Labs in Tohoku University

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A lab that studies how metal nanoclusters work as catalysts.

The Precision Inorganic Materials Chemistry Lab (Negishi Lab) studies materials such as metal nanoclusters with a precisely defined number of atoms. Its review articles cover reactions that convert carbon dioxide and nitrate using electrocatalysts, catalysts for organic reactions, and applications in luminescence and sensing. The lab's website provides a form for students who wish to apply for a lab visit. The official page of the Department of Chemistry lists the lab's professor as a graduate school faculty member (cooperating chair).

#Metal nanoclusters #Catalysis #COF

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A lab that controls physical properties with metal complexes to create new molecular materials.

The Physical Chemistry of Metal Complexes Lab designs multidimensional lattices based on metal complexes and works to develop new molecular materials. The lab aims to freely control electrons and spins on the lattice, as well as the transport of ions and substances within the lattice space. Focusing on converting chemical interactions into physical responses in a defined direction, the lab aims to put forward new proposals for near-future molecular materials.

#Metal complexes #Multidimensional lattices #Molecular materials

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A lab that studies everything from organic nanoparticles to nanomedicines and organic batteries.

The Organic and Bio-Nanomaterials Lab (Kasai Lab) at the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials covers a wide range of research themes, from the fabrication of organic nanoparticles to nanomedicines, organic batteries, catalysts, and CO2 separation materials. One line of research creates anticancer nanomedicines and nano eye drops and investigates their pharmacological effects. The lab also studies environmentally friendly organic batteries, organic solid catalysts intended as alternatives to precious metals, sustainable hydrogen production and storage from biomass, and highly durable CO2 separation materials.

#Organic nanoparticles #Nanomedicines #Organic batteries

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The lab uses the power of chemistry to create molecules that control gene expression.

The Synthetic Chemistry of Biofunctional Molecules research group (Nagatsugi Lab) designs and synthesizes functional molecules based on organic chemistry, and aims to develop methods for chemically controlling gene expression. With the goal of chemical biology, which unravels the life sciences through chemistry, the lab develops chemical tools to control and elucidate gene expression inside cells. Its listed research keywords include organic synthesis, nucleic acid chemistry (the chemistry of DNA and RNA), antisense, miRNA, RNA-targeted drug discovery, supramolecular chemistry, and photocatalysis.

#Chemical biology #Nucleic acid chemistry #Functional molecules

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The lab uses quantum beams to visualize changes in proteins down to the movement of individual atoms.

The Nango Lab uses quantum beams such as X-ray free-electron lasers, synchrotron radiation, and electron beams to visualize the chemical and structural changes that occur inside proteins. Proteins are the molecules that underpin biological phenomena, and their three-dimensional structures are closely tied to their functions. The lab seeks to clarify the switching mechanisms of light-responsive proteins and the reaction mechanisms of enzymes that catalyze unique reactions. Based on the precise structural information obtained, the lab aims for the rational design of protein molecules and the creation of molecules with new functions.

#Quantum beams #Protein conformational changes #X-ray free-electron lasers

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The lab studies how proteins fold at the single-molecule level.

The Biomolecular Dynamics Lab conducts experimental research to clarify the mechanisms by which proteins fold into specific structures. A protein is a polymer made of amino acids strung together like beads, and it performs its function by folding into a defined structure. Using original experimental instruments, the lab takes on the "protein folding problem," which asks why proteins can fold almost without error in such a short time. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Takahashi (Satoshi) Lab."

#Protein folding #Single-molecule observation #Experimental apparatus development

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A lab that uses organic chemistry as its foundation to elucidate and control biological phenomena.

The Mizukami Lab (Cell Functional Molecular Chemistry) uses organic chemistry as its foundation to elucidate a wide range of biological phenomena and to control biological functions. The lab's stated aim is to rationally design functional molecules and apply them to the observation and control of biological functions. Its work includes visualizing biomolecular dynamics inside cells, controlling molecular functions in cells and in living organisms with light, and elucidating protein functions and developing new functional proteins.

#Visualization of biomolecular dynamics #Optical control of molecular functions #Development of functional proteins

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重元素化学 (introduction coming soon)

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分離化学 (introduction coming soon)

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A lab that reconstructs past global environments from biological skeletons, shells, and sediments.

The Paleoenvironmental Change and Evolutionary Paleontology Lab reconstructs past Earth surface environments from the skeletons and shells of corals, bivalves, brachiopods, and other organisms, as well as from carbonate sediments. Using methods from paleontology, sedimentology, and geochemistry, the lab investigates environmental change over a variety of timescales. Behind the research is the view that, to predict how the Earth as a whole will respond to rapidly advancing global warming, it is necessary to reconstruct past environmental changes and clarify their causal relationships. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Carbonate Sedimentology and Geochemistry Group."

#Carbonate sediments #Coral reefs #Paleoenvironmental reconstruction