Research field introduction

In June 1968, Professor Kaoru Onoe was appointed as the first professor of Department of Oral Biochemistry from the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department in 2018. So far, many professors in the Department of Dentistry, Dental schools, and Medical schools nationwide were produced from our laboratory. In 1980, Professor Onoe moved to Kumamoto University, Professor Toshitaka Koga became the second Professor. With the retirement of Professor Koga in 1996, Professor Masato Hirata became the third Professor, and in 2000, the name of Oral Biochemistry Department was changed to Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. With the retirement of Professor Hirata in 2017, Eijiro Jimi became the fourth Professor and chairman at the OBT Research Center.
In our laboratory, many young and excellent graduate students from inside and outside the faculties have gathered from the beginning of the establishment, and interdisciplinary research is being actively conducted. From the initial research centered on immunology, it has evolved into the analysis of the physiological function of the novel inositol phosphate-binding protein (PRIP) discovered in our laboratory, and is currently focusing on research on the relationship between bone and energy metabolism. We have been leading research in the world in various fields.