Name Eugene Futai
Position Associate Professor
Tel +81-22-757-4347
Fax +81-22-757-4347
Mail eugene.futai.e1*tohoku.ac.jp(Please replace * with @)
Research Interest Pathological Biochemistry, Cell Biology
Career Academic Career: JSPS Research fellow (PD) (2001-2003), American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2003-2006), Postdoctoral Research Fellow in University of California at Berkeley (2006); Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Arts and Science, the University of Tokyo (2006-2010); Associate Professor at Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (2010-present)
Research map https://researchmap.jp/read0152053?lang=en
Research Projects

1) Alzheimer project: regulatory mechanism of gamma-secretase, drug screening for gamma-secretase inhibitors (GSI) and modulators (GSM).
2) Intramembrane proteases project: maintenance and disruption of membrane proteostasis by rhomboid and site-2 proteases, Parkinson’s disease.