Masumi Taki edits special issue of Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Masumi Taki, an associate professor at the Department of Engineering Science, UEC, Tokyo, has completed editing and publication of a special edition of the journal Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry (CTMC).

The contents focus on research being conducted at UEC, Tokyo on "Chemical and Biological Technology for in-Vivo and Molecular Imaging". The full contents will be available on line soon.

List of contents

1. Bioluminescence imaging
   • 1-1. Molecular origin of color variation in firefly (beetle) bioluminescence: a chemical basis for biological imaging
     Takashi Hirano
   • 1-2. Multicolor and enhanced emission bioluminescence using firefly luciferin
     Masahiro Kiyama, Ryohei Saito, Satoshi Iwano, Rika Obata, Haruki Niwa, Shojiro Maki
2. Fluorescence imaging
   • 2-1. pH homeostasis in contracting and recovering skeletal muscle: Integrated function of the microcirculation with the interstitium and intramyocyte milieu
     Yoshinori Tanaka, David C Poole, and Yutaka Kano
   • 2-2. Calcium signaling in mammalian eggs at fertilization
     Hideki Shirakawa, Takashi Kikuchi, and Masahiko Ito
   • 2-3. Fluorescence imaging of blood flow velocity in the rodent brain
     Kazuto Masamoto, Ryo Hoshikawa, Hiroshi Kawaguchi
3. Magnetic resonance imaging
   • Multivariate analysis of magnetic resonance imaging signals of the human brain
     Yoichi Miyawaki
4. Nuclear imaging:
   • 4-1. Applications of nuclear technique to biological sciences-- Labelled compounds, radioactive tracers, and X-ray tomography
     Yoshio Kobayashi
   • 4-2. [¹⁸F]-containing Positron Emission Tomography probe conjugation methodology toward for biologics as specific binders for tumors
     Kenji Arimitsu, Hiroyuki Kimura, Yoshinori Arai, Kazuto Mochizuki, and Masumi Taki

Associate Professor:

Masumi Taki (Doctor of Engineering from Gunma University, 1998/03)

Current research areas:

Bio-related chemistry

Current research subjects:

Artificial-molecule evolution on T7 bacteriophage (10BASEd-T), phage display, cyclic peptide, artificial antibody, artificial molecule, evolution.

Personal website:

http://tkl.pc.uec.ac.jp/index-english.html

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry (CTMC):

http://benthamscience.com/journals/current-topics-in-medicinal-chemistry/