Creating new molecular concepts and tools for chemical biology and drug development
We are a small but active research group working at the interface of chemistry and biology. In particular, our lab is interested in developing new molecular tools, concepts, and techniques that make it possible to study and control cellular functions in novel ways. Our work is highly interdisciplinary, involving organic chemistry, protein engineering, molecular and cell biology, and bioimaging.
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2024.12.04
Tomoki and Xiaotong won the Best Poster Award at the 17th Internatinal Symposium on Nanomedicine (ISNM2024) (Nagoya Institute of Technology).
2024.12.03
ST gave a talk at the 17th Internatinal Symposium on Nanomedicine (ISNM2024) (Nagoya Institute of Technology).
2024.12.02
Tomoki, Xiaotong, and Keishi presented posters at the 17th Internatinal Symposium on Nanomedicine (ISNM2024) (Nagoya Institute of Technology).
2024.11.20
Kai, Akinobu, Xiaotong, and Keishi's paper entitled "γ-Secretase cleaves bifunctional fatty acid-conjugated small molecules with amide bonds in mammalian cells" is published in ACS Chemical Biology. We thank Toru Komatsu (The University of Tokyo) and other co-authors for their collaboration.
2024.11.14
A collaborative paper with Eriko Deguchi (Kyoto University), Dr. Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University), and Dr. Kenta Terai (Tokushima University) entitled "Low-affinity ligands of the epidermal growth factor receptor are long-range signal transmitters during collective cell migration of epithelial cells" is published in Cell Reports.
2024.11.08
ST gave a talk and Tomoki presented a poster at the 4th Switzerland-Japan Biomolecuar Chemistry Symposium (SJBCS2024) (Kyoto University Uji Campus).
2024.11.07
Keita, Shuya, and Xiaotong presented posters at the 4th Switzerland-Japan Biomolecuar Chemistry Symposium (SJBCS2024) (Kyoto University Uji Campus).
2024.10.29
Xiaotong presented a poster at the 61st Japansese Peptide Symposium (Nagoya University).
2024.10.24
ST gave a seminar at the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University.
2024.09.27
Tomoki was selected as a recipient of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). Congratulations!
2024.09.26
A preprint of our collaborative work with Eriko Deguchi (Kyoto University), Dr. Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University), and Dr. Kenta Terai (Tokushima University) entitled "Low-affinity ligands of the epidermal growth factor receptor are long-range signal transmitters during collective cell migration of epithelial cells" is out in bioRxiv.
2024.09.19
A collaborative paper with Dr. Shogo Matsubara (NITech) entitled "Acid-activatable photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy using self-aggregates of chlorophyll‒peptide conjugates" is published in Polymer Journal.
2024.09.13
Tomoki won the Chemistry Letters Young Researcher Award for his poster presentation at the 18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry. Congratulations!
2024.09.12
Tomoki, Shuya, and Keishi presented posters at the 18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Tsukuba International Congress Center).
2024.08.27
ST gave a seminar at National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
2024.07.26
ST gave a seminar and lecture at the Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University.
2024.07.18
ST gave a luncheon seminar organized by EVIDENT at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology (Tsukuba International Congress Center).
2024.07.08
ST gave a seminar at the Faculty of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology, Konan University.
2024.06.28
The lab said goodbye to Masaru. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab over the last seven years. Best of luck in the new place!
2024.04.25
Tomoki won the BCSJ Award for Poster Presentation, and Keita won the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at ISBC2024. Congratulations!
2024.04.24
Masaru, Keita, Tomoki, and Xiaotong presented posters at the 3rd International Symposium on Biofunctional Chemistry (ISBC2024) (Nagoya University).
2024.04.24
Moeka's paper entitled "ORP9-PH domain-based fluorescent reporters for visualizing phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate dynamics in living cells" is published in RSC Chemical Biology. We thank Fubito Nakatsu (Niigata University), Asami Kawasaki (Niigata University), and Kazuhiro Aoki (Kyoto University) for their collaboration.
2024.04.23
Keita won the CSJ Student Presentation Award 2024. Congratulations!
2024.04.23
Dr. Hirohide Saito (Kyoto University) and ST organized the Pre-ISBC2024 Workshop on Synthetic Cell Biology (Kyoto University CiRA). Thanks to all the inivited speakers, Drs. Peng Zou (Peking University), Hirohide Saito (Kyoto University), Beatrix Suess (TD Darmstadt), Fubito Nakatsu (Niigata University), Jeremy Baskin (Cornell University), and Bryan Dickinson (The University of Chicago) for their excellent talks!
2024.04.08
New undergraduate students, Masahiro Kimura, Yusuke Misawa, and Shoie Yamazaki, joined our lab. Welcome!
2024.03.26
Moeka and Shun graduated from the lab. Congratulations, and we wish them the best of luck in their new journey!
2024.03.26
Kai graduated from the lab. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab during the last five years. We wish him the best of luck in his new position!
2024.03.26
Kai received the PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Tahara!
2024.03.20
Keita, Masaru, and Kai gave talks at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nihon University).
2024.03.19
Tomoki gave a talk and Keishi presented a poster at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nihon University).
2024.03.18
Xiaotong and Shuya gave talks at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nihon University).
2024.03.07
ST gave a seminar at the Yoshiho Ikeuchi Lab (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo).
2024.01.27
ST gave a talk at the Frontier of Bioorganic Chemistry from 2003 to 2023 (The University of Tokyo).
2023.12.21
Xiaotong won the MBSJ2023 Best Science Pitch Award at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan. Congratulations!
2023.12.15
Moeka's preprint entitled "ORP9-PH domain-based fluorescent reporters for visualizing phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate dynamics in living cells" is out in bioRxiv.
2023.12.08
Xiaotong gave a short talk (Science Pitch Preseration) and presented a poster at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Kobe Port Island).
2023.12.07
Moeka gave a short talk (Science Pitch Preseration) and presented a poster at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Kobe Port Island).
2023.11.22
A collaborative paper with Dr. Kazuhiro Aoki (NIBB) entitled "Chemogenetic manipulation of endogenous proteins in fission yeast using a self-localizing ligand-induced protein translocation system" is published in ACS Chemical Biology.
2023.11.16
Tomoki won the student presentation award at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan. Congratulations!
2023.11.14
Tomoki gave a talk at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (Nagoya Congress Center).
2023.11.13
Yoko and Xiaotong presented posters at the 40th Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Nagoya University).
2023.10.18
ST gave a talk at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2023 (Tower Hall Funabori).
2023.10.10
We had the 1st joint meeting with Shigeki Kiyonaka lab (Nagoya University) and Masato Ikeda lab (Gifu University) at Kansai Seminar House. Keita and Tomoki gave talks. It was a great fun!
2023.09.27
Yoko was selected as a recipient of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). Congratulations!
2023.09.19
We had the 2nd joint meeting with Hiroshi Murakami lab (Nagoya University) and Hirohide Saito lab (Kyoto University) at KKR Hotel Biwako. Kai, Keita, Yoko, and Tomoki gave talks, and we all enjoyed research discussions and BBQ!
2023.09.08
Yoko and Tomoki presented posters at the 17th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Tokyo University of Science).
2023.09.01
The fluorescein-tagged Golgi probe (mgc3MeFDA) we developed is now commercially available as GolgiSeeing from Funakoshi Co., Ltd.
2023.08.23
ST gave a talk at the 6th Asian Chemical Biology Conference (ACBC2023) (Internatinal Convention Center Jeju, Korea). Kai won the outstanding poster award. Congratulations!
2023.08.21
Kai presented a poster at the 6th Asian Chemical Biology Conference (ACBC2023) (Internatinal Convention Center Jeju, Korea).
2023.07.29
A preprint of our collaborative work with Dr. Kazuhiro Aoki (NIBB) entitled "Chemogenetic manipulation of endogenous proteins in fission yeast using a self-localizing ligand-induced protein translocation (SLIPT) system" is out in bioRxiv.
2023.07.05
Yoko and Tomoki presented posters at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan (Nagoya Congress Center). Tomoki won the poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2023.06.27
A collaborative paper with Dr. Masato Ikeda (Gifu University) entitled "Hierarchical supramolecular structure comprising reduction-responsive DNA microspheres and semi-artificial glycopeptide-based micro-asters" is published in Polymer Journal.
2023.05.11
A collaborative paper with Dr. Katsuyoshi Ikeda (NITech) entitled "Revisit of the plasmon-mediated chemical transformation of para-aminothiophenol" is published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
2023.05.01
Tomome Iijima joined our lab as a Researcher. Welcome!
2023.04.25
Shunsuke and Masaru's paper entitled "Palmitoylation-dependent small-molecule fluorescent probes for live-cell Golgi imaging" is published in ACS Chemical Biology. We thank Emi Mishiro and Keiko Kano (ITbM, Nagoya University) for their collaboration.
2023.04.05
New undergraduate students, Shuya Ohira and Keishi Mitamura, joined our lab. Welcome!
2022.03.31
The lab said goodbye to Natsumi. We thank her for her great contribution to our lab. Best of luck in the new place, the Kazunori Sugiyasu Lab at Kyoto University!
2023.03.25
Yoko and Tomoki gave talks at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Tokyo University of Science).
2023.03.24
Shun and Natsumi gave talks at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Tokyo University of Science).
2023.03.23
Masaru and Moeka gave talks at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Tokyo University of Science).
2023.02.08
An editorial overview coauthored with Dr. Neal K. Devaraj (University of California, San Diego, USA) is published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology.
2022.09.28
A review paper coauthored with Dr. Fubito Nakatsu (Niigata University) entitled "Chemo- and opto-genetic tools for dissecting the role of membrane contact sites in living cells: recent advances and limitations" is published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology.
2022.12.19
Sachio's paper entitled "Miniaturized synthetic palmitoylation motifs for small-molecule localization in living cells" is published in Bioconjugate Chemistry. We thank Dr. Neal K. Devaraj (University of California, San Diego, USA) for his collaboration.
2022.12.02
Moeka gave a short talk (Science Pitch Preseration) and presented a poster at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Makuhari Messe). ST also gave an online talk at the symposium "New artificial approaches for controlling functions of biological membranes and detection of biophysical communications".
2022.11.30
Yoko gave a short talk (Science Pitch Preseration) and presented a poster at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Makuhari Messe).
2022.10.20
ST gave a talk at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022 (Tower Hall Funabori).
2022.09.28
A collaborative paper with Drs. Naoya Hino and Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) entitled "A feedback loop between lamellipodial extension and HGF-ERK signaling specifies leader cells during collective cell migration" is published in Developmental Cell.
2022.09.28
Keita was selected as a recipient of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). Congratulations!
2022.09.12
Moeka and Yoko presented posters at the 16th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Nagoya U, On-site/Online Hybrid).
2022.09.10
Moeka gave a short talk at the 16th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Nagoya U, On-site/Online Hybrid).
2022.08.27
Saskia completed her JSPS Summer Program and returned to Germany. We thank her for her great contribution to our lab over the last two months. Our collaboration will continue to grow!
2022.08.22
Lab excursion 2022: We went on a one-day lab trip to Kakegawa Kachouen.
2022.07.28
A collaborative paper with Dr. Shogo Matsubara (NITech) entitled "A peptide nanocage constructed by self-assembly of oligoproline conjugates" is published in Bioconjugate Chemistry.
2022.07.14
Our plasma membrane-localizing ligand, mDcTMP, is now commercially available as SLIPT-PM from Funakoshi Co., Ltd. Plasmids encoding iK6DHFR-fusion proteins are also available from addgene (link).
2022.07.13
Sachio and Akinobu's paper entitled "A chemogenetic platform for controlling plasma membrane signaling and synthetic signal oscillation" is published in Cell Chemical Biology. We thank Dr. Kazuhiro Aoki (NIBB) for his collaboration.
2022.06.25
We welcomed Saskia Frank from the Wegner lab (University of Münster, Germany) through the DAAD-JSPS Summer Program. She will stay in our lab for 9-weeks to undertake the bottom-up construction of new synthetic cells.
2022.06.20
Tatsu and Choji's paper entitled "A photoactivatable self-localizing ligand with improved photosensitivity for chemo-optogenetic control of protein localization in living cells" is published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
2022.06.10
A collaborative protocol paper with Dr. Hirohide Saito (CiRA, Kyoto University) entitled "A protocol to construct RNA-protein devices for photochemical translational regulation of synthetic mRNAs in mammalian cells" is published in STAR Protocols.
2022.05.21
Moeka presented a poster and Yoko gave a talk at the 86th Chubu Regional Annual Symposium of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Online Meeting). Yoko won the incentive award. Congratulations!
2022.05.13
ST gave a talk at the "Molecular Movies" International Symposium (RIKEN Yokohama Campus/Online Hybrid).
2022.04.04
New undergraduate students, Tomoki Miyazaki and Xiaotong Wang, joined our lab. Welcome!
2022.04.04
Dr. Natsumi Fukaya joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow (JSPS Research Fellow PD). Welcome!
2022.03.31
The lab said goodbye to Shunsuke. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab over the last seven years. Best of luck in the new place, the Yoshiaki Yano Lab at Mukogawa Women's University!
2022.03.26
Sachio graduated from the lab. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab during the last five years. We wish him the best of luck in the new place!
2022.03.26
Masaru and Sachio received the PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Yoshikawa and Dr. Suzuki!
2022.03.25
A collaborative paper with Dr. Masato Ikeda (Gifu University) entitled "Construction of a reduction-responsive DNA microsphere using a reduction-cleavable spacer based on a nitrobenzene scaffold" is published in Chemistry – An Asian Journal.
2022.03.25
Keita and Yoko gave talks at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Online Meeting).
2022.03.24
Masaru, Sachio, Kai, and Moeka gave talks at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Online Meeting). ST also gave a talk at the special program "Challenges for the analysis of extracellular vesicles and intracellular phase-separated droplets".
2022.03.23
Shun presented a poster at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Online Meeting).
2022.03.22
Sachio gave a talk (on-demand) at ACS Spring 2022 (Hybrid Meeting). Sachio also won the DBC Graduate Presenter Award. Congratulations!
2022.03.18
We invited Dr. Kounosuke Oisaki (The University of Tokyo) to give a lab seminar.
2022.02.14
A preprint of our collaborative work with Dr. Masato Ikeda (Gifu University) entitled "Construction of a reduction-responsive DNA microsphere using a reduction-cleavable spacer based on a nitrobenzene scaffold" is out in ChemRxiv.
2022.02.03
A collaborative paper with Drs. Kenta Terai and Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) entitled "Functional visualization of NK Cell-mediated killing of metastatic single tumor cells" is published in eLife.
2021.12.15
ST gave a talk at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Materials Research Society of Japan (MRS-J) (Online Meeting).
2021.11.26
ST gave a talk at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (Online Meeting).
2021.11.06
A collaborative paper with Drs. Kenta Terai and Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) entitled "A dual promoter system to monitor IFN-γ signaling in vivo at single-cell resolution" is published in Cell Structure and Function.
2021.10.31
Masaru, Kai, and Keita gave talks at the 52nd Annual Meeting of Union of Chemistry-Related Scoieties in Chubu Area, Japan (Online Meeting).
2021.10.27
Masaru' Viewpoint article entitled "Modularly built synthetic membraneless organelles enabling targeted protein sequestration and release" is published in Biochemistry.
2021.09.09
Masaru won the best poster presentation award "RSC Chemical Biology Award" at the 15th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry. Congratulations!
2021.09.08
Masaru and Sachio presented posters at the 15th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Online Symposium).
2021.08.20
Our paSLIPT paper has been featured on a Supplemetary Cover of ACS Chemical Biology.
2021.08.02
Tatsu and Choji's paper entitled "Chemo-optogenetic protein translocation system using a photoactivatable self-localizing ligand" is published in ACS Chemical Biology. We thank Dr. Toshiaki Furuta (Toho University) for his collaboration.
2021.07.21
ST gave a talk at FIBER Webinar Universe in Nucleic Acids Chemistry 2 (Online Lecture).
2021.07.07
A book chapter entitled "Chemogenetic control of protein localization and mammalian cell signaling by SLIPT" is published in Methods in Molecular Biology: Mammalian Cell Engineering (Springer Nature).
2021.07.02
ST gave a talk at the 43th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Photomedicine and Photobiology (Online Meeting).
2021.06.17
ST gave a talk at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan (Virtual Meeting).
2021.06.04
A collaborative paper with Dr. Shukei Sugita (NITech) entitled "Second harmonic generation light quantifies the ratio of type III to total (I + III) collagen in a bundle of collagen fiber" is published in Scientific Reports.
2021.05.25
A collaborative paper with Drs. Kenta Terai and Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) entitled "Intravital imaging identifies the VEGF-TXA2 axis as a critical promoter of PGE2 secretion from tumor cells and immune evasion" is published in Cancer Research.
2021.05.22
Sachio gave a talk at the 85th Chubu Regional Annual Symposium of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Online Meeting) and won the incentive award. Congratulations!
2021.04.23
Masaru, Tatsu, and Masahiro's paper entitled "Synthetic protein condensates that inducibly recruit and release protein activity in living cells" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2021.04.08
We start a collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Company Limited. We will develop new tools for intracellular delivery of middle-molecule drugs.
2021.04.05
New undergraduate students, Moeka Ajiki, Shun Ito, and Yoko Fukaya, joined our lab. Welcome!
2021.04.01
Dr. Tatsuyuki Yoshii has moved to Hirohide Saito Lab at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University. We thank him for his great contribution to NITech and our lab during the last four years. We wish him great success in the new place!
2021.03.29
Dr. Kenjiro Hanaoka (The University of Tokyo) and ST organized the symposium "Chemical Biology for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Visualization and elucidation of biological phenomena by functional molecules)" in the 141st Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Virtual Meeting). Thanks to all the inivited speakers, Drs. Minoru Ishikawa (Tohoku University), Ken-ichi Yamada (Kyushu University), Ryosuke Ueki (The University of Tokyo), and Takahiro Kuchimaru (Jichi Medical University) for their excellent talks!
2021.03.29
Tatsu gave a talk at the symposium "Frontier of photopharmacology for high-speed molecuar movies of proteins" in the 141st Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Virtual Meeting) .
2021.03.26
Yuka graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new place!
2021.03.26
Shunsuke received the PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Sawada!
2021.03.22
We started Twitter! We will post our lab/research news and announcements (with photos) on Twitter.
2021.03.22
Masaru gave a talk at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Online Meeting).
2021.03.21
Keita presented a poster at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Online Meeting).
2021.03.16
Yuka, Sachio, Akinobu, and Tatsu's preprint entitled "A chemogenetic platform for controlling plasma membrane signaling and synthetic signal oscillation" is out in bioRxiv.
2021.02.04
Shunsuke's recent ChemComm paper was selected as a ChemComm HOT Article.
2021.01.27
A collaborative paper with Dr. Hirohide Saito (CiRA, Kyoto University) entitled "Light-controllable RNA-protein devices for translational regulation of synthetic mRNAs in mammalian cells" is published in Cell Chemical Biology.
2021.01.17
A preprint of our collaborative work with Dr. Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) entitled "Metastatic single tumor cells evade NK cell-mediated killing by thrombin-mediated loss of the activating ligand CD155/PVR/Necl-5" is out in bioRxiv.
2020.11.27
Sachio won the Poster Presentation Award from the 10th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2020. Congratulations!
2020.11.20
Shunsuke's paper entitled "Protein-recruiting synthetic molecules targeting the Golgi surface" is published in Chemical Communications.
2020.11.10
Tatsu, Masaru, and Masahiro's preprint entitled "Synthetic protein condensates that recruit and release protein activity in living cells" is out in bioRxiv.
2020.10.20
Sachio and Yuka presented posters at the 10th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2020 (Online Symposium).
2020.09.25
Sachio was selected as a recipient of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2). Congratulations!
2020.09.15
Sachio gave a talk and presented a poster at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Web Symposium).
2020.09.08
Masaru presented a poster at the 14th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Online Symposium).
2020.09.07
Kai presented a poster at the 14th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Online Symposium).
2020.09.02
Tatsu gave a talk at the symposium "Bottom-up biotechnology" in the SBJ Web Symposium 2020.
2020.08.10
Tatsu and Kai's paper entitled "An improved intracellular synthetic lipidation-induced plasma membrane anchoring system for SNAP-tag fusion proteins" is published in Biochemistry.
2020.06.19
Akinobu was introduced in "Introducing Our Authors" of ACS Chemical Biology.
2020.06.15
Sachio's paper entitled "Golgi recruitment assay for visualizing small-molecule ligand–target engagement in cells" is published in Chemical Communications.
2020.06.09
Dr. Fubito Nakatsu (Niigata University) and ST organized the symposium "New tools and techniqies for cell biology" in the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology (Web Conference).
2020.04.30
Sachio's preprint entitled "Golgi recruitment assay for visualizing small-molecule ligand–target engagement in cells" is out in ChemRxiv.
2020.04.10
Tatsu and Kai's preprint entitled "Improved synthetic lipidation-based protein translocation system for SNAP-tag fusion proteins" is out in bioRxiv.
2020.04.06
A new undergraduate student, Keita Tsutsui, joined our lab. Welcome!
2020.03.31
ST left the Frontier Research Institute for Materials Science (FRIMS) after a four-and-a-half year appointment.
2020.03.31
The lab said goodbye to Choji. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab during the last two and a half years. We wish him the best of luck in the new place!
2020.03.26
Masahiro, Makoto, and Kentaro graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new place!
2020.03.24
A collaborative paper with Drs. Minoru Ueda and Yousuke Takaoka (Tohoku University) entitled "Hoechst-tagged fluorescein diacetate for the fluorescence imaging-based assessment of stomatal dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana" is published in Scientific Reports. The Hoechst-tagged fluorescein diacetate probe (hoeAc2Fl) is now commercially available as NucleoSeeing from Funakoshi Co., Ltd.
2020.03.17
Akinobu's paper entitled "Designer palmitoylation motif-based self-localizing ligand for sustained control of protein localization in living cells and Caenorhabditis elegans" is published in ACS Chemical Biology. We thank Drs. Kentaro Noma (Nagoya University) and Neal K. Devaraj (University of California, San Diego, USA) for their collaboration.
2020.03.12
Akinobu's paper entitled "Engineering orthogonal, plasma membrane-specific SLIPT systems for multiplexed chemical control of signaling pathways in living single cells" is published in ACS Chemical Biology. We thank Drs. Michiyuki Matsuda (Kyoto University) and Kasuhiro Aoki (NIBB) for their collaboration.
2020.01.31
The lab said goodbye to Kyoko. We thank her for her great contribution to our lab during the last ten months!
2020.01.30
ST gave a talk at the 2nd WPI-NanoLSI Special Seminar –Frontiers in Chem-Bio– (Kanazawa University).
2020.01.15
A collaborative paper with Dr. Toshihisa Mizuno (NITech) entitled "Development of cell-penetration PG-surfactants and its application in external peptide delivery to cytosol" is published in Bioconjugate Chemistry.
2020.01.14
ST was introduced in the "Future of Biochemistry 2020: The Asia-Pacific Issue" of Biochemistry. Two fluorecent images of endomembranes, which were provided by Akinobu, are used in the cover art.
2019.12.05
ST gave a talk at the 13th International Symposium on Nanomedicine (ISNM2019) (Konan University).
2019.11.25
Masahiro, Kai, and Akimi presented posters at the 3rd FRIMS International Symposium on Frontier Materials (NITech).
2019.11.20
Choji won the Best Poster Presentation Award, and Masaru and Kai won the Poster Presentation Award from the 9th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2019. Congratulations!
2019.10.31
ST and Masaru presented posters at the Resonance Bio International Symposium (Tokyo University of Science). Happy Halloween!
2019.10.17
Kai presented a poster at the 9th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2019 (Tower Hall Funabori).
2019.10.16
Choji and Masaru presented posters at the 9th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2019 (Tower Hall Funabori).
2019.10.15
Choji gave a talk and Masahiro presented a poster at the 9th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2019 (Tower Hall Funabori).
2019.10.01
ST was appointed as a visiting professor of the Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Nagoya University.
2019.09.06
Akinobu and Rika's paper entitled "Chemogenetic control of protein anchoring to endomembranes in living cells with lipid-tethered small molecules" is published in Biochemistry.
2019.09.25
ST gave a talk at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (Miazaki Seagaia Convention Center).
2019.09.18
Tatsu and Masaru gave talks and presented posters at the 92th Annual Meeting of the Japanse Biochemical Society (PACIFICO Yokohama).
2019.09.07
ST gave a short talk and presented a poster at the 10th RSC-CSJ Joint Symposium –Chemistry for Complex Biological Systems– (Tohoku University).
2019.09.06
Akinobu and Rika's preprint entitled "Chemogenetic control of protein anchoring to endomembranes in living cells with lipid-tethered small molecules" is out in ChemRxiv.
2019.09.05
Tatsu gave a talk at the 13th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Tohoku University). Choji won the poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2019.09.04
Choji presented a poster at the 13th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Tohoku University).
2019.09.02
We welcomed Sayuri Higashi (D2 student in Masato Ikeda lab, Gifu University) as an internship student.
2019.08.06
Open Campus 2019. Many high school students visited our lab and enjoyed seeing bright colorful fluorescent proteins and fluorecent dyes.
2019.08.05
We invited Dr. Kazunori Sugiyasu (NIMS) to give a Soft Materials seminar.
2019.07.16
We invited Dr. Neal K. Devaraj (University of California, San Diego, USA) to give a GTR seminar at Nagoya University (organized by Dr. Shigeki Kiyonaka).
2019.06.26
Masaru gave a talk at the Joint Annual Meeting of 71st JSCB & 19th PSSJ (Kobe International Conference Center).
2019.06.25
ST gave a talk and Masaru presented a poster at the Joint Annual Meeting of 71st JSCB (Japan Society for Cell Biology) and 19th PSSJ (Protein Science Scoiety of Japan) (Kobe International Conference Center).
2019.06.12
Masaru presented a poster at the 14th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology (Winc Aichi). Tatsu won the poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2019.06.11
Tatsu and Shunsuke presented posters at the 14th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology (Winc Aichi).
2019.06.05
Akinobu's preprint entitled "Multiplexed chemical control of signaling pathways by orthogonal, plasma membrane-specific SLIPT systems" is out in ChemRxiv.
2019.05.25
Choji, Masaru, and Yuka presented posters at the 83rd Chubu Regional Annual Symposium of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Nagoya University). Choji won the incentive award. Congratulations!
2019.05.17
We invited Dr. Takashi Nakanishi (NIMS) and Dr. Hitoshi Ishida (Kitasato University) to give a Soft Materials seminar (co-organized with Dr. Koji Takagi).
2019.05.08
Choji presented a poster at the 19th Symposium for Gene・Design and Delivery (Chiba University), and won the best poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2019.04.08
Kyoko Tsunoda joined our lab as a research assistant. Welcome!
2019.04.08
Three new undergraduate students, Makoto Sugiyama, Kentaro Tanaka, and Akimi Mizoguchi, joined our lab. Welcome!
2019.04.04
Kai Tahara (M1) joined our lab. Welcome!
2019.04.01
ST was appointed as a member of the OptoBioTechnology Research Center, NITech.
2019.03.31
The lab said goodbye to Akinobu. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab over the last eight years. Best of luck in the new place, Kazuhiro Aoki Lab@NIBB!
2019.03.27
Sakura graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new place!
2019.03.17
Tatsu and Masaru gave talks at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Konan University).
2019.03.16
Akinobu, Choji, and Yuka gave talks at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Konan University).
2019.02.05
A collaborative paper with Dr. Takeshi Mori (Kyushu U) entitled "Synthesis of transmembrane molecules by click chemistry" is published in Chemistry Letters.
2019.02.05
Tatsu gave a talk at the International Symposium on "Optobiotechnology" (NITech).
2019.01.30
The Hoechst-tagged fluorescein diacetate probe (hoeAc2Fl) we developed is now commercially available as NucleoSeeing from Funakoshi Co., Ltd.
2018.11.04
Choji and Shunsuke gave talks at the 49th Annual Meeting of Union of Chemistry-Related Scoieties in Chubu Area, Japan (Nagoya University).
2018.11.03
Sachio presented a poster at the 49th Annual Meeting of Union of Chemistry-Related Scoieties in Chubu Area, Japan (Nagoya University).
2018.10.15
ST gave a talk at ProbeFest 2018 (Janelia Research Campus, USA).
2018.10.12
Akinobu and Choji were selected as recipients of JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD and DC2, respectively). Congratulations!
2018.09.13
We had a lab trip to Biwako Valley.
2018.09.12
We had a joint meeting with Hiroshi Murakami lab (Nagoya University) and Hirohide Saito lab (Kyoto University) at KKR Hotel Biwako. Akinobu, Choji, Masaru, and Shunsuke gave talks, and we all enoyed research discussions, BBQ, and fireworks!
2018.09.10
Shunsuke presented a poster at the 12th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Osaka University).
2018.09.09
Choji presented a poster at the 12th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Osaka University).
2018.08.31
We invited Dr. Masato Ikeda (Gifu University) to give a department seminar.
2018.07.29
ST gave a talk at the 18th Summer Seminar for Gene・Design and Delivery (The University of Kitakyushu).
2018.06.12
Tatsu gave a talk at the 13th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology (Tokyo Medical and Dental University).
2018.05.19
Akinobu, Choji, Shunsuke, and Sachio presented posters at the 82st Chubu Regional Annual Symposium of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Gifu University).
2018.05.17
Tatsu's work done at Vincent Rotello lab (UMass-Amherst) is published in Nanomedicine. Congratulations!
2018.04.03
Two new undergraduate students, Yuka Hatano and Sakura Togashi, joined our lab. Welcome!
2018.04.01
ST became a member of the JSPS A3 Foresight Program "Asian Chemical Probe Research Hub".
2018.03.26
Kenya and Shohei graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new place!
2018.03.26
Akinobu received the PhD degree. Congratulations, Dr. Nakamura!
2018.03.20
Akinobu, Choji, Shunsuke, Kenya, and Sachio gave talks, and Masahiro and Shohei presented posters at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nihon University).
2018.02.13
ST gave a talk at the Asian Chemical Probe Research Hub Symposium (Tohoku University).
2018.02.01
ST organized (with Dr. Katsuyoshi Ikeda) the 2nd FRIMS International Symposium on Frontier Materials (NITech). Akinobu gave a short talk, and Choji, Shunsuke, Kenya, Sachio, and Shohei presented posters at the symposium. Thanks to all the inivited speakers, Drs. Vincent M. Rotello (UMass-Amherst, USA), Luke D. Lavis (Janelia Research Campus, USA), Won Do Heo (KAIST, Korea), and Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto University, Japan) for their excellent talks!
2018.01.31
We invited Dr. Vincent M. Rotello (University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA) to give a FRIMS seminar entitled "Interfacing nanomaterials with biology: from CRISPR delivery to antimicrobials".
2017.12.14
ST and Tatsu presented posters at the Second International Symposium on Biofunctional Chemistry (ISBC2017) (Kyoto University).
2017.12.08
Shunsuke gave a talk and presented a poster at ConBio2017 (Kobe Port Island).
2017.12.04
Sachio's undergraduate work done at Eiji Masai lab (Nagaoka UT) is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations!
2017.11.11
ST gave a talk at the 48th Annual Meeting of Union of Chemistry-Related Scoieties in Chubu Area, Japan (Gifu University).
2017.10.24
ST gave a talk at the 2nd Symposium on New Trends of Nano- or Bio-Materials Design in Supramolecular Chemistry (2nd NNBS) (Kyukamura Shikanoshima).
2017.10.16
Techno Festa for Young Ladies 2017. High school female students visited our lab and enjoyed seeing bright colorful fluorescent proteins.
2017.10.06
We invited Dr. Andrew J. Wilson (University of Leeds, UK) to give a FRIMS seminar entitled "Understanding and manipulating protein-protein interactions using biomimetic approaches".
2017.10.02
Choji Oki and Masaru Yoshikawa rejoined our lab as Ph.D. students.
2017.09.19
Tatsu was selected as a JST-PRESTO researcher in the area of "Optical Control of Biological Functions for the Elucidation of Biological Systems".
2017.09.08
Shunsuke and Kenya presented posters at the 11th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (The University of Tokyo). They both won the poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2017.06.16
ST gave a lecture and seminar at the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
2017.05.20
Akinobu and Shunsuke presented posters at the 81st Chubu Regional Annual Symposium of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Nagoya City University). Akinobu won the incentive award. Congratulations!
2017.05.12
Akinobu's paper entitled "Ratiometric fluorescence imaging of nuclear pH in living cells using Hoechst-tagged fluorescein" is published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
2017.05.11
ST gave a talk and Akinobu, Masaru, and Sachio presented posters at the 2nd FRIMS Symposium (NITech).
2017.05.04
A collaborative paper with Prof. Minoru Ueda (Tohoku U) entitled "Noncanonical function of a small-molecular virulence factor coronatine against plant immunity: an in vivo raman imaging approach" is published in ACS Central Science.
2017.04.27
ST gave a seminar at the Hirohide Saito Lab (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University).
2017.04.10
Kenya Kato (M2) joined our lab. Welcome!
2017.04.03
Four new students, Masaru Yoshikawa (D2, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University), Sachio Suzuki (M1), Masahiro Ikuta (B4), and Shohei Tanaka (B4), joined our lab. Welcome!
2017.03.24
Rika and Satoko graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new job!
2017.03.23
Kazuhira and Masahiro graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new lab!
2017.03.17
Akinobu and Shunsuke gave talks at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Keio University).
2017.03.01
We invited Dr. Ikuko Fujiwara (NITech) to give a lab seminar.
2017.01.19
ST gave a talk at the 29th Bioengineering Conference of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Winc Aichi).
2017.01.18
ST gave a talk at the 23rd Peptide Forum (The University of Tokyo).
2016.12.20
Akinobu, Satoko, and Shunsuke presented posters at the 42nd Annual Symposium of the Japan Bioenergetics Group (NITech).
2016.12.19
Satoko's work done during her internship at NIMS (supervisors: Drs. Kazunori Sugiyasu and Masayuki Takeuchi) is published in Nature Chemistry. Congratulations!
2016.12.14
We invited Dr. Thomas D. Pollard (Yale University, USA) to give a FRIMS seminar entitled "Molecular basis of cellular movements".
2016.12.14
We invited Dr. Koichi Takimoto (Nagaoka University of Technology) to give a FRIMS seminar entitled "EAG2 channel and cancer growth: unexpected turns of a side project".
2016.12.08
Akinobu, Rika, Satoko, Shunsuke, and Masahiro presented posters at the 1st FRIMS Symposium (NITech).
2016.12.01
Dr. Tatsuyuki Yoshii (Tatsu) joined our lab as an assistaint professor (MEXT Excellent Young Researcher). Welcome!
2016.11.30
We invited Dr. Fumitaka Osakada (Nagoya University) to give a FRIMS seminar.
2016.09.28
Akinobu presented a poster at the 43rd International Symposium of Nucleic Acid Chemistry (ISNAC2016) (Kumamoto University).
2016.09.27
Rika presented a poster at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Sendai International Center).
2016.09.07
Satoko presented a poster at the 10th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry (Ishikawa Ongakudo).
2016.08.29
ST gave a seminar at the School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
2016.08.09
Former student Choji Oki's work done during his internship at NIMS (supervisors: Drs. Kazunori Sugiyasu and Masayuki Takeuchi) is published in Chemistry – An Asian Journal. This paper was featured as the front cover image of the journal (link). Congratulations!
2016.08.04
Open Campus 2016. Over 50 high school students visited our lab and enjoyed seeing bright colorful fluorescent proteins.
2016.06.17
Rika presented a poster at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Chemical Biology (Kyoto Terrsa).
2016.06.15
Akinobu and Satoko presented posters at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Chemical Biology (Kyoto Terrsa).
2016.05.26
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "A set of organelle-localizable reactive molecules for mitochondrial chemical proteomics in living cells and brain tissues" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2016.05.20
A collaborative paper with Prof. Koichi Takimoto (Nagaoka UT) entitled "Fly DPP10 acts as a channel ancillary subunit and possesses peptidase activity" is published in Scientific Reports.
2016.04.04
Two new undergraduate students, Kazuhira Miwa and Masahiro Nagamori, joined our lab. Welcome!
2016.04.01
ST's affiliation has changed to the FRIMS, Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, and Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences.
2016.03.27
Akinobu, Satoko, and Rika gave talks at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Doshisha University).
2016.03.25
Eisuke graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new job!
2016.03.02
ST gave a talk at the NITech International Symposium on Frontier Materials –FRIMS Kick-off Symposium– (NITech).
2015.12.09
Akinobu won the BMB2015 Young Best Presentation Award. Congratulations!
2015.12.04
Akinobu gave a talk at BMB2015 (Kobe Port Island).
2015.12.03
Akinobu presented a poster at BMB2015 (Kobe Port Island).
2015.12.02
ST gave a talk and Satoko presented a poster at BMB2015 (Kobe Port Island).
2015.10.13
Shunsuke started his internship at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (till 2015.01.20). Thanks to Drs. Masayuki Takeuchi and Kazunori Sugiyasu!
2015.10.01
Akinobu transfered to NITech (Department of Materials Science and Engineering).
2015.10.01
ST has been appointed as a professor at the Frontier Research Institute for Materials Science (FRIMS), Nagoya Institute of Technology. The Tsukiji lab moved to NITech!
Tsukiji Lab at Nagaoka UT（2010.04–2015.09）
2015.09.25
Eri moved to the Eiji Masai Lab. Best of luck!
2015.08.08
Open Campus 2015. Over 50 high school and Kosen (National College of Technology) students visited our lab and enjoyed experiments using fluorescent molecules.
2015.08.03
We invited Dr. Fubito Nakatsu (Niigata University) to give a department seminar.
2015.07.17
ST gave a seminar at the Michiyuki Matsuda Lab (Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University).
2015.05.01
Akinobu won the CSJ Student Presentation Award 2015. Congratulations!
2015.04.16
ST's comment on a recent JACS paper by N. K. Devaraj and coworkers (University of California, San Diego, USA) is published in Chemical & Engineering News.
2015.04.01
ST has been appointed as an associate professor at the Department of Science of Technology Innovation, Nagaoka University of Technology.
2015.03.27
Akinobu gave a talk at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nihon University).
2015.03.26
ST gave a talk at the 135th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Kobe Gakuin University).
2015.03.25
Choji graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in the new job!
2015.03.10
Two new undergraduate students, Shunsuke Sawada and Eri Shinoda, joined our lab. Welcome!
2015.01.06
A protocol paper entitled "Ligand-directed tosyl chemistry for selective native protein labeling in vitro, in cells, and in vivo" is published in Methods in Molecular Biology: Site-Specific Protein Labeling (Springer).
2014.12.18
ST gave a seminar at the Michihiro Igarashi Lab (Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University).
2014.12.12
We opened our website!
2014.10.16
Akinobu was selected as a JSPS research fellow (DC2). Congratulations!
2014.10.14
Satoko started her internship at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (till 2015.02.10). Thanks to Drs. Masayuki Takeuchi and Kazunori Sugiyasu!
2014.10.10
Rika started her internship at NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories (till 2015.01.30). Thanks to Drs. Hiroshi Koizumi and Suzuyo Inoue!
2014.09.24
We invited Mr. Shinji Motomura (Olympus Corp.) to give a department seminar on fluorescence imaging.
2014.09.20
ST gave a talk at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Tohoku Branch of the Chemical Society of Japan (Yamagata University).
2014.08.13
A review paper entitled "Ligand-directed tosyl chemistry for in situ native protein labeling and engineering in living systems: from basic properties to applications" is published in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology.
2014.08.09
Open Campus 2014. Over 100 high school and Kosen (National College of Technology) students visited our lab and enjoyed experiments using fluorescent molecules.
2014.07.18
We invited Dr. Hirohide Saito (Kyoto University) to give a special lecture.
2014.07.01
The lab said goodbye to Manabu. We thank him for his great contribution to our lab over the last four years. Best of luck in the new job!
2014.06.28
Manabu, Akinobu, Choji, and Eisuke presenedt their work at the 55th Niigata Biochemistry Forum (Nagaoka University of Technology). Eisuke won the best poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2014.05.09
ST gave a seminar at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology.
2014.04.28
Akinobu and Kazumasa's paper entitled "Hoechst tagging: a modular strategy to design synthetic fluorescent probes for live-cell nucleus imaging" is published in Chemical Communications.
2014.04.18
Our work on self-localizing ligands was highlighted in Gendai Kagaku by Dr. Takanari Inoue (Johns Hopkins University, USA).
2014.04.01
ST has been promoted to a tenured associate professor at the Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology.
2014.03.31
The lab said goodbye to Tamaki. Best of luck in the new job!
2014.03.30
Manabu gave a talk at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nagoya University).
2014.03.28
Akinobu gave a talk at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nagoya University).
2014.03.27
ST gave a talk at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Nagoya University).
2014.03.25
Hideaki and Kazumasa graduated from the lab. Congratulations and best of luck in their new jobs!
2014.03.11
Two new undergraduate students, Rika Katahira and Satoko Fujinuma, joined our lab. Welcome!
2013.11.20
Wataru moved back to his home department. Best of luck!
2013.10.18
Our recent JACS paper was highlighted in ACS Chemical Biology Spotlight.
2013.10.11
Our recent JACS paper was highlighted again in F1000Prime by Dr. David Triggle (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA).
2013.10.10
Eisuke started his internship at NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories (till 2014.02.14). Thanks to Drs. Hiroshi Koizumi and Suzuyo Inoue.
2013.09.27
Akinobu and Choji presented their work at the 7th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry CSJ (Nagoya University).
2013.09.21
ST gave a talk at the New Trends of Nano- or Bio-Materials Design in Supramolecular Chemistry (NNBS2013) (Kyushu University).
2013.09.12
Manabu presented his work at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (PACIFICO Yokohama).
2013.09.11
Our recent JACS paper was highlighted in JACS Spotlights.
2013.08.30
Akinobu and Choji presented their work at the Bioengineering Department’s 25th Anniversary Symposium. Choji won the best poster presentation award. Congratulations!
2013.08.26
Our recent JACS paper was highlighted in F1000Prime by Dr. Ross Weatherman (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA).
2013.08.25
Our recent JACS paper was highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News.
2013.08.14
Our first paper (Manabu, Hideaki, and Kazumasa's work) entitled "Synthetic self-localizing ligands that control the spatial location of proteins in living cells" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2013.04.23
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Fluorophore labeling of native FKBP12 by ligand-directed tosyl chemistry allows detection of its molecular interactions in vitro and in living cells" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2013.03.23
Manabu, Choji, and ST gave talks at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Ristumeikan University).
2013.03.22
Akinobu and Tamaki gave talks at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Ristumeikan University).
2013.03.12
Eisuke Ishikawa joined our lab as a new undergraduate student. Welcome!
2012.12.10
ST won the 2012 Taisho Pharmaceutical Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.
2012.11.28
Manabu presented his work at the First International Symposium on Biofunctional Chemistry (ISBC2012) (Tokyo Institute of Technology).
2012.10.15
Choji started his internship at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (till 2012.01.22). Thanks to Drs. Masayuki Takeuchi and Kazunori Sugiyasu!
2012.10.12
Tamaki started his internship at NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories (till 2013.02.18). Thanks to Drs. Emi Tamechika and Suzuyo Inoue!
2012.09.25
Wataru started his internship at National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore (till 2013.02.07). Thanks to Dr. Lee Guan Huei!
2012.09.07
Akinobu presented his work at the 6th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry CSJ (Hokkaido University). ST won the best presentation award.
2012.09.06
Manabu presented a poster, and ST gave a talk at the 6th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry CSJ (Hokkaido University).
2012.07.05
ST gave a short talk and presented a poster at the Second Asian Chemical Biology Conference (ACBC2012) (Southern Beach Hotel & Resort OKINAWA).
2012.06.30
Manabu, Hideaki, and Akinobu presented their work at the 53rd Niigata Biochemistry Forum (Niigata University).
2012.03.26
Manabu, Hideaki, Kazumasa, and ST gave talks at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (Keio University).
2012.03.13
Two new undergraduate students, Choji Oki and Tamaki Kikuchi, joined our lab. Welcome!
2012.02.02
Wataru Sato joined our group as a new undergraduate student from Department of Electrical Engineering. Welcome!
2012.01.04
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Native FKBP12 engineering by ligand-directed tosyl chemistry: labeling properties and application to photo-cross-linking of protein complexes in vitro and in living cells" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2011.10.11
Hideaki started his internship at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (till 2012.01.18). Thanks to Drs. Masayuki Takeuchi and Kazunori Sugiyasu!
2011.10.10
Kazumasa started his internship at NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories (till 2012.01.27). Thanks to Drs. Emi Tamechika and Yuko Ueno!
2011.10.01
Akinobu started his internship at Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC) in Singapore (till 2012.01.31). Thanks to Dr. Masafumi Inoue!
2011.07.25
ST gave a seminar at Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office, Kobe).
2011.07.18
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Chemical cell-surface receptor engineering using affinity-guided, multivalent organocatalysts" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2011.06.30
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Stiff, multistimuli-responsive supramolecular hydrogels as unique molds for 2D/3D microarchitectures of live cells" is published in Chemistry – An Asian Journal.
2011.06.17
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Construction of a 19F-lectin biosensor for glycoprotein imaging by using affinity-guided DMAP chemistry" is published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
2011.03.14
Kazumasa Takigawa joined our lab as a new undergraduate student. Welcome!
2011.03.07
Akinobu Nakamura joined our lab as a new undergraduate student from Department of Electrical Engineering. Welcome!
2011.01.27
Dr. Yoshihiro Sanbongi (Hiroshima University) visited our lab and gave a department seminar.
2010.12.01
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Mechanisms of chemical protein 19F-labeling and NMR-based biosensor construction in vitro and in cells using self-assembling ligand-directed tosylate compounds" is published in Chemical Science.
2010.11.27
We invited Dr. Hiroshi Murakami (The University of Tokyo) to give a lecture at the 2nd Bioscience Retreat (Nagaoka University of Technology). ST also gave a talk.
2010.09.29
ST won the Award for Researches on Chemical and Biological Materials in 2010 from JBA (Japan Bioindustry Association), and gave a short talk at BioJapan 2010 (PACIFICO Yokohama).
2010.09.24
ST gave a talk at the 4th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry CSJ (Osaka University).
2010.09.15
ST gave a talk at the Bioengineering Department Seminar (Nagaoka University of Technology).
2010.09.01
Hideaki Watanabe joined our lab as the first undergraduate student. Welcome!
2010.07.01
Dr. Manabu Ishida joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome!
2010.05.12
A collaborative paper with Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto U) entitled "Disassembly-driven turn-on fluorescent nanoprobes for selective protein detection" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2010.04.01
Dr. Shinya Tsukiji has been appointed as a tenure-track associate professor at the Top Runner Incubation Center for Academia-Industry Fusion, Nagaoka University of Technology. The Tsukiji lab has started!