Unit Leader
Labs & Technologies
Genetic Diagnosis Technology Unit
We try to develop gene diagnosis system based on biological genomic information for human diseases and infectious diseases.
* Due to the reorganization starting as new centers in April 2018, this laboratory is now belong to the Center for Integrative Medical Sciences. As for the latest information, please see the following URL below.
> The webpage of Genetic Diagnosis Technology Unit, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Unit Leader
Kengo Usui
1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230-0045 JAPAN
Research Area
As the biological marker for genetic diagnosis of personalized medicine, genotyping of specific SNP related to a disease is commonly used. As a novel candidate, there is RNA marker (mRNA, siRNA and ncRNA) depended on difference of individual expression. We will develop technologies to identify marker DNA and RNAs (like single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and/or RNAs that act as markers) in simple assays that take only few minutes with simplified and reliable technologies, which do not necessitate complicated analytical instruments.