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Koide Lab
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The lab decodes collagen with the tools of chemistry and connects it to drugs and materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Deceiving cells with molecules made through chemistry.
The Koide Lab studies collagen, a protein in the body, using chemical methods.
Focusing on the triple helix that is characteristic of collagen, the lab investigates at the molecular and cellular levels how it is made, how it takes shape, and how it functions.
The lab also aims to offer new chemistry-based methods and tools for targets that are hard to study with biological methods alone.
Its distinguishing feature is research driven by free and flexible thinking that removes the barriers between chemistry and biology, and between basic and applied research.
Key terms
- Collagen
- A protein that makes up skin, bones, tendons, and more. It has a structure in which three chains are twisted together
- Peptides
- Molecules made of several amino acids linked together. They are shorter than proteins and can also be drug candidates
- Molecular chaperones
- Proteins that act as escorts, helping other proteins fold into their correct shapes
NewsLab news
A student received the Young Investigator Award at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Connective Tissue Research
International joint research with Okayama University and others clarifies the mechanism by which tissue-invasive bacteria destroy tissue
A master's student received the Yoshiro Sekine Award of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
A student received the Young Presentation Award at the 62nd Japanese Peptide Symposium
A master's student received the Yoshiro Sekine Award of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to deceive proteins and cells using new molecules that it designs and synthesizes itself. From this, it learns the structure, properties, and functions of the targets and gains hints for controlling their behavior.
*Illustrative imageCollagen Biosynthesis and Molecular Chaperones
The lab studies the structure, function, and control of the molecular chaperones dedicated to collagen, which act during the process in which collagen is made. It aims to clarify how the triple helix forms, at the molecular and cellular levels.
*Illustrative imageCreating Artificial Collagen
Using the natural tendency of peptides to assemble, the lab creates artificial collagen that imitates or even surpasses natural collagen. It also aims at engineering applications of the collagen triple helix and at actual medical applications.
*Illustrative imageMiddle-Molecule Drug Discovery and Peptide Libraries
To realize middle-molecule drug discovery, the lab builds peptide libraries based on new ideas and searches for lead compounds that serve as the starting point for drugs. It is also developing a methodology for finding the bioactive sites of collagen.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Koide Lab consist of faculty, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduate students working on their graduation research.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakaki Koide
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “1K6F Crystal Structure Of The Collagen Triple Helix Model Pro- Pro-Gly103 04” Nevit Dilmen / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Collagen Biosynthesis and Molecular Chaperones: “Microtubules in Primary Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts” Howard Vindin / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Creating Artificial Collagen: “Gelatine” Danielle dk / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Middle-Molecule Drug Discovery and Peptide Libraries: “Peptide synthesizer” Michael Pereckas from Milwaukee, WI, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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