広島大学

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

• 2006/04/01, 2007/03/31, Tokushima Bunri University, Research Associate
• 2007/04/01, 2011/03/31, Tokushima Bunri University, Assistant Professor
• 2007/04/01, 2011/03/31, Part-Time Lecturer
• 2011/04/01, 2019/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Assistant Professor
• 2012/07/30, 2012/09/28, University of California, Davis, Visiting Scientist
• 2017/03/17, 2018/03/16, University of California, Davis, Visiting Scientist
• 2019/04/01, 2023/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Associate Professor
• 2023/04/01, Hiroshima Univesrsity, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Professor

Educational Backgrounds

• Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Japan, 1997/04, 2001/03
• Osaka University, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Japan, 2001/04, 2006/03

Academic Degrees

• Doctor of Science, Osaka University

Educational Activity

• [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences : Integrated Arts and Sciences
• [Master's Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
• [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Life and Environmental Sciences
• [Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biomedical Science
• [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Humanities and Social Sciences : Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
• [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Life and Environmental Sciences
• [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biomedical Science

In Charge of Primary Major Programs

• Life Sciences
• Integrated Arts and Sciences

Research Fields

• Environmental science;Environmental analyses and evaluation;Risk sciences of radiation and chemicals
• Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Pharmacy;Environmental and hygienic pharmacy
• Medicine,dentistry, and pharmacy;Pharmacy;Pharmacology in pharmacy
• Agricultural sciences;Agricultural chemistry;Food science

Research Keywords

• PM2.5
• Glia
• Environmental Chemicals
• Oxidative Stress
• Ischemia

Affiliated Academic Societies

• The Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments, 2021
• The Japanese Pharmacological Society, 2001
• The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 2004
• The Japanese Biochemical Society, 2004
• The Society for Free Radical Research Japan, 2007
• The Japanese Society of Toxicology, 2012
• The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2015
• Society for Neuroscience, 2017

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Chemistry I
2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Experimental Methods and Laboratory Work in Chemistry II
3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Natural Sciences of Life and Environment
4. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Laboratory Work in Natural Sciences
5. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Methods in Natural Sciences
6. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar in English for Life Sciences
7. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Introduction to Life Sciences
8. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Laboratory Work in Chemistry
9. 2024, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Fundamental Methodology in Chemistry
10. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Functional Biochemistry I
11. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Functional Biochemistry II
12. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Laboratory Work in Life Sciences C
13. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Practical Methods in Life Sciences C
14. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Functional Biochemistry III
15. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Life Science
16. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Biochemistry I
17. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Fundamentals of Biochemistry II
18. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, societal implementation of life science
19. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Life and Environmental Sciences
20. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Life and Environmental Sciences A
21. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Life and Environmental Sciences B
22. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar A
23. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar B
24. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Introduction to Disease Models
25. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Biomedial Science
26. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Biomedical Science A
27. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Biomedical Science B
28. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar C
29. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar D
30. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Biomedical Science Seminar E

Research Activities

Publications such as books

1. 2014, Fifty Years of Cytochrome P450 Research, Neurosteroids: regional steroidogenesis., Springer Japan, 2014, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Yamazaki T, Ishihara Y

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

1. Distribution of Potentially Airborne Sub-100 um Marine Microplastics in the Surface Ocean Near Japan., Komatsu M, Okochi H, Tani Y, Onozuka Y, Oshimi M., Hayami H, Takeuchi M, Sorimachi A, Fujii Y, Takenaka N, Yamaguchi T, Katsumi N, Kajino M, Adachi K, Ishihara Y, Iwamoto Y, Niida Y, Nakajima R, Yabuki A, 2nd International Symposium on Plastic Pollution in Asian Waters - From land to the ocean., 2024/02/28, Without Invitation, English
2. Impact of particulate matter 2.5 on skin conditions- Using a novel air-liquid interface exposure system., Kono M, Takaishi M, Kinoshita K, Ikeda H, Okuda T, Okano Y, Ishihara Y., IFSCC 2023 Congress., 2023/09/04, Without Invitation, English
3. Occurrence, behavior, fate, and health impact of airborne microplastics (AMPs)(3)., Onozuka Y, Okochi H, Tani Y, Yoshida N, Hayami H, Takeuchi M, Sorimachi A, Fujii Y, Takenaka N, Yamaguchi T, Katsumi N, Matsuki A, Kajino M, Adachi K, Ishihara Y, Iwamoto Y, Niida Y., 10th International Conference on Acid Deposition., 2023/04/17, Without Invitation, English
4. Involvement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and endotoxin in macrophage expression of interleukin-33 induced by exposure to particulate matter., 2022/06/30, Without Invitation, Japanese
5. Airborne Microplastics and Health Impact., Okochi H, Yoshida N, Fujikawa M, Zhao H, Tani Y, Hayami H, Takeuchi M, Sorimachi A, Fujii Y, Takenaka N, Kajino M, Adachi K, Ishihara Y, Iwamoto Y, Aiyazaki A, Katsumi N, Niida Y, Kobayashi H, Urayama N, Hagino H, Iso E, Miura T, Taira E, Akao K, Yamamoto M, Takami T, Itaya Y., Joint Usage/Joint Research Symposium on Integrated Environmental Studies., 2021/12/01, Without Invitation, Japanese
6. Role of DHA metabolites in protective effects of DHA supplementation in the brains of rotenone-induced rat models of Parkinsons disease, Oguro A, Ishihara Y, 1st International Electronic Conference on Biomolecules: Natural and Bio-Inspired Therapeutics for Human Diseases (IECBM2020), 2020/12/01, Without Invitation, English
7. Activated microglia in ischemic stroke aggravate brain edema in Mice, Tanaka M, Fujikawa M, Itoh K, Ishihara Y, GLIA IN HEALTH & DISEASE Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses, 2020/07/15, Without Invitation, English
8. Activation of microglia and excitation-inhibition imbalances in the developing hippocampus of mice prenatally treated with valproate, Ishihara Y, Itoh K, Tominaga T, GLIA IN HEALTH & DISEASE Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses, 2020/07/15, Without Invitation, English
9. Developmental microglial activation and postgrowth abnormal behavior induced by prenatal exposure of chemicals, Ishihara Y, The 35th Annual Meeting of KSOT/KEMS, 2019, With Invitation, English
10. A role of AhR in microglial polarization., 2017/06/23, With Invitation, English, Center for the health and environment, University of California, Davis.
11. Role of astrogliosis elicited by methylmercury in neuroprotection, Prenatal Programming and Toxicity V., 2016/11/16, With Invitation, English

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

1. Editorial Board, 2015, Fundamental Toxicological Sciences