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Quantum Structural Biology Lab
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A lab that uses quantum technologies to understand the functions of biomolecules from all-atom information.
AboutAbout the lab
From atoms to quanta: going beyond structural biology.
The Quantum Structural Biology Lab uses quantum technologies to investigate what shapes biomolecules such as proteins take and how they change shape to function.
The lab combines quantum technologies such as synchrotron X-rays and neutron diffraction and scattering with quantum chemical calculations and simulations.
Its goal is to create "quantum" structural biology that goes beyond conventional "atomic" structural biology.
The lab is the Structural Biology Team at the Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), and conducts research at two sites: Chiba and Tokai (Ibaraki).
Key terms
- Synchrotron radiation
- Extremely intense light, such as X-rays, produced by circulating electrons at high speed. It is used to investigate the arrangement of atoms inside materials.
- Neutron diffraction
- A method in which neutrons are directed at a crystal and atomic positions are determined from how the neutrons scatter. It makes it easier to observe hydrogen atoms, which are hard to see with X-rays.
- Quantum chemical calculation
- A method that calculates the behavior of electrons based on quantum mechanics to investigate the properties and reactions of molecules.
ResearchResearch themes
Biomolecules such as proteins can consist of more than millions of atoms that form a specific shape, and they perform their unique functions by changing that shape. By combining multiple quantum technologies with quantum chemical calculations and simulations, the lab believes it can understand these functions continuously across every step of the reaction, with high precision that includes information on all atoms.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Quantum Structural Biology Lab are the team leader, senior principal researchers, principal researchers, principal technicians, postdoctoral researchers, support assistants, graduate students from partner universities, and QST Student Researchers.As of 2026
- Visiting ProfessorTaro Tamada
- Visiting Associate ProfessorYu Hirano
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- Top image: “Advanced Light Source overlook” User:SPat / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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