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:

oKawasaki 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, 1972-79

Kawasaki N, Matsuo I, Totani K, Nawa D, Suzuki N, Yamaguchi D, Matsumoto N, Ito Y, and Yamamoto K. (2007) Detection of weak sugar binding activity of VIP36 using VIP36-Streptavidin complex and membrane-based sugar chains. J Biochem (Tokyo) 141, 221-29.

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, 1061-69.

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.


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