演者： Dr. Kumiko Hayashi （林 久美子 先生） Applied Physics Department, School of Engineering, Tohoku University （東北大学大学院工学研究科・工学部 応用物理学専攻）
演題:"Neuronal cargo transport by multiple carriers like a MIKOSHI (portable shrine) transport"
要旨: Motor proteins, such as kinesin and dynein, deliver cargos packed with many kinds of materials including neurotransmitters along highway-like long axons. Our research shows that cargos were carried cooperatively by multiple motor proteins, much like a group of people working together for a MIKOSHI (portable shrine) transport for Japanese festivals! We found that increase/decrease of the number of the carriers was related to neuronal diseases.
