Job title：
Senior Scientist
Other affiliations (1)：
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Sakura Science Club
Head Coordinator
Research field (1)：
Biomedical engineering
Research keywords (1)：
Photodynamic Medicine
Papers (7)：
Hung Wei Lai, Moe Kasai, Shinkuro Yamamoto, Hideo Fukuhara, Takashi Karashima, Atsuhi Kurabayashi, Mutsuo Furihata, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Keiji Inoue, Shun-Ichiro Ogura. Metabolic shift towards oxidative phosphorylation reduces cell density-induced cancer stem cell-like characteristics in prostate cancer in vitro. Biology open. 2023. 12. 4
Hideo Fukuhara, Shinkuro Yamamoto, Hung Wei Lai, Takashi Karashima, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Mutsuo Furihata, Keiji Inoue. Real-world experience with 5-aminolevulinic acid for photodynamic diagnosis of bladder cancer (2nd report): reduced bladder recurrence after PDD-TURBT. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 2022. 38. 102757-102757
Keiji Inoue, Hideo Fukuhara, Shinkuro Yamamoto, Takashi Karashima, Atsushi Kurabayashi, Mutsuo Furihata, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Hung Wei Lai, Shun-Ichiro Ogura. Current status of photodynamic technology for urothelial cancer. Cancer Science. 2022. 113. 2. 392-398
Lai Hung Wei, Ogura Shun-ichiro. Efficiency of aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-photodynamic therapy based on ALA uptake transporters in a cell density-dependent malignancy model. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology. 2021
Lai Hung Wei, Ogura Shun-ichiro. Key transporters leading to specific protoporphyrin IX accumulation in cancer cell following administration of aminolevulinic acid in photodynamic therapy/diagnosis. International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2020
Top Tier Research in Japan - Curing Cancer with Light
(Sakura Science Club Alumni Meeting 2022)
Treating cancer with light. A dream come true?
(CANRES Webinar Series - Universiti Putra Malaysia 2022)
Next generation medicine using aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic technology: Striving for high precision theragnostics
(7th Kochi Photodynamic Medicine Seminar 2022)
Professional career (4)：
Doctor of Engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Masters in Engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Masters in Microbiology (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Bachelor of Science (Biology) Hons. (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Awards (4)：
2022/02 - 21st KMS Research Meeting 【Research Excellence Award】
2021/09 - Tokyo Institute of Technology Valedictorian Pivotal roles of aminolevulinic acid (ALA) uptake transporters in ALA-photodynamic therapy
2019/07 - International Photodynamic Association Poster of Merit Novel strategy to increase specificity of ALA-induced PpIX accumulation through inhibition of transporters involved in ALA uptake
2014/09 - Ministry of Education Malaysia MyMaster Fellowship A simple in vitro bioassay protocol against latent phase mycobacterial cells
Association Membership(s) (6)：
Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy for Cancer
, Japan Urological Photodynamic Society
, Japanese Society for Molecular and Cellular Urology
, ALA and Porphyrin Research Society
, Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
, Japanese Cancer Association
