Assistant Professor Kentaro Kato

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Glycobiology, ParasitologySupervision
Masters ProgrammeDoctoral ProgrammeQualifications
PhD(Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Personal/Word Web page addresses
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/departments/eco-epidemiology.html
https://researchmap.jp/read0147848
ResearchGate or Linked-in account Link
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kentaro-Kato-5
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentaro-kato-76b91b9/
Affiliation(s)
Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
Background
[Academic background]
- April, 2001 – March, 2004: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (PhD)
- April, 1999 – March, 2001: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (MSc)
- April, 1993 – March, 1997: Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan (BSc)
- April, 1989 – March, 1992: Shonan high school, Kanagawa, Japan
[Work history]
- March, 2017 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Eco-epidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- April, 2010 – February, 2017: Assistant Professor, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- April, 2008 – March, 2010: Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
- April, 2005 – March, 2008: Visiting research assistant, Odontologisk Institute/ Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics/ Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Instituttet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Teaching
全学モジュールI「健康と医療の安全・安心」(Japanese) (Nagasaki University)
Research
Molecular basis of virulent factors of Entamoeba histolytica
Structural analysis of Entamoeba histolytica lectins
Identification of factors inducing chemotaxis of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia
The country/countries where you work currently
Japan, U.S.A., Denmark
Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications
- Miura M, Mitsui Y, Aoki Y, Kato K*; A new accumulation assay of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia using square capillary glass tubes. Exp. Parasitol., 239, 108313 (2022)
- Kato K* and Tachibana H; Identification of Multiple Domains of Entamoeba histolytica Intermediate Subunit Lectin-1 with Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Activities. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23, 7700 (2022)
- Mitsui Y, Miura M, Kato K, Aoki Y; Chemotactic responses of Brugia pahangi infective third-stage larvae to tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-related compounds and amino acids. J. Helminthol., 95, e72 (2021)
- Mitsui Y, Miura M, Kato K; In vitro effects of febrifugine on Schistosoma mansoni adult worms. Trop. Med. and Health, 48, 42 (2020)
- de las Rivas M, Daniel E, Narimatsu Y, Compañón I, Kato K, Hermosilla P, Thureau A, Ceballos-Laita L, Coelho H, Bernado P, Marcelo F, Hansen L, Maeda R, Lostao A, Corzana F, Clausen H, Gerken T, Hurtado-Guerrero R; Molecular basis for fibroblast growth factor 23 O-glycosylation by GalNAc-T3. Nat. Chem. Biol., 16, 351-360 (2020)
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