Anna Yui (D2), Departments of Bioengineering, received Young Scientist Award at the 92nd annual meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

On 19th September 2019, Anna Yui (D2), Departments of Bioengineering, received Young Scientist Award at the 92nd annual meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

<About awarded research>

Liver Intestine-cadherin (LI-cad) is a membrane protein expressed on colorectal carcinoma. Molecular mechanism of how a single amino acid mutation on LI-cad caused by a single nucleotide polymorphism on a gene coding LI-cad increases the risk of metastasis of colorectal carcinoma has been investigated using biochemical methods and molecular dynamics simulation.

<Your impression & future plan>

It is a great honor to receive such a wonderful award. I am grateful for kind guidance given by Prof. Kouhei Tsumoto, lab members and collaborators. I will continue to put effort into my research.