Osaka Bioscience Institute

34°48′34.8″N 135°30′55.7″E / 34.809667°N 135.515472°E / 34.809667; 135.515472

The Osaka Bioscience Institute[1] was an institute in Osaka, Japan, between 1987 and 2015, devoted to the study of bioscience. The scientists from the institute discovered the retinal protein pikachurin.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Spotlight on Osaka". Nature. 23 September 2009. doi:10.1038/nj0260. PMC 7094914.
  2. ↑ Sato, Shigeru; Omori, Yoshihiro; Katoh, Kimiko; Kondo, Mineo; Kanagawa, Motoi; Miyata, Kentaro; Funabiki, Kazuo; Koyasu, Toshiyuki; Kajimura, Naoko; Miyoshi, Tomomitsu; Sawai, Hajime; Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Tani, Akiko; Toda, Tatsushi; Usukura, Jiro (August 2008). "Pikachurin, a dystroglycan ligand, is essential for photoreceptor ribbon synapse formation". Nature Neuroscience. 11 (8): 923–931. doi:10.1038/nn.2160. ISSN 1097-6256.
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