Researchers

FUJIWARA Toshinobu

FUJIWARA Toshinobu
Professor/Manager
Faculty Department of Pharmacy / Graduate School of Medicine
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/RNA_Biochem

Education and Career

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2015 - Today , Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kindai University Laboratory of Biochemistry Professor
  • Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2015 , Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry Professor
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013 , Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation Institute of Microbial Chemistry Principal Investigator
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011 , Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe Univ. Core Team Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010 , Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe Univ. Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Associate Professor
  • Oct. 2006 - Mar. 2010 , JST PREST Researcher
  • Feb. 2003 - Mar. 2007 , Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe Univ. Department of Biosystems Scinece Assistant Professor

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences, Functional biochemistry
  • Life sciences, Molecular biology

Research Interests

RNA engineering, Analyses of RNA binding proteins, The initiation of mammalian protein synthesis, RNA ribosome translation

Published Papers

  1. Human DHX29 detects nonoptimal codon usage to regulate mRNA stability.
    Fabian Hia; Yitong Wu; Masanori Yoshinaga; Sakurako Goto-Ito; Wakana Iwasaki; Koshi Imami; Hirotaka Toh; Peixun Han; Ting Cai; Takayuki Ohira; Akira Fukao; Daron M Standley; Yuichi Shichino; Masaki Takegawa; Toshinobu Fujiwara; Tsutomu Suzuki; Shintaro Iwasaki; Michael C Bassik; Takuhiro Ito; Osamu Takeuchi
    Science (New York, N.Y.)  , eadw0288-, 19, Mar. 2026 
  2. The TAP/NXF1-Binding Region of HuD Is Required for Translation and Neuronal Differentiation.
    So Toshima; Ryosuke Satoh; Takumi Tomohiro; Yoshinori Funakami; Akira Fukao; Toshinobu Fujiwara
    Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms  30  (6)  , e70057-, Nov. 2025 
  3. TOB Proteins Repress Translation via the CCR4-NOT Deadenylase Complex Independent of Deadenylation.
    Kanae Miyazaki; Takumi Tomohiro; Yoshinori Funakami; Akira Fukao; Toru Suzuki; Tadashi Yamamoto; Toshinobu Fujiwara
    Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms  30  (5)  , e70042-, Sep. 2025 

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MISC

  1. 哺乳動物における不活化型80Sリボソーム形成の分子機構 , 今井大達; 岩崎わかな; 深尾亜喜良; 泊幸秀; 黒柳秀人; 中川真一; 藤原俊伸; 伊藤拓宏; 山下暁朗; 山下暁朗 , 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web) , 48th , 2025
  2. TRBPによる抗ウイルスストレス顆粒形成と自然免疫応答制御機構の解明 , 酒井萌菜美; 尾野本浩司; 渡辺妙結; 深尾亜喜良; 坂村由梨佳; 宮尾真衣; 友廣拓生; 山下暁朗; 藤原俊伸; 高橋朋子; 程久美子; 程久美子; 米山光俊; 米山光俊 , 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web) , 48th , 2025
  3. A型肝炎ウイルスのIRES依存的翻訳を制御する因子の探索 , 射場ひより; 野口海輝; 友廣拓生; 深尾亜喜良; 船上仁範; 藤原俊伸 , 日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web) , 48th , 2025

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Awards & Honors

  1. Mar. 2014, 上原記念生命科学財団, 研究推進特別奨励賞
  2. Mar. 2012, 内藤記念科学振興財団, 若手ステップアップ研究奨励賞
  3. Apr. 2008, 長瀬科学技術振興財団, 振興賞

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Tissue-specific regulation of translation initiation mediated by ribosome heterogeneity , Kindai University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Tissue-specific regulation of translation initiation mediated by ribosome heterogeneity , Kindai University
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), A multidisciplinary approach to establish the structural basis of dosage compensation

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