and Delivery
Awards & Honors
  1. Arakawa Chemical Industries Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (1995)
  2. The 70th Annual Meeting of The Chemical Society of Japan, Presentation Award (1996)
  3. The 17th Symposium of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan, Presentation Award (2002)
  4. BCSJ Award, The Chemical Society of Japan (2004)
  5. HGCS Japan Award of Excellence 2006, Association of Research for Host-Guest and Supramolecular Chemistry (2006)
  6. BCSJ Award, The Chemical Society of Japan (2007)
Research Project
Development of Boron-Containing Rare Earth Oxides as Novel Drugs for the Neutron Capture Therapy
Selected Publications
  1. Dewia, N., Yanagie, H., Nagasaki, T. et al.,
    “Tumor Growth Suppression by Gadolinium-Neutron Capture Therapy Using Gadolinium-Entrapped Liposome as Gadolinium Delivery Agent”,
    Biomed. Biopharmacoter., in press.

  2. Kawazu, T., Kanzaki, H., Uno, A., Azuma, H., Nagasaki, T.
    “HVJ-E/importin-β Hybrid Vector for Overcoming Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Membranes as Double Barrier for Non-Viral Gene Delivery”,
    Biomed. Biopharmacoter., 66, 519-524 (2012).

  3. Azuma, H., Aizawa, Y., Higashitani, N., Tsumori, T., Kojima-Yuasa, A., Matsui-Yuasa, I., Nagasaki, T.
    “Biological Activity of Water-Soluble Inclusion Complexes of 1’-acetoxychavicol Acetate with Cyclodextrins”,
    Bioorg. Med. Chem., 19, 3885-3863 (2011).

  4. Kawazu, T., Hakamada, K., Miyake, J., Oda, Y., Maruyama, K., Nagasaki, T.
    “Ultrasound-Mediated Transfection with Liposomal Bubbles Delivers Plasmid DNA Directly into Nucleus”,
    Chem. Lett., 40(3), 298-299 (2011).

  5. Umano, M., Uechi, K., Uriuda, T., Murayama, S., Azuma, H., Shinohara, A., Liu, Y., Ono, K.,
    Kirihata, M., Yanagie, H., Nagasaki, T.
    “Tumor Accumulation of ε-Poly-Lysines-Based Polyamines Conjugated with Boron Clusters”,

    Appl. Radiat. Isot., 69, 1765-1767 (2011).

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