Protein Science Group

Team

Department of Medical Chemistry, Kansai Medical University

Group Leader

Associate Professor / Group Leader

Ryoji Suno

Department of Medical Chemistry, Kansai Medical University

Structural basis of GPCR subtype and signaling selectivity / high-quality protein productionCryo-EM; discovery of function-controlling molecules (antibodies, de novo binders, DEL-derived small molecules) toward new medicines

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Faculty & Research Staff 3

Assistant Professor

Akitoshi Inoue

Structural and functional analysis of itch-related proteins

Assistant Professor

Nobuo Funatsu

Antibody productionTherapeutic antibody development

Researcher

Chiyo Suno

Structural and functional analysis of biased signaling in opioid receptorsMolecular mechanisms of modalities that regulate GPCR signaling

Technical Staff 2

Technical Staff

Tomoyo Takai

Doctoral Student (Working Professional Program), currently enrolled

Structural and functional analysis of biased signaling in opioid receptorsStructural analysis of orexin receptors bound to subtype-selective ligands

Technical Assistant

Yuko Uetani

Graduate Students 2

Doctoral Student

Goro Sato

Doctoral Student (Working Professional Program)

Akihiro Namimatsu

Visiting Students 2

Visiting Graduate Student / D2

Shota Nakamura

Visiting Graduate Student / M2

Ikumi Hasebe

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Prospective students and fellows

We actively welcome master's and doctoral students, doctoral students in the working-professional program, and JSPS Research Fellows (PD/DC). If you are interested in the structural biology of GPCRs and membrane proteins or in structure-guided drug discovery, please get in touch.

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