Characterisation of insulin-independent glucose uptake mediated by guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) coupled receptors

该项目将为佐藤博士在细胞代谢领域的先驱之一A/ Bengtsson教授的实验室提供一流的博士后培训。他将学习细胞信号研究的新方法，包括使用核糖核酸干扰（RNAi）技术和一系列功能改变的磷脂酰肌醇（PI） 3-激酶突变体，他将带回莫纳什大学。更好地了解参与葡萄糖转运的细胞信号机制将对开发治疗II型糖尿病等疾病的新方法有巨大的好处。

This project will provide first class postdoctoral training for Dr Sato in the laboratory of A/Prof Bengtsson one of the pioneers in the field of cell metabolism. He will learn new approaches to the study of cell signalling including the use of ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) technologies and of a series of functionally altered mutants of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase that he will bring back to Monash University. A better understanding of the cell signalling mechanisms involved in glucose transport will be of enormous benefit in developing new approaches to the treatment of diseases such as type II diabetes.