Paulson Laboratory
Norihito Kawasaki, Ph.D.
 
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road, MEM-L71
La Jolla, CA 92037
858-784-9638(phone)
858-784-9690 (FAX)
kawasaki@scripps.edu

EDUCATION:

2008 - Ph. D. Bioscience, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

2005 - M.Sc. Bioscience, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

2003 - BSc. Chemical engineering, Nagoya University (Japan)



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Jan 2008 to Present - Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA (Advisor: Prof. James C. Paulson)

2005 to 2008 - Doctoral Candidate, The University of Tokyom Japan (Advisor: Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto)



ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

2005-2008: 21st Century COE. Program in Ministry of Education, The University of Tokyo, Japan - Research Assistant

2006-2007: Futaba Electronics Memorial Foundation, Japan - Scholarship recipient

Member of The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research.



PUBLICATIONS:

Dan, H., Kamiya, Y., Totani, K., Kamiya, D., Kawasaki, N., Yamaguchi, Y., Matsuo, I., Matsumoto, N., Ito, Y., Kato, K., & Yamamoto, K. (2009), Sugar-binding activity of the MRH domain in ER -glucosidase II b subunit is important for efficient glucose trimming, Glycobiology 19, 1127-35.

Kawasaki, N., Ichikawa, Y., Matsuo, I., Totani, K., Matsumoto, N., Ito, Y. & Yamamoto, K. (2008). The sugar-binding ability of ERGIC-53 is enhanced by its interaction with MCFD2. Blood 111, 1972-9.

Kawasaki, N., Matsuo, I., Totani, K., Nawa, D., Suzuki, N., Yamaguchi, D., Matsumoto, N., Ito, Y. & Yamamoto, K. (2007). Detection of weak sugar binding activity of VIP36 using VIP36-streptavidin complex and membrane-based sugar chains. J Biochem 141, 221-9.

Nawa, D., Shimada, O., Kawasaki, N., Matsumoto, N. & Yamamoto, K. (2007). Stable interaction of the cargo receptor VIP36 with molecular chaperone BiP. Glycobiology 17, 913-21.

Yamaguchi, D., Kawasaki, N., Matsuo, I., Totani, K., Tozawa, H., Matsumoto, N., Ito, Y. & Yamamoto, K. (2007). VIPL has sugar-binding activity specific for high-mannose-type N-glycans, and glucosylation of the alpha1,2 mannotriosyl branch blocks its binding. Glycobiology 17, 1061-9.


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