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Keiji Tanino, Project Professor
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The Organic Chemistry II Lab studies how to use chemistry to build organic compounds with complex structures. Organic synthesis is like assembling building blocks: reaching a target molecule takes many transformations carried out in sequence. Some drugs cannot become products because making them takes dozens of steps, so efficient reactions and shorter synthetic routes are in demand. The lab develops highly selective reactions that use metal complexes and works on the total synthesis of bioactive natural products.
Yohei Shimizu, Associate Professor
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The Organometallic Chemistry Lab studies groundbreaking chemical reactions that revolutionize synthetic organic chemistry, and the catalysts that make them possible. Pharmaceuticals and functional organic materials come out of synthetic organic chemistry. By combining organic chemistry, coordination chemistry, computer graphics, and quantum chemical calculations, the lab designs molecules with structures and functions that do not yet exist in the world. It also searches for catalysts in domains beyond single molecules, such as chemically modified solid surfaces and molecular assemblies.
Shinsuke Niwa, Professor
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The Biochemistry Lab studies how molecular motors work and how they create the shape and function of cells. Inside cells, molecular motor proteins such as kinesin and dynein carry proteins and membrane vesicles to where they are needed. Molecular motors use the energy obtained by hydrolyzing ATP to move along microtubules, which act as rails inside the cell. By combining biochemistry, single-molecule motility measurements, cell biology, and genetics, the lab aims to connect the movements of molecules to an understanding of how cells and whole organisms work.
Kazuhiro Abe, Professor
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The Molecular Life Chemistry Lab studies membrane proteins in the cell membrane, especially active transporters. In living cells, substances and information are unevenly distributed across the cell membrane, and this lies at the foundation of life. It is the membrane proteins in the cell membrane that create and maintain this uneven distribution. Because membrane proteins are involved in many biological processes, their mutations are linked to disease, and they are also targets for drugs.
Jun Harada, Associate Professor
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The Solid State Chemistry Lab studies the structure and function of crystals formed by arrangements of molecules. Based on detailed crystal structure information, the lab analyzes molecular motion, phase transitions, and interactions between molecules. From this, it aims to uncover how crystals exhibit their functions and to control them freely. The plastic/ferroelectric crystals developed by the lab are soft, and can be made into transparent films simply by pressing the powder.
Toru Murayama, Professor
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The Materials Transformation Lab (Murayama Lab) studies solid catalysts that combine metals and oxides. Bulk gold is chemically inert, but as nanoparticles 2–5 nm in diameter it shows rich catalytic activity. The lab is exploring ways to make precious metals such as gold, platinum, and silver work as clusters or even single atoms, which are smaller than nanoparticles. The lab also gives functions to the oxide supports on which the precious metals are placed, and creates new catalysts from the synergistic effect between the two.
Junya Hasegawa, Professor
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The Theoretical Catalysis Lab analyzes the chemical reactions and properties of complex molecules such as catalysts and biomolecules using theoretical calculations. It aims to clarify the principles behind reactions and to establish guidelines for molecular design to improve catalyst function. To this end, the lab also develops the necessary computational methods, proposing mathematical models that capture the essence of complex molecular systems and high-accuracy electronic structure theories. The lab accepts undergraduate students doing graduation research in the Department of Chemistry, School of Science, and graduate students of the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering.
Tamaki Nakano, Professor
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The Functional Polymer Science Lab (Nakano Lab) studies polymers and supramolecules with highly controlled structures. The lab synthesizes polymers with helical structures and π-stacked polymers in which π-electron systems are regularly stacked. It investigates functions such as luminescence, nonlinear optics, and electrical conductivity, and has also begun research on polymer catalysts. Polymers made by choosing either right-handed or left-handed helicity can serve as materials for separating pharmaceuticals and for asymmetric catalysis.
Akinori Takaoka, Professor
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The Molecular Host Defense Lab studies, at the molecular level, the mechanisms of host defense against infection and cancer. Focusing on pathogen recognition receptors, which rapidly detect pathogens that enter the body, the lab searches for new receptors. By analyzing the signaling pathways that act downstream, it aims to elucidate the molecular pathology of intractable diseases such as infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. The lab welcomes students and researchers from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their faculty, whether Science, Medicine, or others.
Fumio Motegi, Professor
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The Developmental Physiology Lab studies the mechanisms of pattern formation, by which cells and tissues acquire specific shapes and functions. It focuses on the role that mechanical stimuli from force, long a mystery, play in this process. Using the transparent nematode C. elegans, about 1 mm long, and cultured mammalian cells, the lab observes living cells as they proliferate and form tissue. By combining cutting-edge microscopy with its own original optical technology, the lab is opening up a new research field that merges life science and physics.
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