Ken Takahashi received the Outstanding Research Award at 2019 International Conference on Biology and Medical Science (ICBMS 2019) held in Okinawa, Japan during Feb 28 – Mar 03 2019. The title of the lecture was “Mechanobiology and its application to medical problem solving”. ### Takahashi Lab at Okayama University uses principles of physiology, cellular and molecular…
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Heart cells sense that they are stretched when the heart is subjected to high blood pressure. But how? It is known that concentration of calcium ion in cardiomyocytes increases when they are stretched. Takahashi and co-workers found that a specific protein, L-type calcium channel, is the key to this calcium increase event using rat cardiomyocytes.…
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Ken Takahashi attended a lecture “Twins in Space” by Dr. Brinda K. Rana, an associated professor at UCSD, about how space alters the human body, at Knafel Center of Harvard University on February 4, 2019. The topic is closely related to his space medicine research. While several things were revealed in this famous twins study,…
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Started reading Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts by Annie Duke. It is important to know that the relationship between good decision and good results is not concrete.
Contrary to what we commonly believe, the irreversibility of time is not necessarily guaranteed by the laws of physics. This astonishing claim overturns our fundamental understanding that “time never goes back.” It’s fascinating to consider this proposition, especially when it’s presented by one of the world’s leading physicists. If speed and gravitational fields influence local…
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Ken Takahashi had a Skype discussion with elementary school students at Westford, MA, USA about their robotic project. The project is about prevention of muscle atrophy in astronauts in space.
British Journal of Pharmacology: Impact factor 6.81 (2017) The paper I peer reviewed is out now! The transient receptor potential melastatin 4 channel inhibitor 9‐phenanthrol modulates cardiac sodium channel
Visited Florida State University to establish a new collaboration in space medicine.
Ken Takahashi joined Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, as a Visiting Scholar. At the Wyss, Ken is collaborating with Professor Donald Ingber aiming to establish ischemia-reperfusion injury model using the organ-on-a-chip technology.
岡山医学会教育奨励賞受賞 Ken Takahashi won the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education for his continuous effort for internationalization of Okayama University. The O-NECUS (Okayama University-North East China Universities platform, Graduate Student Exchange) program has a short-term study abroad program with five universities in northeastern China. The affiliated universities include Harping Medical University, Jilin University, Chinese Medical…
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