Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory

Shuichi Enomoto, Ph.D.

Team Leader,
Multiple Molecular Imaging Research Laboratory,
RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science,
RIKEN, Kobe, Japan

Research Projects

1. Developments and application studies on the multitracer technology
2. Developments of the Gamma Ray Emission Imaging as a tool for the multi-molecular imaging apparatus (Supported by Grant-in-aid science research of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan)
3. Basic research for drug discovery for use the multi-molecular imaging (Supported by Grant-in-aid science research of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan)
4. Researches of biological and physiological function of bio-trace elements by using the new technology (Supported by Grant-in-aid science research of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

Publications

1. Motomura, S., Kanayama, Y., Haba, H., Igarashi, K., Watanabe, Y., Enomoto, S., Development of multielemental imaging on semiconductor Compton telescope, Pure Appl Chem, 80, 2657-2666, (2008).
2. Motomura, S., Kanayama, Y., Haba, H., Watanabe, Y., Enomoto, S., Multiple molecular simultaneous imaging in a live mouse using semiconductor Compton camera, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 23, 1089-1092 (2008).
3. Motomura, S., Enomoto, S., Haba, H., Igarashi, K., Gono, Y., Yano, Y., Gamma-ray Compton imaging of multitracer in biological samples using strip germanium telescope, IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science, 54, 710-717, (2007).
4. Igarashi, K., Nakanishi, Y., Hirunuma, R., Enomoto, S., Kimura, S., Multitracer study on the uptake of various trace elements in anemic rats: influence of NaFeEDTA and ferrous sulfate, Nutrition Research, 26, 173-179, (2006).
5. Asano, N., Kondoh, M., Ebihara, C., Fujii, M., Nakanishi, T., Utoguchi, N., Enomoto, S., Tanaka, K., Watanabe, Y., Induction of zinc transporters by forskolin in human trophoblast BeWo cells, Reproductive Toxicology, 21, 285-291, (2006).

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Academic experience

• 1991.03 Graduated Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University,
• 1991.03 Received a Ph. D. (Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences) from Hokkaido University

Occupational experience

• 2000.04 Deputy Laboratory Head, Radioisotope Application Team, Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN Wako Institute, RIKEN
• 2005.04 Research Scientist, Center for Molecular Imaging Science, RIKRN Kobe Institute, RIKEN
• 2007.06 Laboratory Head, Metallomics Imaging Research Unit, RIKEN Wako Institute, RIKEN

Awards

• 2001.05 Japan Society for Biomedical Research on Trace Elements Award
• 2007.11 The Erwin von Balz Prize, The first prize

Academic societies belonged to

The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science, Japan Society for Biomedical Research on Trace Elements, The Japan Society of Nuclear Medicine, The Japan Society for Molecular Imaging