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:

October 2011 to Present - Senior Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA (Advisor: Prof. James C. Paulson)

January 2008 to October 2011 - 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:

2011: AAI Abstract Trainee Award, IMMUNOLOGY 2011, 98th annual meeting The American Association of Immunologists, San Francisco, USA

2010: NIAID scholarship award, KEYSTONE SYMPOSIUM Tolerance and autoimmunity, Taos, USA

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

2006-2008: Futaba Electronics Memorial Foundation, Japan - Scholarship recipient

Member of The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research.



PUBLICATIONS:

Paulson JC, Macauley MS, Kawasaki N. Siglecs as sensors of self in innate and adaptive immune responses. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012 [Epub ahead of print]

Paulson JC, Kawasaki N. Sialidase inhibitors DAMPen sepsis. Nat Biotechnol. 2011;29(5):406-7.

Kawasaki N, Rademacher C, Paulson JC. CD22 Regulates Adaptive and Innate Immune Responses of B Cells. J Innate Immun. 2011;3(4):411-19.

Yamamoto K, Kawasaki N. Detection of weak-binding sugar activity using membrane-based carbohydrates. Methods Enzymol. 2010;478:233-40.

Mikami K, Yamaguchi D, Tateno H, Hu D, Qin SY, Kawasaki N, Yamada M, Matsumoto N, Hirabayashi J, Ito Y, Yamamoto K. The sugar-binding ability of human OS-9 and its involvement in ER-associated degradation. Glycobiology. 2010;20(3):310-21.

Hu D, Kamiya Y, Totani K, Kamiya D, Kawasaki N, Yamaguchi D, Matsuo I, Matsumoto N, Ito Y, Kato K, Yamamoto K. Sugar-binding activity of the MRH domain in the ER alpha-glucosidase II beta subunit is important for efficient glucose trimming. Glycobiology. 2009;19(10):1127-35.

Kawasaki N, Ichikawa Y, Matsuo I, Totani K, Matsumoto N, Ito Y, Yamamoto K. The sugar-binding ability of ERGIC-53 is enhanced by its interaction with MCFD2. Blood. 2008;111(4):1972-9.

Yamaguchi D, Kawasaki N, Matsuo I, Totani K, Tozawa H, Matsumoto N, Ito Y, Yamamoto K. VIPL has sugar-binding activity specific for high-mannose-type N-glycans, and glucosylation of the alpha1,2 mannotriosyl branch blocks its binding. Glycobiology. 2007;17(10):1061-9.

Nawa D, Shimada O, Kawasaki N, Matsumoto N, Yamamoto K. Stable interaction of the cargo receptor VIP36 with molecular chaperone BiP. Glycobiology. 2007;17(9):913-21.

Kawasaki N, Matsuo I, Totani K, Nawa D, Suzuki N, Yamaguchi D, Matsumoto N, Ito Y, Yamamoto K. Detection of weak sugar binding activity of VIP36 using VIP36-streptavidin complex and membrane-based sugar chains. J Biochem. 2007;141(2):221-9.


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