An article on the Human Glycome Atlas Project with which Soka University is collaborating was published in the Nikkei Online Edition
An article on the Human Glycome Atlas Project, in which Soka University Glycan and Life Systems Integration Center (GaLSIC) collaborates and cooperates, appeared in the Nikkei Online Edition on March 23, 2022, under the headline “Research Launched to Understand the Whole Picture of Life Phenomena by Elucidating Human ‘Glycans (tentative translation).”
The article focuses on the kick-off symposium held on December 6, 2021, and introduces the research activities of GaLSIC Director Shoko Nishihara and Deputy Director Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita.
You can view the article in the Nikkei Online Edition below (only available in Japanese and for paid subscribers).
Director・Distinguished Professor
NISHIHARA Shoko
Specialized field
Functional biochemistry
Cell biology
Developmental biology
General medical chemistry
Research theme
1. Functional analysis of glycans
2. Genome-wide analysis of glycan functions using Drosophila RNAi system
3. Functional analysis of sulfation by regulation of PAPS transporters
Deputy Director・Professor
KINOSHITA Flora Kiyoko
Specialized field
Computer system network
Biological/living body informatics
Applied genome science
Living organism molecular science
Research theme
Development of a glycome informatics resource to reveal glycan function
