Biomechanical Engineering Laboratory, School of Frontier Engineering, Kanazawa University

Kanazawa University

• Kanazawa University
• College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
• Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
• School of Frontier Engineering, Kanazawa University
• Kanazawa University Library
• Research Center for Experimental Modeling of Human Disease, Kanazawa University

Society

• The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
• Bioengineering Division, JSME
• The Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (JSMBE)
• The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ)
• The Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• The Japan Otological Society
• The Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)
• IAESTE JAPAN
• Japan Audio Society (JAS)
• The Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations (JFMDA)

Public Agency

• Cabinet Office
• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
• Japan Society for Promotion o f Science (JSPS)
• Japan Science and TEchnology Agency (JST)
• Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
• Pharmaceuticals and Medial Devices Agency (PMDA)
• Japan Patent Office (JPO)
• Life Science Portalsite, MEXT

Journal

• Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering (JBSE)
• Reporting guidelines for diagnostic studies (STARD)

Database

Publications

• PubMed (Free journal database by NLM, Life sciences and biomedical topics)
• NLM Catalog（Journal information, full/abbreviated title）
• CiNii (Academic article database by the National Institite of Informatics (Nii), Japan)
• J-STAGE (Journal publishing site by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan)
• Scopus (Database by Elsevier) (Service by KU)
• Journal Citation Reports (JCR; impact factors) (Service by KU)
• Google Scholar

Journals

• Jane (from Pubmed, Find similar article; Biosemantics Group)
• JournalGuide (Biomedical field, IF, speed, etc.; Research Square)
• Journal Finder (IF, speed, acceptance rate, etc.; Elsevier)
• My Journal Selector (IF, etc.; edanz)

Standards

• Japanese Standards Association (JSA)
• Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

Nucleotide

• DDBJ (DNA Data Bank of Japan)
• GenBank (NCBI, United States)
• ENA (European Nucleotide Archive, EMBL-EBI, Europe)

Protein

• PDBj (Protein Data Bank Japan)
• UniProt (Database of protein sequence and functional information)
• CCTOP (Prediction of transmembrane domains in proteins)
• TMHMM (Prediction of transmembrane domains in proteins)

Glycans

• Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans (SNFG)

Biological Experiment protocol

• Springer Nature Experiments (Protocols, Methods)

Clinical Research

• UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR)

Misc

• BioNumbers (Database of useful biological numbers)
• Sequence Variant Nomenclature（HGVS: Human Genome Variation Society）

Hearing Test Device

• Grason-Stadler Inc (GSI) (USA)
  Demant (Denmark) Group from 2009: GSI 70, Audioscreener, Corti, TympStar Pro
• Intelligent Hearing Systems (USA)
  Dr. Edward Miskiel (Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami): SmartScreener-Plus 2, Smart Screener, Smart OAE, SmartTrOAE
• Interacoustics (Denmark)
  Demant Group from 2000: Titan, Eclipse
• Maico (Germany)
  Demant Group from 1995: ERO・SCAN，MB11 BERAphone
• Mimosa Acoustics (USA)
  Dr. Jont Allen (University of Illinois): HearID, OtoStat, SysID, CUBeDIS
• Natus Medical (USA)
  ALGO 5, ALGO 3i, Echo-Screen, ABaer, AuDX, Scout Sport
• Otodynamics (UK)
  Dr. David Kemp, FRS (UCL Ear Institute): ILO288 Echoport USB 1 or 2, Otoport Screener, Otocheck, Otoport DP & TE, Otoport Advanced
• Otometrics (Denmark)
  Natus Group from 2017: Accuscreen, Otoflex100, Capella
• Rion (Japan)
  Kobayashi Institute of Physical Research: Impedance Audiometer RS-H1, OAE Screener ER-60
• Etymōtic research, USA
  ERO・SCAN (from Maico), ER-10X, ER-10C, ER-10B+, ER-2, ER-7C
• Path Medical (Germany)
  QSCREEN, Sentiero

Hearing Loss / Hearing Instrument

Politics

• Japan Hearing Vision
• World Report on Hearing（WHO）

Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS)

• The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH; Hearing on infants and neonates)
• The American Academy of Audiology (Guidelines and Standards)
• National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM)

Hereditary Hearing Loss

• The Hereditary Hearing Loss Homepage

Hearing Instrument

• Japan Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (JHIMA; EuroTrack）
• European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (EHIMA; EuroTrack）

Cell

• Useful Numbers for Cell Culture (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Gene

• Primer3Plus (Primer design)
• Oligo Calculator（Primer design）
• Codon Usage Database (Primer design)
• FuGENE® HD Protocol Database（Transfection design）

Lab Data