Highlights of some of the research projects that the Citrin Foundation has funded thus far. It is listed according to the order of project commencement dates. You can click on the Principal Investigator’s name and each of the project’s research summary to learn more.
Professor Takeyori Saheki graduated from Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University in 1970, and he got a PhD degree at Tokushima University. In 1980, he was appointed as Professor of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University. At present, he is a Guest Researcher at Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences.
Dr. Yoshiyuki Okano holds a MD from Yamaguchi University and a PhD in Medical Science from Osaka City University, Japan. He has worked on the molecular genetics of phenylketonuria in the Savio L.C. Woo laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. After returning to Japan, he is conducting clinical studies and research on congenital metabolic disorders such as neonatal mass screening, PKU, galactosemia, and citrin deficiency in Osaka City University and his clinic.
Professor Jorgina Satrústegui is a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBMSO), of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Professor Edmund Kunji holds a PhD in Mathematics and Natural Sciences from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He carried out his post-doctoral studies in the group of Dr Richard Henderson at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Since 2000, he is a programme leader at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, where he works with his team on the role of mitochondrial transport proteins in the translocation of metabolites, cofactors and inorganic ions across the mitochondrial inner membrane. Since 2019, he is Professor of Biophysics in Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Kimihiko Oishi is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Jikei University School of Medicine. 
Professor Paul Yen is a Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore and Head of the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation in the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Program. He obtained his M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Chicago and his endocrinology fellowship at National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Neurologist and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences for Intractable Neurological Diseases, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan.
Dr. Inui is a Director in Division of Pediatric Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, a Professor at Toho Graduate School of Medicine, and a Vice Chief Director at Japan Pediatric Hepatology Research Center.
PAll publications that have been supported by the Foundation can be found on the Publications page.
Calling for Research Proposals
If you are a scientist or medical professional who is interested to study any aspects of citrin deficiency, please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss your idea or submit your proposal to us. We will be willing to fund the research if it meets our criteria after careful evaluation by our scientific committee.
