Nishizuka Lab

Abo was awarded a R8 (FY2026) Keiryokai Research Grant (PI, Akiko Abo).

A collaborative research paper with Dr. Tomoki Nakai et al, Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, has been published in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

A collaborative research paper with Dr. Kumiko Umemoto et al, Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, has been published in Journal of Gastroenterology.

OTS-Probes developed by Quantdetect were used for validation of rare variant quantification using automated DNA extraction and digital PCR in collaborative work with QIAGEN and Iwate Medical University.

Takeshi Iwaya, MD, PhD, from the Department of Clinical Oncology, Iwate Medical University, presented an interim analysis of a prospective randomized trial using OTS-Assay (CHANGE study) at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology.

Ten OTS-Assay-related studies were presented at the 10th Liquid Biopsy meeting (Kyoto).

Nishizuka gave a talk in Session 2 at the 10th Liquid Biopsy 2026 meeting, sponsored by Quantdetect, Inc (Kyoto).

Nishizuka gave a talk on the OTS-Assay at the Evening Seminar of the 21st TR Workshop of the Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer (Tokyo).

A research paper by Dr. Taro Yoshida et al , Department of Pediatrics, Iwate Medical University has been published on Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

Nishizuka gave a Platform Presentation at the American Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting & Expo (Boston, USA).