Dr Makoto Kamei

Research Associate, Imaging

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health


Date Position Institution name
2019 - ongoing Research Assocaite: Imaging University of South Australia
2019 - 2024 Laser Capture and Light Microscopy Core Facility Manager South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
2013 - 2018 Research Officer South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
2012 - 2013 Grant Funded Scientist South Australia Pathology
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of South Australia
2006 - 2009 Research Fellow University of Auckland
2001 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Japanese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
1996 - 2001 Australian National University Australia PhD

Year Citation
2020 Xie, J., Shen, K., Jones, A. T., Yang, J., Tee, A. R., Shen, M. H., . . . Proud, C. G. (2020). Reciprocal signaling between mTORC1 and MNK2 controls cell growth and oncogenesis.. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 78(1), 249-270.
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2020 Gladulich, L. F. H., Xie, J., Jensen, K. B., Kamei, M., Paes-de-Carvalho, R., Cossenza, M., & Proud, C. G. (2020). Bicuculline regulated protein synthesis is dependent on Homer1 and promotes its interaction with eEF2K through mTORC1-dependent phosphorylation. Journal of Neurochemistry, 157(4), 1086-1107.
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2018 Xie, J., Shen, K., Lenchine, R., Gethings, L., Trim, P., Snel, M., . . . Proud, C. (2018). Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase upregulates the expression of proteins implicated in cell migration and cancer cell metastasis. International Journal of Cancer, 142(9), 1865-1877.
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2018 Hassiotis, S., Manavis, J., Blumbergs, P. C., Hattersley, K. J., Carosi, J. M., Kamei, M., & Sargeant, T. J. (2018). Lysosomal LAMP1 immunoreactivity exists in both diffuse and neuritic amyloid plaques in the human hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience, 47(9), 1043-1053.
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2018 Fedele, A. O., Isenmann, S., Kamei, M., Snel, M. F., Trim, P. J., Proud, C. G., & Hopwood, J. J. (2018). Lysosomal N-acetyltransferase interacts with ALIX and is detected in extracellular vesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, 1865(10), 1451-1464.
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2016 Ulrich, F., Carretero Ortega, J., Menéndez, J., Narvaez, C., Sun, B., Lancaster, E., . . . Torres Vázquez, J. (2016). Reck enables cerebrovascular development by promoting canonical Wnt signaling. Development (Cambridge), 143(1), 147-159.
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2016 Liua, R., Kenney, J., Manousopoulou, A., Johnston, H., Kamei, M., Woelk, C., . . . Proud, C. (2016). Quantitative non-canonical amino acid tagging (QuaNCAT) proteomics identifies distinct patterns of protein synthesis rapidly induced by hypertrophic agents in cardiomyocytes, revealing new aspects of metabolic remodeling. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 15(10), 3170-3189.
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2016 Castranova, D., Davis, A., Lo, B., Miller, M., Paukstelis, P., Swift, M., . . . Weinstein, B. (2016). Aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetase deficiency promotes angiogenesis via the unfolded protein response pathway. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 36(4), 655-662.
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2016 Ulrich, F., Carretero-Ortega, J., Menéndez, J., Narvaez, C., Sun, B., Lancaster, E., . . . Torres-Vázquez, J. (2016). Reck enables cerebrovascular development by promoting canonical Wnt signaling. Development, 143(6), 1055.
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2012 Pan, W., Pham, V., Stratman, A., Castranova, D., Kamei, M., Kidd, K., . . . Weinstein, B. (2012). CDP-diacylglycerol synthetase-controlled phosphoinositide availability limits VEGFA signaling and vascular morphogenesis. Blood, 120(2), 489-498.
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2007 Buchner, D. A., Su, F., Yamaoka, J. S., Kamei, M., Shavit, J. A., Barthel, L. K., . . . Lyons, S. E. (2007). pak2a mutations cause cerebral hemorrhage in redheadzebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(35), 13996-14001.
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2006 Shaw, K. M., Castranova, D. A., Pham, V. N., Kamei, M., Kidd, K. R., Lo, B. D., . . . Weinstein, B. M. (2006). fused-somites-like mutants exhibit defects in trunk vessel patterning. Developmental Dynamics, 235(7), 1753-1760.
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2006 Pollard, S. M., Parsons, M. J., Kamei, M., Kettleborough, R. N. W., Thomas, K. A., Pham, V. N., . . . Stemple, D. L. (2006). Essential and overlapping roles for laminin α chains in notochord and blood vessel formation. Developmental Biology, 289(1), 64-76.
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2006 Kamei, M., Brian Saunders, W., Bayless, K. J., Dye, L., Davis, G. E., & Weinstein, B. M. (2006). Endothelial tubes assemble from intracellular vacuoles in vivo. Nature, 442(7101), 453-456.
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2005 Kamei, M., & Weinstein, B. M. (2005). Long-term time-lapse fluorescence imaging of developing zebrafish. Zebrafish, 2(2), 113-123.
DOI Scopus50 WoS44 Europe PMC37
2003 Torres-Vázquez, J., Kamei, M., & Weinstein, B. M. (2003). Molecular distinction between arteries and veins. Cell and Tissue Research, 314(1), 43-59.
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2000 Kamei, M., Webb, G., Heydon, K., Hendry, I., Young, I., & Campbell, H. (2000). Solh, the mouse homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster small optic lobes gene: organization, chromosomal mapping, and localization of gene product to the olfactory bulb. Genomics, 64(1), 82-89.
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2000 Campbell, H., Kamei, M., Claudianos, C., Woollatt, E., Sutherland, G., Suzuki, Y., . . . Young, I. (2000). Human and mouse homologues of the Drosophila melanogaster tweety (tty) gene: A novel gene family encoding predicted transmembrane proteins. Genomics, 68(1), 89-92.
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1998 Kamei, M., Webb, G., Young, I., & Campbell, H. (1998). SOLH, a human homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster small optic lobes gene is a member of the Calpain and Zinc-Finger gene families and maps to human chromosome 16p13.3 near CATM (cataract with microphthalmia). Genomics, 51(2), 197-206.
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1996 Hellers, M., Beck, M., Theopold, U., Kamei, M., & Schmidt, O. (1996). Multiple alleles encoding a virus-like particle protein in the ichneumonid endoparasitoid Venturia canescens. Insect Molecular Biology, 5(4), 239-249.
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Year Citation
2004 Kamei, M., Isogai, S., & Weinstein, B. M. (2004). Imaging blood vessels in the zebrafish (Vol. 2004). ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC.
DOI Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC14

Year Citation
2016 Jung, H. M., Isogai, S., Kamei, M., Castranova, D. A., Gore, A. V., & Weinstein, B. M. (2016). Imaging blood vessels and lymphatic vessels in the zebrafish. In H. W. Detrich, M. Westerfield, & L. I. Zon (Eds.), Source details - Title: The zebrafish: cellular and developmental biology, Part A cellular biology (Vol. 133, pp. 69-103). US: Academic Press.
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2014 Kamei, M., Kasperski, K., Fuller, M., Parkinson-Lawrence, E., Karageorgos, L., Belakhov, V., . . . Brooks, D. (2014). Aminoglycoside-induced premature stop codon read-through of mucopolysaccharidosis type I patient Q70X and W402X mutations in cultured cells. In J. Zschocke, K. Gibson, G. BRown, E. Morava, & V. Peters (Eds.), JIMD Reports - Case and Research Reports, Volume 13 (Vol. 13, pp. 139-147). Heidelberg: Springer.
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2010 Kamei, M., Isogai, S., Pan, W., & Weinstein, B. M. (2010). Imaging blood vessels in the zebrafish. In H. W. Detrich, M. Westerfield, & L. I. Zon (Eds.), The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Part A (Vol. 100, pp. 27-54). US: Elsevier.
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2010 Hall, C., Flores, M. V., Kamei, M., Crosier, K., & Crosier, P. (2010). Live imaging innate immune cell behavior during normal development, wound healing and infection. In K. Sampath, & S. Roy (Eds.), Source details - Title: Live imaging in zebrafish: insights into development and disease (pp. 129-148). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co..
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