Unit Leader
Labs & Technologies
Drug Discovery Imaging Platform Unit
* Due to the reorganization starting as new centers in April 2018, The research activities of this laboratory are handed over to the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research. As for the latest information, please see the following URL below.
> The webpage of Laboratory for Pathophysiological and Health Science, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Unit Leader
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
Tel: +81-78-304-7101
Research Area
The Drug Discovery Imaging Platform Unit is advancing in vivo pharmacokinetic research of monkeys, marmosets, rats, mice, rabbits, and humans by utilizing molecular imaging technology focused on positron emission tomography (PET). Labeling technologies for molecular imaging probes guarantee in vivo observation time and improve tracing after metabolic breakdown. Also, with a view to clinical studies of microdoses, we aim to build new drug discovery processes, developing labeling and probes for drug candidate compounds, as well as utilizing mice-to-human streamlined molecular imaging techniques.