Ken Watanabe

Organization・Title
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Professor
Special field
Virology
Research themes
1)Molecular mechanism of influenza virus replication
2)Development of antiviral drug

Course List

Medical Parasitology, Medical Immunology and Genetics, Medical Entomology, Medical Microbiology, Medical Virology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Practical training for laboratory work,

personal history

1990-1994 Tokyo Institute of Technology
1994-1996 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Master course
1996-1999 Tokyo Institute of Technology, PhD course
1997-1999 JSPS research fellow (DC2)
1999-2001 JSPS research fellow (PD)
2001-2002 Japan Health Sciences Foundation Research Resident
2002- Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Assistant professor

works/thesis

1. Watanabe K et al. Mechanism for inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase activity by matrix protein. Journal of Virology. 1996; 70: 241-

2. Watanabe K et al. Inhibition of nuclear export of ribonucleoprotein of influenza virus by leptomycin B. Virus Reserach. 2001; 77: 31-

3. Watanabe K et al. Identification of Hsc70 as an influenza virus matrix protein (M1) binding factor involved in the virus life cycle. FEBS Letters. 2006; 580, 5785-

4. Watanabe K et al. Hsc70 regulates the nuclear export but not the import of influenza viral RNP: a possible target for the development of anti-influenza virus drugs. Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics. 2008 2: 77-

5. Watanabe K et al. Anti-influenza viral effects of novel nuclear export inhibitors from Valerianae Radix and Alpinia galanga. Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics 2011 5: 26-