Members
14th
Term: Apr. 2024 ～
:Global Type
:Tenure-track Type
● SHIMODA Asako Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Extracellular vesicles, Biomaterials
Research Topic: Development on extracellular vesicle separation method by glycan profile analysis and its applications for therapy and diagnosis
Host Department: Graduate School of Medicine
Previous Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Short Introduction
The International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) was formed in 2011, and I have been involved in EV research since 2013. EVs are cell-derived vesicles, known as messengers which copy biological information from their cells of origin and send it to nearby and distant organs. EVs are applied in a wide variety of fields including disease diagnosis, treatment, and drug discovery. On the other hand, unlike small molecule drugs capable of being mass-produced, EVs have non-uniform sizes and functions because they are derived from living organisms, and therefore the safety and efficacy of EVs have not been clarified at the clinical research level.
