Masakazu Tsuchiya PhD Charles River

Dr. Masakazu Tsuchiya has over 40 years of experience in the detection of endotoxin and other microbial cell wall components. Notable achievements include the development of related tools including a recombinant cascade reagent (rCR), an endotoxin-specific Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) reagent, a beta-glucan-specific LAL reagent, and the silkworm larvae plasma (SLP) reagent to detect peptidoglycan and beta-glucan.