Toshihiko NOGAWA


Toshihiko NOGAWA
(Ph.D, ASI Technical Scientist)

INTEREST OF MY RESEARCH

My research aim is to find a cure for the cancer from natural products, such as microorganisms, marine organisms, and plants.

EDUCATION

1990-1994Kanagawa University, Department of Biology
1998-2001 Graduate Course, Kanagawa University, Faculty of Biology

DEGREES

B.Sc. (1994) Kanagawa University 
Dr. Sc. (2001) Kanagawa University 

APPOINTMENTS   

1996-1998Researcher, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Industrial Co. Ltd.
2001-2001 Research Fellow, Research Institute for Integrated Science, Kanagawa University.
2001-2006Postdoc & Research associate, Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University.
2006-2013Postdoc, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN.
2009-2013Postdoc,Chemical Biology Core Facility, RIKEN ASI  
2013-Research Scientist, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science - Chemical Biology Research Group

MY HOBBY

Treasure hunt

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATION

  1. Kamano Y., Nogawa T., Kotake A,. Tozawa M., Pettit G. R.
    Separation of toad poison bufadienolides by hydrophobic gel.
    J. Liq. Chrom. & Rel. Technol., 22 (16), 2455-2456 (1999)

  2. Nogawa T., Kamano Y., Yamashita A., Pettit G. R.
    Isolation and structure of five new cancer cell growth inhibitory bufadienolides from the Chinese traditional drug Ch'an Su.
    J. Nat. Prod., 64, 1148-1152 (2001)

  3. Kamano Y., Nogawa T., Yamashita A., Hayashi M., Inoue M., Drasar P., Pettit G. R.
    Isolation and structure of a 20,21-epoxybufaenolide series from "Ch'an Su".
    J. Nat. Prod., 65, 1001-1005 (2002)

  4. Pettit G. R., Nogawa T., Knight J. C., Doubek D., Hooper J. N. A.
    Antineoplastic agents. 535. Isolation and Structure of plakorstatins 1 and 2 from the Indo-Pacific sponge Plakortis nigra.
    J. Nat. Prod., 67, 1611-1613 (2004)

  5. LaMarca H. L., Morris C. A., Pettit G. R., Nogawa T., Puschett J. B.
    Marinobufagenin impairs first trimester cytotrophoblast differentiation.
    Placenta, 27 (9-10), 984-988 (2006)