The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
Veterinary Medical Science, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University Professor Mayumi Ishizuka
Construction of an environmental pollution database and a field toxicology network based on joint surveillance in Africa (preliminary survey)
Research grant
- Project Description
We will conduct a preliminary survey ahead of a research study on environmental pollution by toxic chemical substances to be conducted jointly with several African universities/administrative authorities and to be followed by database construction. Here, we model three African countries (Zambia, toward the south; Kenya, the east; and Ghana, the west), collecting environmental and biological samples for analyses of environmental pollution and its effects. We hold a symposium at the University of Zambia, to which we invite environmental toxicology scholars, graduate students, and concerned officials from approximately 10 African countries. By this, we are to build a network of individuals active in the field of environmental toxicology.
- Fields
- Preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
- Grant year
- FY2009 Research Grants
- Grant term
- 1 year
April 2010 - March 2011
- Grant amount
- 5,000,000 yen
- Activity region
- Zambia, Kenya, Ghana
Overview of the Organization
- Representative
- Professor Mayumi Ishizuka
- Profile
- Specialist fields
Veterinary medicine; toxicology
Affiliated academic societies
The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science; the Japanese Society of Toxicology
Background
In 1994 graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Hokkaido University. In 1998 graduated from a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University. In 1998 became a Fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. In 1999 took a position as Researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. In 2004 became an assistant at the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University. In 2004 took a position of Associate Professor, Hokkaido University until 2010, when a position as Professor, Hokkaido University was taken up. - WEB site
- http://www.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp/organization/toxicol/index.html
- Research record
- Elucidation of differing susceptibilities among animal species to foreign-originated chemical substances, particularly environmental chemical substances
- (1) Kawai YK, Ikenaka Y, Fujita S, Ishizuka M. The CYP1D subfamily of genes in mammals and other vertebrates. Mamm Genome. 2010 Jun;21(5-6):320-9.
- (2) Watanabe KP, Saengtienchai A, Tanaka KD, Ikenaka Y, Ishizuka M. Comparison of warfarin sensitivity between rat and bird species. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2010 Jun;152(1):114-9
- (3) Nakayama MMS, Ikenaka Y, Muzandu K, Choongo K, Oroszlany B, Teraoka H, Mizuno N, Ishizuka M. Heavy metal accumulation in lake sediments, fish (Oreochromis niloticus and Serranochromis thumbergi) and crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) in Lake Itezhi-tezhi and Lake Kariba, Zambia. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 Aug;59(2):291-300.