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