Ojima Research Lab

Iwao Ojima, PhD

• Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry
• Director, Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

My Lab

Office: (631) 632-1339

Email: Iwao.Ojima@stonybrook.edu

Stony Brook University
Department of Chemistry
717 Chemistry
100 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Research Program

• Oncogenic Drivers and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Department

• Department of Chemistry

Research Interest

Dr. Ojima has a long track record of successful research projects in the area of drug discovery and medicinal chemistry of anticancer agents, especially in the taxane-based agents, tumor-targeted drug delivery, nano-drug delivery systems, and chemical biology. He has also been successfully promoting multidisciplinary drug discovery and development projects on fatty acid binding protein (FABP) inhibitors for next-generation anticancer agents. He has also been promoting computer-aided drug design and in silico screening/predictions for efficient drug discovery. One next-generation taxane of his invention advanced to the phase IIb human clinical trials, and a FABP inhibitor of his invention is currently in phase I/II human clinical trials. Another next-generation taxane with nanoemulsion formulation is about to begin human clinical trials.

Education

• BS, The University of Tokyo
• MS, The University of Tokyo
• PhD, The University of Tokyo

Publications

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