Peptide Institute(日本)

Peptide Institute

日本PeptideInstituteIncwww.peptide.co.jpThePeptideInstitutetracesitsbeginningtothePeptideCenter,InstituteforProteinResearch,OsakaUniversity.In1958,thelateShiroAkabori(whowouldlaterbecomePresidentofOsaka University)establishedtheInstituteforProteinResearchinOsakaUniversity(ontheformerNakanoshimaCampusinKita-ku,Osaka).Thisinstitutewasafacilityopentonationwidecooperativeresearch.responses.ProfessorAkaboriforesawthegreatimportanceofpeptidestoresearchinlifesciences.Thiswas,atthetime,thefirstsuccessfulchemicalsynthesisofpeptides.In1962,whenthePeptideCenterwasestablishedwithintheInstituteforProteinResearch,AssociateProfessorShumpeiSakakibara(presentlyEmeritusChairman)waschosentomanageit.Sakakibaraandhisstaffdevelopedoriginalpeptidesynthesistechnologiesandsynthesizedmanyvaluablebiologicallyactivepeptideswhichwerebeingdiscovered.Thoseproductswereth