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Hiromi Nakai, Professor
2 student voices
The Nakai Lab studies quantum chemical calculation methods that can handle large molecules and proteins. Using the divide-and-conquer (DC) method, the system is divided into parts and calculated part by part, which greatly shortens computation time. The lab also develops new methods, such as relativistic calculations for molecules containing heavy elements and approaches that take even the motion of atomic nuclei into account.
Takashi Hiroi, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Hiroi Lab studies soft matter, such as polymers and colloids. The lab develops its own unprecedented measurement instruments to capture structures that could not be seen before. Using these instruments, the lab aims to contribute to the development of new substances and materials.
Ayumi Ishii, Professor
1 student voices
The Ishii Lab studies how to convert light that cannot be seen by the eye into useful light and electricity. Using materials that combine inorganic nanocrystals with organic molecules, the lab detects and converts light that is difficult to use, such as near-infrared light and polarized light. By turning the information carried by invisible light into usable information, the lab aims to improve the efficiency with which light is used.
Masahisa Nakata, Professor
1 student voices
The Nakata Lab studies the artificial synthesis, entirely from scratch, of bioactive natural products that serve as the basis of drugs. The lab develops its own new asymmetric synthesis reactions and catalysts, and studies methods for efficiently producing target compounds. Using the synthesized compounds, the lab also conducts chemical biology research that investigates their effects on living organisms.
Nobuhiro Kanomata, Professor
1 student voices
The Kanomata Lab designs and synthesizes organic molecules with new functions. Its research subjects include cyclophane molecules, which have a special three-dimensional structure known as planar chirality. Focusing on the relationship between structure and function, the lab develops new synthetic methods and asymmetric catalysts.
Yasuhiko Terada, Professor
1 student voices
The Terada Lab studies at the molecular level the mechanisms by which chromosomes are correctly separated when a cell divides. During mitosis, a device called the spindle is built, which divides the replicated chromosomes equally to both sides. The lab is clarifying, one by one, the roles of the proteins that control the spindle, the centrosomes, and chromatin, which influences gene expression. Because disruptions in these mechanisms lead cells to become cancerous, this work also leads to finding targets for new anticancer drugs.
Kohei Imura, Professor
0 student voices
The Imura Lab is a photophysical chemistry lab that studies how matter of nanometer size behaves toward light. Spectroscopy, which measures the absorption, reflection, and scattering of light, can be applied widely, but because of the diffraction of light, the finest detail it can resolve is limited to about the wavelength of light. Using a microscope based on a new principle called near-field optics, the lab observes samples at nanoscale resolution that exceeds this diffraction limit. The lab visualizes the plasmons that appear in noble metal nanoparticles such as gold, aiming to connect this work to the use of light energy and to sensor applications.
Junji Seino, Associate Professor
0 student voices
The Seino Lab researches cheminformatics, analyzing big data in chemistry with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. The compounds that arise from combinations of elements are almost infinite in number, and the compounds registered in databases exceed 100 million. Chemistry has so far relied heavily on the experience and intuition of experimenters, and it was not always possible to arrive at a compound with a targeted property. By linking experimental chemistry, computational chemistry, and informatics, the lab aims to build a framework for materials development that does not depend on chance discoveries.
Aditya Wibawa Sakti, Associate Professor
0 student voices
The Sakti Lab uses theoretical and computational methods to clarify, from the underlying mechanisms, how chemistry works in the world. The lab simulates molecules and materials by combining a program it has developed, called CMMDE, with various computational methods. Its current focuses are ion batteries, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, drug discovery, cosmetics, and condensed-phase materials. The lab is interested in how to design batteries, catalysts, drugs, and more that lead to a more sustainable and safer world.
Tadashi Yamaguchi, Professor
0 student voices
The Yamaguchi Lab synthesizes metal complexes made of metal ions and ligands and investigates their functions. Coordination chemistry deals with a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic elements, so it is called the "chemistry of all elements," and because it spans everything from fundamental science to applications, it is also called the "crossroads of chemistry." The properties of a metal complex can be tuned by changing the central metal ion or the ligands, and when many complexes are assembled together, functions appear that a single unit cannot produce. For example, in the case of luminescent materials, understanding the mechanism of light emission shows how to achieve even higher performance.
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