{"id":53,"date":"2018-04-02T12:20:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naigai-web.jp\/okadai_eng\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2018-04-02T12:20:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:20:02","slug":"department-of-applied-chemistry-and-bio-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/research\/department-of-applied-chemistry-and-bio-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Applied Chemistry and Bio Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"applied\">\n<p class=\"date\">As of March 2018<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Inorganic Materials Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Inorganic-Materials-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/iml\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/iml\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tatsuo FUJII,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Jun KANO,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Makoto NAKANISHI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Characterization of Functional Ceramic Thin Films and Nano-particles<\/li>\n<li>Developments of Advanced Magnetic Oxides by Soft Chemical Methods<\/li>\n<li>Biogenous Iron Oxides for Novel Nanometric Materials<\/li>\n<li>Design of New Catalysts Assisted by Ferroelectricity<\/li>\n<li>Electronic Structure of Ferroelectrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>T. Fujii, T. Numata, H. Nakahata, M. Nakanishi, J. Kano, N. Ikeda, Growth and charge ordering of epitaxial YbFe<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>4<\/sub> films on sapphire using Fe<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>4<\/sub> buffer layer, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. vol. 57, 010305 (3p), 2018<\/li>\n<li>N. Oshime, J. Kano, N. Ikeda, T. Teranishi, T. Fujii, T. Ueda, T. Ohkubo, Quantitative study of band structure in BaTiO<sub>3<\/sub> particles with vacant ionic sites, J. Appl. Phys. vol. 120, 154101 (6p), 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Inorganic Solid State Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Akira KISHIMOTO,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hidetaka HAYASHI,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takashi TERANISHI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>High Performance Refractory Ceramics Utilizing Superplasticity<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Ion Transport under Millimeter-wave Irradiation<\/li>\n<li>Composite Coating from Non-cloudy Electroplating Bath<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of Broadband Frequency Response in Oxide Materials<\/li>\n<li>Development of Battery with Ultrahigh Rate Capability Utilizing Dielectric Polarization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Salmie S. C. Abdullah, T. Teranishi, H. Hayashi and A. Kishimoto,\"Millimeter-wave irradiation heating for operation of doped CeO<sub>2<\/sub> electrolyte-supported single solid oxide fuel cell\", J. Power Sources, Vol.374, pp.92-96 , January 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Polymeric Materials Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/polymer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/polymer\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tetsuya UCHIDA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takumi OKIHARA,  Senior Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nanomaterials of High-Performance Polymers<br>\n- Creation of Super Materials by Novel Methodology for Morphology Control -<\/li>\n<li>Development of a Retinal Prosthesis by Using Photoelectric Dye-Coupled Polyethylene Films (Okayama University-Type Retinal Prosthesis)<\/li>\n<li>Functionalized Polysaccharide Material<\/li>\n<li>Microwave Assisted Polymeric Material Processing<\/li>\n<li>Biodegradable Polymeric Composite Material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomohiro Takahata, Takumi Okihara, Yasuhiro Yohida, Kumiko Yoshihara, Yasuyuki Shiozaki, Aki Yoshida, Kentaro Yamane, Noriyuki Watanabe, Masahide Yoshimura, Mariko Nakamura, Masao Irie, Bart Van Meerbeek, Masato Tanaka, Toshifumi Ozaki and Akihiro Matsukawa, \u201cBone Engineering by Phosphorylated-Pullulan and \u03b2-TCP Composite\u201d,  Biomedical Materials, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 065009, November 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Tetsuya Uchida, Fumiaki Iwaguro, Risa Yanai and Haruka Dodo \u201cPreparation of cellulose nanofibers coated with poly(vinyl alcohol) crystals and their application in composite films\u201d RSC Advances, Vol.7, 19828-19832 (2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Fluid &amp; Particle Process Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/chemeng\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/chemeng\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kuniaki GOTOH,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Koichi NAKASO,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Yasushi MINO,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Particle and Powder Characterization (Adhesion, Dustiness and Flowability)<\/li>\n<li>Development and Improvement of Powder Unit Operations (Classification, Dispersion, Removal and Uniaxial Compression)<\/li>\n<li>Heat and Mass Transfer in Powder Process<\/li>\n<li>Effective Utilization of Energy (Chemical Thermal Energy Storage, Heat Transfer Enhancement)<\/li>\n<li>Numerical simulations of colloid and powder dynamics (lattice Boltzmann method, discrete element method)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kuniaki Gotoh, Kenta Mizutani, Yoshiaki Tsubota, Jun Oshitani, Mikio Yoshida and Ken Inenaga, \u201cEnhancement of Particle Removal Performance of High-speed Air Jet by Setting Obstacle in Jet Flow,\u201d Particulate Science and Technology, 33, pp. 567-571, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Koichi Nakaso, Yuuki Tanaka, Shotaro Eshima, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Jun Fukai,,\u201cPerformance of a Novel Steam Generation System Using a Water-zeolite Pair for Effective Use of Waste Heat From the Iron and Steel Making Process,\u201d ISIJ International, 55(2), pp.448-456, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Yasushi Mino, Shohei Sakai, Hiroyuki Shinto and Hideto Matsuyama, \u201cEffect of internal mass in the lattice Boltzmann simulation of moving solid bodies by the smoothed-profile method,\u201d Physical Review E, 95, 043309, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Interface Process Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Interface-Process-Engineering-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"465\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/interface\/en-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/interface\/en-home\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tsutomu ONO,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takaichi WATANABE,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nanofiber Wet-Spinning<\/li>\n<li>Polymeric Ionic Liquid and Ionic Liquid Interface<\/li>\n<li>Microfluidics for Chemical Process<\/li>\n<li>Polymer Particles and Capsules<\/li>\n<li>Material Design for Drug Delivery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Takaichi Watanabe, Tsutomu Ono and Yukitaka Kimura, \u201cContinuous Fabrication of Monodisperse Polylactide Microspheres by Droplet- to-Particle Technology Using Microfluidic Emulsification and Emulsion-Solvent Diffusion,\u201d Soft Matter, 7, pp. 9894-9897, August 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Takaichi Watanabe, Yui Sakamoto, Tetsuya Inooka, Yukitaka Kimura, Tsutomu Ono \u201cIndocyanine green-laden poly(ethylene glycol)-block-polylactide (PEG-b-PLA) nanocapsules incorporating reverse micelles: Effects of PEG-b-PLA composition on the nanocapsule diameter and encapsulation efficiency\u201d Colloids Surf., A: Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 520, pp. 764-770, May 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Synthetic Process Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/reacteng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/reacteng\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seiji SUGA, Professor<\/p>\n<p>Koichi MITSUDO,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hiroki MANDAI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Integrated Organic Synthesis<\/li>\n<li>Organic Transformations Based on the Electron-Transfer Reaction<\/li>\n<li>Synthetic Methods for Heteroacenes<\/li>\n<li>Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis<\/li>\n<li>Organic Synthesis Using Microreactor Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiroki Mandai, Kazuki Fujii, Hiroshi Yasuhara, Kenko Abe, Koichi Mitsudo, Toshinobu Korenaga and Seiji Suga, \"Enantioselective Acyl Transfer Catalysis by a Combination of Common Catalytic Motifs and Electrostatic Interactions,\" Nature Communications, Vol.7, pp. 11297, April 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:60%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Synthetic-Organic-Chemistry-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\" style=\"width:35%\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Tadashi EMA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Kazuto TAKAISHI,  Senior Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Chihiro MAEDA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Synthesis of Functional Molecules Driven by Intermolecular Forces<\/li>\n<li>Development of Catalysts Inspired by Catalytic Principles of Enzymes<\/li>\n<li>Synthesis and Application of Functional Dyes Based on Porphyrins and Oligonaphthalenes<\/li>\n<li>Chemical Fixation of CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tadashi Ema, Yuki Miyazaki, Junta Shimonishi, Chihiro Maeda and Jun-ya Hasegawa, \u201cBifunctional Porphyrin Catalysts for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and CO<sub>2<\/sub>: Structural Optimization and Mechanistic Study,\u201d Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, No. 43, pp. 15270-15279, September 2014.\n<\/li>\n<li>Chihiro Maeda, Tomoya Taniguchi, Kanae Ogawa and Tadashi Ema, \u201cBifunctional Catalysts Based on m-Phenylene-Bridged Porphyrin Dimer and Trimer Platforms: Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides,\u201d Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 134-138, January 2015.\n<\/li>\n<li>Kazuto Takaishi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Sakiko Hinoide and Tadashi Ema, \u201cHelical Oligonaphthodioxepins Showing Intense CPL in Solution and in the Solid State.\u201d Chemistry -An European Journal, Vol. 23, No. 39, 9249-9252, June 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Organometallic-Chemistry-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/omc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/omc\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kazuhiko TAKAI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Masahito MURAI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Sobi ASAKO,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Development of Novel Catalytic Processes for Green-Sustainable Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Invention of Highly Selective Synthetic Reactions with Novel Organometallic Species<\/li>\n<li>Activation of Metals and Control of Electron Transfer Process from Low-Valent Metals to Organic Compounds<\/li>\n<li>Creation of Novel Organometallic Reactive Species and Their Structure Determination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Masahito Murai, Ryuji Taniguchi, Naoki Hosokawa, Yuusuke Nishida, Hiroko Mimachi, Tosiyuki Oshiki, and Kazuhiko Takai, \u201cStructural Characterization and Unique Catalytic Performance of Silyl Group-Substituted Geminal Dichromiomethane Complexes Stabilized with a Diamine Ligand,\u201d J. Am. Chem. Soc. Vol. 139, No. 37, pp. 13184-13192, August 2017.\n<\/li>\n<li>Masahito Murai, Erika Uemura, Shunsuke Hori, and Kazuhiko Takai, \u201c Rhenium-Catalyzed Construction of Polycyclic Hydrocarbon Frameworks by a Unique Cyclization of 1,n-Diynes Initiated by 1,1-Difunctionalization with Carbon Nucleophiles,\u201d Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Vol. 56, No. 21, pp. 5862-5866, April 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Sobi Asako, Takahisa Sakae, Masahito Murai, and Kazuhiko Takai, \u201cMolybdenum-Catalyzed Stereospecific Deoxygenation of Epoxides to Alkenes,\u201d Adv. Synth. Catal. Vol. 358, No. 24, pp. 3966-3970, November 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Heteroatom Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Manabu KUROBOSHI,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrosynthesis and Application of Organic Reductants<\/li>\n<li>Synthesis of Phosphazene Derivatives by Electrooxidation<\/li>\n<li>C-C Bond Formation by Using Transition Metal Catalyst\/Viologen System<\/li>\n<li>Electrooxidation\/Reduction of Organophosphorus Compounds<\/li>\n<li>Photoreduction of Viologen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiromu Kawakubo, Manabu Kuroboshi, Tomotake Yano, Kazuma Kobayashi, Syogo Kamenoue, Tomomi Akagi and Hideo Tanaka, \u201cElectroreduction of Triphenylphosphine Oxide to Triphenylphosphine in the Presence of Chlorotrimethylsilane,\u201d <i>Synthesis<\/i> 2011, 24, 4091-4098.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Industrial Catalysis Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~oshiki\/e\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~oshiki\/e\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toshiyuki OSHIKI,  Senior Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New Tungsten Catalysts for the Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene<\/li>\n<li>Hydration of Organonitriles by Ruthenium Complexes Using a Minimum Amount of Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Makoto Muranaka, Isao Hyodo, Wataru Okumura and Toshiyuki Oshiki, \u201c2-Diphenylphosphanyl-4-Pyridyl(dimethyl)Amine as an Effective Ligand for the Ruthenium(II) Complex Catalyzed Homogeneous Hydration of Nitriles Under Neutral Conditions,\u201d Catalysis Today, Vol. 164, pp. 552-555, April 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Bioprocess Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Koreyoshi IMAMURA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Naoyuki ISHIDA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hiroyuki IMANAKA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Science and Engineering of Amorphous Sugar Matrix<\/li>\n<li>Direct Measurement of Surface-Surface, Surface-Molecule, and Intermolecular Interactions in Liquid Phase<\/li>\n<li>Applications of Controlled Protein Immobilization Methods to Biotechnology and Life Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Functional Immobilization of Biomolecules on Solid Surfaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomo Satoh, Fumihiro Hidaka, Kento Miyake, Natsumi Yoshiyama, Koji Takeda, Tsutashi Matsuura, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Naoyuki Ishida and Koreyoshi Imamura, \u201cSurfactant-Free Solid Dispersion of Fat-Soluble Flavour in an Amorphous Sugar Matrix,\u201d Food Chemistry,Vol. 197, pp. 1136-1142, April 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:60%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Bioorganic-Chemistry-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\" style=\"width:35%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~sakakura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/www.cc.okayama-u.ac.jp\/~sakakura\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Akira SAKAKURA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Ichiro HAYAKAWA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Haruki MIZOGUCHI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Total Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds<\/li>\n<li>Design of Challenging Strategy for Organic Synthesis<\/li>\n<li>Development of Highly Selective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Reactions<\/li>\n<li>Rational Design of Chiral Acid-Base Cooperative Organocatalysts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Takayuki Kudoh, Yuya Araki, Natsumi Miyoshi, Mizuho Tanioka, Akira Sakakura, \u201cDiastereodivergent Henry Reaction for the Stereoselective Construction of Nitrogen-Containing Tetrasubstituted Carbons: Application to Total Synthesis of Manzacidins A and C,\u201d Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 6, No. 12, pp. 1760-1763, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Functional Molecular Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:60%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Functional-Molecular-Engineering-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\" style=\"width:35%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tt.vbl.okayama-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/www.tt.vbl.okayama-u.ac.jp\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yuta NISHINA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Functional Nanocarbons<\/li>\n<li>Application for Energy Devices: Li-ion Battery, Supercapacitor, Biofuel Cell, Fuel Cell<\/li>\n<li>Application for Catalysts: Metal Nanoparticle Catalyst, Metal-free Catalyst<\/li>\n<li>Application for Biology: Antibacterial Agent, Interaction with siRNA<\/li>\n<li>Application for Environmental Industry: Water Purification, Biomass Transformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Naoki Morimoto, Hideyuki Suzuki, Yasuo Takeuchi, Shogo Kawaguchi, Masahiro Kunisu, Christopher W. Bielawski, and Yuta Nishina, \u201cReal-Time, in Situ Monitoring of the Oxidation of Graphite: Lessons Learned\u201d, Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 2150-2156.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Design of Biofunctional Molecules Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:60%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Design-of-Biofunctional-Molecules-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\" style=\"width:35%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/seralab\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:https:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/seralab\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Takashi SERA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Takamasa TOBIMATSU,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Koichi MORI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Kazuko KAWANAMI,  Research Associate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and Application of Artificial DNA\/RNA-Binding Proteins<\/li>\n<li>Regulation of Endogenous Gene Expression by Using Zinc-Finger-Based Artificial Transcription Factors<\/li>\n<li>Development of Plants Resistant to Virus Infection and Antivirus Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Development of Molecular Tools for Genome Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Analysis of Enzyme Mechanisms and Molecular Engineering of Enzymes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Etsuko Yokota, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Munenori Takaoka, Minoru Haisa, Nagio Takigawa, Noriko Miyake, Tomoko Ikeda, Tomoaki Mori, Serika Ohno, Takashi Sera, Takuya Fukazawa, Yoshio Naomoto, \u201cTargeted silencing of SOX2 by an artificial transcription factor showed antitumor effect in lung and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,\u201d Oncotarget, Volume 8, No.61, pp.103063-103076, October 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Tomoaki Mori, Kento Nakamura, Keisuke Masaoka, Yusuke Fujita, Ryosuke Morisada, Koichi Mori, Takamasa Tobimatsu, and Takashi Sera, \u201cCleavage of influenza RNA by using a human PUF-based artificial RNA-binding protein\u2013staphylococcal nuclease hybrid,\u201d Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 479, Issue 4, pp. 736-740, October 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Takashi Mino, Tomoaki Mori, Yasuhiro Aoyama and Takashi Sera, \u201cGene- and Protein-Delivered Zinc Finger-Staphylococcal Nuclease Hybrid for Inhibition of DNA Replication of Human Papillomavirus,\u201d PLoS ONE, 8(2):e56633, February 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Single Molecule Biology Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Toru IDE,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Tohru HAYAKAWA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Structure-Function Relationship of Ion-Channel Proteins<\/li>\n<li>Development of High Throughput Screening Device for Ion-Channel Drugs<\/li>\n<li>Development of Mosquito Control System Using Bacillus Thuringiensis Insecticidal Toxins<\/li>\n<li>Development of Novel Protein Production System Using Polypeptides from Mosquitocidal Toxins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mitsunori Kitta, Toru Ide, Minako Hirano, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Toshio Yanagida and Tomoji Kawai, \u201cDirect Manipulation of a Single Potassium Channel Gate with an Atomic Force Microscope Probe,\u201d Small, Vol. 7, No. 16, pp. 2379-2383, August 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Applied Cell Biology Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:60%\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Applied-Cell-Biology.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\" style=\"width:35%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/saibou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/saibou\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi TOKUMITSU,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Naoki KANAYAMA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Masaki MAGARI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Molecular Mechanism of Intracellular Ca<sup>2+<\/sup>-Signal Transduction in Eukaryotic Cells<\/li>\n<li>Structure and Function of Protein Kinases Including Development of Pharmacological Inhibitors<\/li>\n<li>Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Cell Functions Using Animal Cell Lines and Laboratory Animals Such as Mice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Akihiro Nakanishi, Noya Hatano, Yuya Fujiwara Y, Arian Sha\u2019ri, Shota Takabatake, Hiroki Akano, Naoki Kanayama, Masaki Magari, Naohito Nozaki, and Hiroshi Tokumitsu,  \u201cAMP-activated protein kinase-mediated feedback phosphorylation controls the Ca<sup>2+<\/sup>\/calmodulin (CaM) dependence of Ca<sup>2+<\/sup>\/CaM-dependent protein kinase kinase \u03b2,\u201d Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 292 No. 48, pp.19804-19813, December 2017<\/li>\n<li>Yuya Fujiwara, Yoshinori Kawaguchi, Tomohito Fujimoto, Naoki Kanayama, Masaki Magari, and Hiroshi Tokumitsu,  \u201cDifferential AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) Recognition Mechanism of Ca<sup>2+<\/sup>\/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase Kinase Isoforms,\u201d Journal of Biological Chemistry Vol. 291 No. 26, pp.13802-13808, May 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/apatite.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(URL:http:\/\/apatite.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/index.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Satoshi HAYAKAWA,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Tomohiko YOSHIOKA,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Toshiisa KONISHI,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Development of Bioactive Nanophase Ceramics for Biomedical Application<\/li>\n<li>Structure and Physico-Chemical Properties of Calcium Phosphate-Based Ceramic Materials<\/li>\n<li>Surface Modification of Metallic Implant Materials<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of Novel Biomaterials by Electrochemical Techniques<\/li>\n<li>Development of Calcium-Phosphate Bioceramics with Enhanced Biological Properties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Satoshi Hayakawa, Yuko Matsumoto, Keita Uetsuki, Yuki Shirosaki and Akiyoshi Osaka, \u201cIn Vitro Apatite Formation on Nano- crystalline Titania Layer Aligned Parallel to Ti6Al4V Alloy Substrates with Sub-Millimeter Gap,\u201d Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol. 26, Issue 6: 190, 8 Pages, June 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"photo\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/Biomolecular-Engineering-Laboratory.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/ohtsuki\/field8-e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">(URL:http:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/user\/ohtsuki\/field8-e.html)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Takashi OHTSUKI,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Kazunori WATANABE,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Photochemical and Sonochemical Methods for Spatiotemporal Control of Cellular Functions<\/li>\n<li>RNA Drug Delivery<\/li>\n<li>Expansion of Translation System<\/li>\n<li>Stress Response of Mammalian Cells<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Takashi Ohtsuki, Shigeto Kanzaki, Sae Nishimura, Yoshio Kunihiro, Y., Masahiko Sisido, Kazunori Watanabe, \u201cPhototriggered protein syntheses by using (7-diethylaminocoumarin-4-yl)methoxycarbonyl-caged aminoacyl tRNAs.\u201d Nature Communications, Vol.7, pp, 12501, August 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Medical Protein Engineering Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Junichiro FUTAMI,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Solubilization Techniques of Denatured Protein<\/li>\n<li>Development of Companion Diagnostics for Cancer Immunotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Intracellular Delivery of Protein and in Cell Protein Folding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Junichiro Futami, Hidenori Nonomura, Momoko Kido, Naomi Niidoi, Nao Fujieda, Akihiro Hosoi, Kana Fujita, Komako Mandai, Yuki Atago, Rie Kinoshita, Tomoko Honjo, Hirokazu Matsushita, Akiko Uenaka, Eiichi Nakayama and Kazuhiro Kakimi, \u201cSensitive Multiplexed Quantitative Analysis of Autoantibodies to Cancer Antigens with Chemically S-Cationized Full-Length and Water-Soluble Denatured Proteins,\u201d Bioconjugate Chemistry, Vol. 26, No. 10, pp. 2076-2084, October 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Nano-Biotechnology Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyber.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp\/senolab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">(URL:http:\/\/www.cyber.biotech.okayama-u.ac.jp\/senolab\/)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Masaharu SENO,  Professor<\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi MURAKAMI,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>Junko MASUDA,  Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Development of Cancer Stem Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells<\/li>\n<li>Tumor Microenvironment<\/li>\n<li>Drug Delivery System Targeting Cancer Cells and Cancer Stem Cells<\/li>\n<li>Analyses and Application of Factors that Control Cellular Growth and Differentiation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nair N, Calle AS, Zahra MH, Prieto-Vila M, Oo AKK, Hurley L, Vaidyanath A, Seno A, Masuda J, Iwasaki Y, Tanaka H, Kasai T, Seno M.<br>\nA cancer stem cell model as the point of origin of cancer-associated fibroblasts in tumor microenvironment. Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 28;7(1):6838. doi: 10.1038\/s41598-017-07144-5. PubMed PMID: 28754894.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<!-- start -->\n<div class=\"research-area\">\n<h2>Organelle System Biotechnology Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"box clfx\">\n\n<div class=\"text\">\n\n<div class=\"professor\">\n<p class=\"url\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>(URL: )<\/p>\n<p>Ayano SATOH,  Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"thema\">\n<h3>Research Themes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Membrane Trafficking<\/li>\n<li>Organelle Biogenesis<\/li>\n<li>Cell Biology and Diseases<\/li>\n<li>Post-Translational Modifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"publication\">\n<h3>Representative Publication :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>COPI-TRAPPII activates Rab18 and regulates its lipid droplet association, Li C, Luo X, Zhao S, Siu GK, Liang Y, Chan HC, Satoh A, Yu SS, EMBO J. 2017 Feb 15;36(4):441-457<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- end -->\n\n\n<\/div>    \t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As of March 2018 Inorganic Materials Laboratory (URL:http:\/\/achem.okayama-u.ac.jp\/iml\/) Tatsuo FUJII, Professo...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1031,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"2column2.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engr.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}