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Usukura Jiro

ウスクラ ジロウ | Usukura Jiro
Research field  (3): Morphology, anatomy ,  Cell biology ,  Biophysics
Research keywords  (12): membrane cytoskeleton ,  Freeze etching replica ,  actin filaments ,  Unroofing ,  Cryo-electron microsacopy ,  Atomic force microscopy ,  視細胞 ,  電子顕微鏡 ,  細胞膜 ,  electron microscopy ,  cytoskeleton ,  Cell membrane
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (45):
  • 2020 - 2023 Development and dissemination of unroof and perforation methods for cryo-EM and AFM
  • 2017 - 2019 Development of cryo-in lens-S(T)EM for analysis of native cell structure and its commercialization
  • 2014 - 2017 Development of Cryo-FLM-in lens-S(T)EM for analysis of native cell structure
  • 2013 - 2017 High Voltage Electron Phase Differential Microscopy of Metal-Ion Conductor Interfaces
  • 2014 - 2016 Improved unroofing method in AFM and cryo-electron microscopy to observe the interaction between organelles and cytoskeleton.
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Papers (132):
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MISC (130):
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Books (20):
  • 顕微鏡学ハンドブック
    朝倉書店 2018
  • よくわかる生物電子顕微鏡技術ーープロトコル・ノウハウ・原理
    共立出版 2009
  • 生物物理学ハンドブック
    朝倉書店 2007
  • シリーズ21世紀の動物科学 第6巻 「細胞の生物学」(動物学会編)
    培風館 2007
  • 実験医学別冊 生命科学のための機器分析ハンドブック
    羊土社 2007
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Lectures and oral presentations  (195):
  • 細胞膜内表面上のアクトミオシンによるインフルエンザAウイルスのゲノムパッケージング
    (日本解剖学会 2023)
  • AFM live-cell imaging と免疫freeze etching電顕によるインフルエンザ感染過程の解析
    (日本顕微鏡学会学術講演会 2022)
  • Development of cryo-electron microscope for STEM, SEM simultaneous imaging and its application to structural analysis of unroofed cells.
    (Annual meeting of Korean Society of Microscopy, 2019)
  • Cryo-in lens-S(T)EMの開発により分かってきた問題点と新しい応用法
    (SCAN TECH 2019 2019)
  • 徳安法凍結切片の免疫フリーズーエッチングと 免疫クライオ電顕への応用
    (日本顕微鏡学会第75回学術講演会 2019)
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Education (4):
  • 1977 - 1981 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine Department of Anatomy
  • 1975 - 1977 The University of Tokyo School of Medicine Department of Anatomy
  • 1973 - 1975 Tokyo Kyoiku University Graduate School of Sciences Zoology
  • 1968 - 1972 Yokohama City University Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science (Natural Sciences) Department of Biology
Professional career (2):
  • Master of Science (Tokyo Kyouiku University)
  • Doctor of Medicine (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (8):
  • 2020/12 - 現在 Nagoya University
  • 2019/04 - 2020/11 Nagoya University Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability Designated Professor
  • 2014/04 - 2019/03 Nagoya University Structural Biology Research Center, Graduate School of Sciences invited Researcher
  • 2013/04 - 2014/03 Nagoya University EcoTopia Science Institute Designatged Professor
  • 2008/04 - 2013/03 Nagoya University EcoTopia Science Institute Professor
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Committee career (6):
  • 2009 - 日本顕微鏡学会 欧文誌副編集委員長、理事、監事
  • 2005 - International Society for Oculer Cell Biology Fundmental member
  • 2000 - 日本細胞生物学会 評議員、欧文誌編集委員、評議員
  • 1993 - 日本バイオイメージング学会 編集委員
  • 1992 - 日本生物物理学会 編集委員
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Awards (5):
  • 2019/06 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific Paper Direct observation of the actin filament by tip-scan atomic force microscopy
  • 2018/05 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific paper A new approach for the direct visualization of the membrane cytoskeleton in cryo-electron microscopy: a comparative study with freeze-etching electron microscopy
  • 2014/05 - The Japanese Society of Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy Award for the Scientific Paper Use of the unroofing technique for atomic force microscopic imaging of the intra-cellular cytoskeleton under aqueous conditions
  • 1994 - The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy The Society Award (Setoh Award) Development of rapid freezing method and its application to analysis of cell structures.
  • 1983/05 - The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy The Japanese Society of Microscopy award for the Scientific Paper An improved device for rapid freezing using liquid helium.
Association Membership(s) (5):
米国細胞生物学会 ,  日本生物物理学会 ,  日本細胞生物学会 ,  日本顕微鏡学会 ,  日本解剖学会
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