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2023.12.6-8. Dr. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.
2023.12.3. Dr. Okutsu received research grant from Toyoaki Foundation. Congratulations!
2023.10.10. Dr. Yamada’s original research paper entitled: "Interleukin-1β triggers muscle-derived extracellular superoxide dismutase expression and protects muscles from doxorubicin-induced atrophy" was accepted to The Journal of Physiology. Congratulations to Mami!
2023.9.5. Mr. Hayano, Ms. Higashi, and Mr. Yagi joined our lab for senior thesis. Welcome!
2023.8.25. Dr. Yamada’s original research paper entitled: "Muscle p62 stimulates the expression of antioxidant proteins alleviating cancer cachexia" was accepted to The FASEB Journal. Congratulations to Mami!
2023.8.18-19. Dr. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 10th annual meeting of Japanese Muscle Society.
2023.8.4. Dr. Okutsu conducted out reach activity for high school students.
2023.6.12-14. Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at IAGG Asia/Oceania Regional Congress 2023 (Yokohama, Japan).
2023.4.6-7. Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at Korean Society of Exercise Physiology International Conferences (Cheonan, Korea).
2023.3.31. Dr. Himori finished post-doc training and moved to Nagoya University. Well-done!
2023.3.24. Mr. Kinoshita and Mr. Mizuno graduated from Nagoya City University. Congratulations!
2023.3.3-5. Dr. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The Muscle Biology Meeting.
2022.2.17. Mr. Kinoshita and Mr. Mizuno completed their graduation thesis.
2022.2.10. Mr. Kinoshita and Mr. Mizuno gave a presentation for the graduation research.

2022.12.14. Dr. Yamada received research grant from The Uehara Memorial Foundation. Congratulations!
2022.11.30-12.2. Dr. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.
2022.10.3. Ms. Ito, Mr. Sasa, and Ms. Maki joined our lab for senior thesis.
Welcome!
2022.9.21-23. Dr. Himori, Dr. Yamada, and Dr. Okutsu give a presentation at The 77th Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine on the web
2022.8.5-6. Dr. Himori gave a presentation at The 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Muscle Society on the web.
2022.8.5. Dr. Okutsu conducted out reach activity for high school students.
2022.3.24. Ms. Yamazaki graduated from NCU. Congratulations!
2022.2.25. Dr. Himori received research grant from Descente Sports Science. Congratulations!
2022.2.21. Dr. Himori received research grant from Nakatomi Foundation. Congratulations!

2021.12.1-3. - - Dr. Yamada gave a presentation at The 44th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan on the web.
2021.11.29. - - Dr. Yamada received research grant from SUZUKEN Memorial Foundation. Congratulations!
2021.11.1. - - Dr. Himori’s co-authored research paper was accepted to J Appl Physiol. Congratulations to Koichi!
2021.9.24. - - Mr. Kinoshita and Mr. Mizuno joined our lab for senior thesis. Welcome!
2021.9.17-19. - - Dr. Himori, Dr. Yamada, and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 76th Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine on the web.
2021.8.4. - - Dr. Okutsu conducted out reach activity for high school students.
2021.6.11. - - Dr. Yamada received research grant from The Descente and Ishimoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Sports Science. Congratulations!
2021.6.5. - - Dr. Okutsu and Dr. Yamada’s original research paper was accepted to FASEB J. Congratulations!
2021.5.1. - - Dr. Himori’s co-authored research paper was accepted to iScience. Congratulations to Koichi!
2021.4.27-30. - - Dr. Yamada and Dr. Himori gave a presentation at Experimental Biology 2021 on the web.
2021.4.5. - - Dr. Okutsu’s co-authored research paper was accepted to Redox Biology. Congratulations!
2021.4.1. - - Dr. Yamada, who has received his PhD degree in muscle physiology in Dr. Okutsu lab at Nagoya City University, joined our lab as Postdoc Fellow for Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS-PD). Welcome!
2021.3.24. - - Ms. Yamada received PhD from Nagoya City University. Congratulations!
2021.3.14. - - Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at 25th Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine at Tokai region on the web.
2021.3.5-7. - - Ms. Yamada, Dr. Himori, and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at 7th Skeletal Muscle Biology meeting on the web.
2021.2.10. - - Ms. Yamada received research grant from Nakatomi Foundation. Congratulations!
2021.1.20. - - The journal Antioxidants is currently inviting submissions for a Special Issue [Guest Editor: Dr. Okutsu and Dr. Lira (University of Iowa USA)] entitled “Oxidative Stress and Skeletal Muscle Atrophy"

2020.12.20. - - The journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences is currently inviting submissions for a Special Issue [Guest Editor: Dr Dokun (Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa. USA) and Dr. Okutsu] entitled “Peripheral Artery Disease: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Approaches”.
2020.12.19. - - Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 6th Annual Meeting of Japan Muscle Society on the web.
2020.12.3. - - Dr. Okutsu received research grant from SUZUKEN Memorial Foundation. Congratulations!
2020.11.20. - - The journal Nutrients is currently inviting submissions for a Special Issue [Guest Editor: Dr Lira (University of Iowa USA) and Dr. Okutsu] entitled “Diet and Exercise Impacts on Skeletal Muscle in Aging and Related Metabolic Disorders".
2020.11.15. - - Dr. Himori’s original research paper entitled: "Eccentric resistance training ameliorates muscle weakness in a mouse model of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies" was accepted to Arthritis Rheumatol. Congratulations to Koichi!
2020.10.28. - - Dr. Okutsu received Nagoya City University President Award!
2020.10.28. - - Dr. Okutsu received Nagoya City University High Impact Paper Award!
2020.10.14. - - Ms. Yamada’s paper "p62/SQSTM1 and Nrf2 are essential for exercise‐mediated enhancement of antioxidant protein expression in oxidative muscle” (FASEB J, 2019）was selected as FASEB Most Cited Articles Published Q3 2019!
2020.9.24-26. - - Ms. Yamada, Dr. Himori, and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 75th Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine on the web.
2020.9.25. - - Ms. Yamazaki joined our lab for senior thesis. Welcome!
2020.9.7. - - Dr. Okutsu and Ms. Yamada’s research paper entitled: “The role of myokine in the regulation of capillary density by exercise" was accepted to Descente Sports Science. Congratulations!
2020.4.7. - - Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at Experimental Biology 2020 on the web.
2020.4.1. - - Ms. Yamada received Research Fellowship for Young Scientist from Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS-DC2). Congratulations!
2020.4.1. - - Dr. Himori, who has received his PhD degree in muscle physiology in Dr. Takashi Yamada lab at Sapporo Medical University, joined our lab as Postdoc Fellow for Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS-PD). Welcome!
2020.4.1. - - Our department changed the graduate school name from “Natural Sciences” to “Science”.
2020.1.16. - - Ms. Yamada received research grant from Aichi Health Promotion Foundation. Congratulations!

2019.12.6-7. - - Dr. Okutsu invited to give a talk at Nagoya City University (NCU) Contact Points in Asia Symposium at NCU, Nagoya (Japan).
2019.12.3-6. - - Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 42th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Fukuoka (Japan).
2019.11.27-29. - - Dr. Okutsu invited to give a talk at Nagoya City University (NCU)- Hallym University (HU) Joint Symposium 2019 at HU, Seoul (Korea).
209.11.8-10. - - Dr. Okutsu invited to gave a talk at 14th International Society of Exercise and Immunology at Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai (China).
2019.10.24. - - Dr. Okutsu received research grant from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation. Congratulations!
2019.9.27. - - Ms. Yamada’s original research paper entitled: "Muscle-derived SDF-1α/CXCL12 modulates endothelial cell proliferation but not exercise training-induced angiogenesis" was accepted to American Journal of Physiology - Regul Integr Comp Physiol. Congratulations to Mami!
2019.9.26. - - Dr. Okutsu had meeting for an exchange of ideas at RIKEN, Yokohama (Japan).
2019.9.19-21. - - Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at The 74th Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, Tsukuba (Japan).
2019.9.13. - - Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu published a book “Frontier on Muscle Research, edit by Dr. Toshio Moritani (Chapter 1: Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu)”.
2019.8.30. - - Dr. Okutsu invited to give a talk at 17th Redox/Life Innovation Symposium at Hirosaki University, Hirosaki (Japan).
2019.8.21. - - Dr. Okutsu conducted out reach activity for high school students.
2019.7.14. - - Dr. Okutsu received research grant from The Descente and Ishimoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Sports Science. Congratulations!
2019.5.13. - - Dr. Okutsu invited to give a talk at Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer in Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan).
2019.4.19. - - Ms. Yamada’s original research paper entitled "p62/SQSTM1 and Nrf2 are essential for exercise-mediated enhancement of antioxidant protein expression in oxidative muscle." (FASEB Journal, Accepted on Mar. 11, 2019) was put out to the public via a press release.
2019.4.17. - - Ms. Yamada received research grant from The Japan Science Society. Congratulations!
2019.4.6-9. - - Ms. Yamada and Dr. Okutsu gave a presentation at Experimental Biology 2019 at Orland (USA).
2019.4.2. - - Ms. Yamada received travel grant from Nagoya City University. Congratulations!