Protein Engineering

Biography

Kazuyuki Nakamura is serving for the promotion of human proteomics as a HUPO Council member, a member of Education & Training (E&T) Committee, a co-chair of Human Disease Glycomics Proteome Initiative (HGPI), an advisory member of Human Kidney and Urine Proteome Project (HKUPP), an AOHUPO Vice President (E&T Mission), a member of Membrane Proteomics Initiative (MPI), and a Past President of Japan HUPO. He is active in Education and Training of young scientists in Asia not only as a Member of HUPO E&T Committee and a President of Japanese Electrophoresis Society (JES). He organized a Joint Meeting of AOHUPO symposium and JES symposium for the Satellite Meeting of 20th IUBMB to promote E&T in Japan.

Research Interest

He is interested in the discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets for HCV-related Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Pancreatic Cancer using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with tandem mass spectrometry, and in the development of Cys-tag-Protein Chips for high through-put analyses of protein-protein interactions. His interest is shifting to Membrane Proteomics, Cancer Immunology and Immuno-Proteomics for the development of new diagnostic tools and non-invasive curative treatments of malignant tumors.