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Ryoji Noyori, Distinguished Professor
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The Noyori Special Lab devises molecular catalysts (catalysts made of molecules) and studies new chemical reactions and methods for synthesizing compounds. Prof. Noyori, a Special Professor, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001 for his research on asymmetric reduction reactions using catalysts with chiral ligands. The lab is now creating new catalytic processes and working to pioneer synthetic chemistry that forms the foundation of a sustainable society. Its goal is to generate ideas and foundational technologies that help solve problems in energy and resources, the environment, and healthcare.
Hiroshi Abe, Professor
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The Abe Lab studies how to design drug molecules and functional molecules, mainly based on nucleic acids. The lab synthesizes nucleic acid derivatives, which are chemically modified nucleic acids, and develops drug discovery technologies that use them. A distinctive feature is that everything from building molecules with organic chemistry to confirming how they work with molecular biology can be done in the same lab. The molecules it creates can also be used in basic life science research and chemical biology research.
Akiyoshi Hishikawa, Professor
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The Hishikawa Lab studies how light interacts with matter and pursues new chemistry using extreme light. In lasers strong enough to rival the electric fields inside atoms and molecules, matter behaves in ways fundamentally different from how it behaves under weak light. Using the properties of coherent light and advanced spectroscopic methods, the lab explores new phenomena in atoms, molecules, and solids. The lab aims to pioneer new pathways of chemical reactions and to control them with light.
Osami Shoji, Professor
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The Shoji Lab designs and synthesizes molecules that bind to proteins and nucleic acids from a chemical perspective, and studies how to reengineer the functions of biomolecules. The lab aims to draw out new functions, different from the original ones, from naturally occurring proteins. It works consistently from devising new methods through to stages where they can be used as drugs or biocatalysts. Its main pillars are biocatalysts using enzymes, artificial metalloproteins, and gene regulation by peptide nucleic acids (PNA).
Akiko Yagi, Professor
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The Yagi Lab studies organic chemistry in which new molecules are designed and actually synthesized. Believing that there is science that opens up only because molecules can be synthesized, the lab works on synthetic chemistry. The lab wants to design original molecules that only it can synthesize and to take on highly challenging syntheses. Founded in 2025, the lab holds three slogans: "Be one of a kind," "Live hungrily," and "Value awareness of others and the world."
Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Professor
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The Yamaguchi Lab focuses on "π electrons," which determine a molecule's color, light emission, and electrical properties, and creates organic molecules with new functions. The lab values innovative molecular design that makes use of the properties of main-group elements such as boron and silicon. It combines molecular design based on quantum chemical calculations, the synthesis of new skeletons, and the evaluation of physical properties with state-of-the-art instruments. In addition to applications in organic electronics, the lab also takes on bioimaging, which uses luminescent molecules to observe the inside of cells.
Cathleen Crudden, Professor
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The Organometallic and Materials Chemistry Group studies the development of new catalysts and reagents and the precise synthesis of stable metal nanomaterials, based on organometallic chemistry. Organometallic chemistry combines the properties of organic molecules and metallic elements, and holds the potential to create new functions. The group is a satellite lab of Prof. Crudden of Queen's University in Canada. It has many researchers from overseas, and members often give presentations and hold discussions in English. It belongs to the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) and also carries out joint research with biology research groups.
Masayuki Suda, Professor
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The Suda Lab creates new condensed matter using chemical methods and studies its electronic properties. Using organic and inorganic synthetic chemistry, electrochemistry, and photochemistry, the lab aims to establish a new chemistry of material properties in which electronic properties such as conductivity, magnetism, and catalytic activity can be designed at will. With state-of-the-art device fabrication techniques and precise measurements of physical properties, the lab clarifies the origins of electronic properties. With applications in electronics and spintronics in mind, the lab also works on turning materials into functional materials and devices.
Takeshi Yanai, Professor
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The Yanai Lab conducts theoretical research that uses quantum chemical calculations to analyze and predict the chemical properties and reactivity of molecules. Taking the view that the essence of chemistry lies in the deformation of molecules, and that such changes are fundamentally brought about by the behavior of electrons, the lab investigates the underlying mechanisms and principles. To that end, the lab establishes advanced theories and algorithms, and also aims to provide theoretical tools useful for creating transformative molecules that generate change.
Kentaro Tanaka, Professor
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The Tanaka Lab studies how to combine and organize large numbers of molecules to create molecular organizations with new functions. In living organisms, many different kinds of molecules combine to form organized structures, and this gives rise to high-level functions. The lab aims to create new functions in molecular organizations by skillfully controlling combinations of the type, number, distance, and arrangement of molecules. Using metal complexes and cyclic molecules, the lab advances research on liquid crystals and catalysts.
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