Gaku Ichihara, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at Japan's Nagoya University, as well as an Associate Professor at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. He is an Occupational Physician at Nagoya University, a Visiting Professor at Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, WHO collaborating Centre for Research in Human Reproduction, and an Associate member of Science Council of Japan (SCJ). He received an Incentive Award from the Japanese Society for Occupational Health in 2000.
Prof. Ichihara received his Ph.D. in 1997 from Nagoya University, and proceeded to become an Associate Professor at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in 1998. His research background is in cellular and molecular target of alternative to ozone-depleting solvents and development of biomarkers for assessing the central nervous system toxicity, and since 2006 he has also been interested in the safety evaluation of manufactured nanomaterials.
Representative publications:
Liu Y, Song W, Li W, Ichihara G. In vitro cytotoxicity and oxidative damage effects of multi-wall carbon nanotube on RAW264.7 macrophages. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2008 37, 281-284. [Article in Chinese]
Ichihara G, Castranova V, Tanioka A, Miyazawa K. Re: Induction of mesothelioma in p53+/- mouse by intraperitoneal application of multi-wall carbon nanotube. J Toxicol Sci. 2008 33, 381-382.
Wang H, Ichihara G, Ito H, Kato K, Kitoh J, Yamada T, Yu X, Tsuboi S, Moriyama Y, Sakatani R, Shibata E, Kamijima M, Itohara S, Takeuchi Y. Biochemical changes in the central nervous system of rats exposed to 1-bromopropane for seven days. Toxicol Sci. 2002 67, 114-120.
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Gaku Ichihara
Representative Publications
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