Hitoshi Okamura
Hitoshi Okamura (born December 2, 1952) is a Japanese scientist who specializes in chronobiology. He is currently a professor of Systems Biology at Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Research Director of the Japan Science Technology Institute, CREST. Okamura's research group cloned mammalian Period genes, visualized clock oscillation at the single cell level in the central clock of the SCN, and proposed a time-signal neuronal pathway to the adrenal gland. He received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2007 for his research and was awarded Aschoff's Ruler for his work on circadian rhythms in rodents. His lab recently revealed the effects of m6A mRNA methylation on the circadian clock, neuronal communications in jet lag, and the role of dysregulated clocks in salt-induced hypertension. Provided by Wikipedia-
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7by Jean-Michel Fustin, Masao Doi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Rie Komatsu, Shigeki Shimba, Hitoshi OkamuraGet full text
Published 2012-04-01
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10by Teruo Yokoi, Hitoshi Okamura, Tomoka Yamamoto, Katsuya Watanabe, Shigeko Yokoi, Hitoshi Atae, Masayuki Ueda, Takahiro Kuwayama, Shigekazu Sakamoto, Saaya Tomino, Hideo Fujii, Takefumi Honda, Takayosi Morita, Takafumi Yukawa, Nobuko HaradaGet full text
Published 2017-08-01
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11by Masao Doi, Hiroyuki Shimatani, Yuta Atobe, Iori Murai, Hida Hayashi, Yukari Takahashi, Jean-Michel Fustin, Yoshiaki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Nobuya Koike, Kazuhiro Yagita, Choogon Lee, Manabu Abe, Kenji Sakimura, Hitoshi OkamuraGet full text
Published 2019-06-01
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12by Hsu-Wen Chao, Masao Doi, Jean-Michel Fustin, Huatao Chen, Kimihiko Murase, Yuki Maeda, Hida Hayashi, Rina Tanaka, Maho Sugawa, Naoki Mizukuchi, Yoshiaki Yamaguchi, Jun-ichirou Yasunaga, Masao Matsuoka, Mashito Sakai, Michihiro Matsumoto, Shinshichi Hamada, Hitoshi OkamuraGet full text
Published 2017-12-01
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13by Masao Doi, Iori Murai, Sumihiro Kunisue, Genzui Setsu, Naohiro Uchio, Rina Tanaka, Sakurako Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Shimatani, Hida Hayashi, Hsu-Wen Chao, Yuuki Nakagawa, Yukari Takahashi, Yunhong Hotta, Jun-ichirou Yasunaga, Masao Matsuoka, Michael H. Hastings, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Hitoshi OkamuraGet full text
Published 2016-02-01
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