Professor Jun Suzuki

Medical Biochemistry, Cell Membrane Biology

Plasma membranes are where recognition of dead cells, cell fusion, and chemicals reaction such as blood coagulation all take place. Mutations in cell membrane-regulating proteins cause a variety of human diseases. In my laboratory, we focus on transmembrane protein regulating plasma membranes and analyze their function in cells and in mice. As a basic research, we try to deeply understand how biological phenomenon related to plasma membranes is regulated and how human diseases occur, and think of how diseases can be cured.