Toyokuni Laboratory

24/01/2026

We recently published a review article on ferroptosis and cancer. We hope that you will enjoy reading this article.

https://youtu.be/Lf3fnQe1VqU

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00018-025-05982-5

Toyokuni et al. “Ferroptosis and Cancer: When Iron Turns Against Tumors.” Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (2025) Video produced by www.aje.com

11/12/2025

We enjoyed the end of the year party last night with 4 medical students who came to our laboratory. The Indian dishes were quite delicious. Surprisingly, it was not only all you can drink but also all you can eat. So everybody was full after the party.

29/10/2025

Today we had a farewell lunch with Qinying LYU. She has been in Japan for 7 years and has finished the PhD course this month successfully. She is going back to Hangzhou in November, starting as a postdoctoral fellow in China. Good luck, Qinying!

01/10/2025

Lei Shi visited us today.

01/10/2025

JCA meeting 2025 in Kanazawa: we organized an international session with Prof. Young-Joon Surh (Seoul National University) on Triangular dynamics among iron, sulfur and oxygen in cancer.