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Kazusuhige Touhara, Ph.D.
Professor in Department of Applied Biological Chemistry
Vice Dean in Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences / Faculty of Agriculture
Research Interest
Our research interests include elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying odorant and pheromone perception in both vertebrate and invertebrate. We identify biologically imporant odorant molecules and pheromones that are utilized in chemical communications within species or between species. To understand how the mouse olfactory system can discriminate thousands of odorants and how mice send socio-sexual information to other individuals by using specific pheromone molecules, we have focused on structural and functional aspects of odorant and pheromone receptors expressed by olfactory and vomeronasal sensory neurons, respectively.
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Curriculum Vitae
| 1989 | B.Sc. (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Japan) |
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| 1993 | Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, U.S.A.) |
| 1993.7-1995.9 | Post doctoral fellow, Duke University Medical Center |
| 1995.10-1998.3 | Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Department of Neurochemistry |
| 1998.4-1999.3 | Assistant professor, Kobe University, Biosignal Research Center |
| 1999.4-2009.11 | Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Department of Integrated Biosciences |
| 2009.12-present | Professor, The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry |
Publications
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Award
| 2020 | The Award of The Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell |
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| 2017 | Kunio Yamazaki Distinguished Lectureship |
| 2015 | Inoue Prize for Science |
| 2011 | Award of Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders |
| 2009 | Japan Academy Medal |
| 2009 | JSPS Prize |
| 2008 | Tsukahara Award |
| 2008 | Tokyo Techno Forum Yomiuri Gold Medal |
| 2006 | Frank Allison Linville's RH Wright Award in Olfaction |
| 2006 | Young Investigator Award of Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology |
| 2004 | Young Investigator Award of The Japanese Biochemical Society |
| 2004 | The Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Neurochemistry |
| 2004 | The Takasago award of Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell |
Contact information
Kazushige Touhara, Ph.D. Professor
Department of Applied Biological Chemistry
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657
(tel)03-5841-5109, (fax)03-5841-8024
Email: ktouhara[AT]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp