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Takahiro Sasamori, Professor
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The Organoelement Chemistry Lab studies how to lay the foundation of "all-element organic chemistry," which makes use of the "individuality" of every element in the periodic table. The lab synthesizes compounds in which second-period elements such as carbon are replaced by heavier main-group elements such as silicon and phosphorus, and investigates their properties. It also works on developing new catalysts that function with abundant elements, without using transition metals. On the lab's website, it is also introduced under the name "Sasamori Lab."
Masahito Yoshida, Professor
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The Bioorganic Chemistry Lab uses the knowledge and techniques of organic chemistry and biochemistry to elucidate the functions of natural products that show distinctive biological activity. In particular, it targets bioactive natural products produced by marine organisms and microorganisms, and takes on the question of why they show biological activity. Using the total synthesis of natural products as a foothold, the lab investigates the relationship between structure and biological activity, as well as the mechanisms of action. The main research subjects are cyclic peptides and natural products involved in protein-protein interactions.
Takashi Nakamura, Professor
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The Nakamura Lab (Supramolecular Chemistry) studies "supramolecules," designing and synthesizing original cyclic multimers to create new materials. Natural receptors such as proteins select and bind specific molecules in pockets surrounded by many amino acids, combining relatively weak interactions such as hydrogen bonds. The lab develops artificial receptors that achieve precise molecular recognition through two approaches: assembling metal complex units and making the building blocks asymmetric. Such molecules are expected to lead to applications in sensors, separation and purification, and selective reactions.
Kenji Iwasaki, Professor
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The Structural Biochemistry Lab studies the mysteries of life and the causes of disease by determining the structures of molecules. For structural analysis, the lab uses cryo-electron microscopy with single-particle analysis, as well as X-ray crystallography. Targeting viruses, bacteria, and soft tissue tumors, the lab performs structural analysis with the aim of contributing to drug discovery. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Iwasaki Lab."
Noriki Kutsumura, Professor
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The Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab conducts drug discovery research, designing and synthesizing new compounds that act on orexin receptors and opioid receptors and leading them toward drug development. It mainly targets drugs that act on the central nervous system, covering the control of sleep and wakefulness and the treatment of pain and depression. The lab repeats a cycle in which chemically synthesized molecules are pharmacologically evaluated, the results are reflected in the next molecular design, and new molecules are synthesized, aiming to develop drug candidate compounds. On the lab's website, it is introduced as the Kutsumura Group (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) in the Chemistry Division of the Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, and as the Kutsumura-Saito Lab (Medicinal Chemistry) at the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine.
Yuji Yoshida, Professor
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The Organic Electronics Chemistry Lab studies solar cells that use organic semiconductors and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Solar cells made from organic semiconductors are attracting attention because they are low-cost, lightweight, flexible, and offer excellent design versatility. Perovskite solar cells are expected to achieve ultra-high efficiency when combined with silicon solar cells in a tandem configuration. Professor Yuji Yoshida is a researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and also serves as a professor of a cooperative chair in the Chemistry Degree Program at the University of Tsukuba.
Yasuo Norikane, Associate Professor
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The Photofunctional Materials Chemistry Lab studies the phenomenon in which structural changes at the molecular level caused by light are amplified into visible changes, as well as its applications. Students handle the design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of photofunctional molecules from start to finish, gaining experience in creating molecules (organic synthesis) and developing materials (property evaluation and application development). The lab accepts students through a cooperative graduate school system, in which they conduct research in a laboratory at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and earn their degree (master's or doctoral) from the University of Tsukuba. Those who are interested can also arrange a lab visit.
Yusuke Hara, Associate Professor
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The Functional Polymer Gel Chemistry Lab works on polymer gel components that move on the energy of chemical reactions (gel actuators). As a cooperative graduate school of the Chemistry Degree Program, the lab is located at the Tsukuba Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). Gel actuators can operate even when made very small, so the lab aims to use them as power sources for pumps and mixers built into microchannels. The lab's goal is to make disposable analytical chips that need no external power supply or external control device, and to apply them to biological and medical analysis.
Yasunori Minami, Associate Professor, Cooperative Graduate School
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The Organic Reaction Chemistry Lab studies new molecular transformation reactions that convert the stable bonds of organic compounds and stable polymers. From the perspective of precisely breaking down underused resources and adding functions to them, the lab develops technologies that contribute to the chemical recycling of plastics. Under the University of Tsukuba's cooperative graduate school system, the lab operates at the Tsukuba Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The lab can carry out joint research with a variety of AIST researchers, and AIST also has internal support programs for graduate students.
Hajime Kawanami, Professor
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The High-Pressure Organic Chemistry Lab works on catalysts for reactions that extract hydrogen from formic acid and methanol (dehydrogenation), and for reactions that produce them from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. As a cooperative graduate school of the Degree Program in Chemistry, the lab is based at the Tsukuba Center of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The lab also investigates a method that uses iridium complex catalysts to store hydrogen from carbon dioxide in the form of formate, and to release it through formic acid dehydrogenation. The lab has developed an analytical method that uses UV-Vis spectroscopy to directly observe reactions as they proceed, and uses it to study how catalysts degrade and how the reactions work.
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