[Press Release] Nano Terasu Launches Protein Crystal Structure Analysis on Beamline—Accelerating Life Sciences Through Fully Automated Measurement and Instant Data Analysis via Supercomputer AOBA
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[Award] Mr. Akiya Fukuda (Graduate School of Science, D1) received the Excellent Presentation Awards at the 2025 Chem-Bio Informatics Society (CBI) Annual Meeting.
[Event] We held our annual Imoni Party!
[Event] D2 Atika will present at the D2 Discussion Session (a research discussion session for second-year doctoral students in the chemistry field) on Saturday, November 29.
We welcome one fourth-year student (AMC) and one research student to our lab!
Professor Nango and Assistant Professor Fujiwara contributed to the special issue of Experimental Medicine published on September 5, titled “実験医学増刊 Vol.43 No.15
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[Invited Lecture] Professor Nango gave a presentation at the 19th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Molecular Science ( International Conference Center Hiroshima).
[Conference Presentation] D1 Fukuda gave an oral presentation at the Chem-Bio Informatics Society (CBI) Annual Meeting 2025 (Tower Hall Funabori) held from October 27-30.
[Event] Assistant Professors Fujiwara and Taguchi gave a poster presentation at the 25th Tohoku University IMRAM Meeting 2025 (Katahira Sakura Hall) on September 24.
[Conference Presentation] D2 Atika and D1 Khachuk gave a poster presentation at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (Nara Prefectural Convention Center) held September 24-26.
We have launched a new website.
[Press Release] Simply ‘Sprinkling’ a Fluorescent Probe Can Quickly Show Active Brain Synapses (English Version)
ABOUT US
A protein is one of the biomolecules essential to life phenomena, such as cell signaling, in vivo catalytic reactions, storage, and transport. The three-dimensional structure of a protein, which consists of several amino acids, is closely related to its function, and there has been an interest in how a protein structurally changes when it performs its functions. However, it remains challenging to capture reactions or movements in diverse proteins during a wide time scale (femtoseconds to seconds) at an atomic level.
Our laboratory uses a quantum beam such as an X-ray free-electron laser, synchrotron radiation, or an electron beam to visualize actual chemical and structural changes in proteins. For instance, we aim to reveal the switching on/off mechanism of light-sensitive proteins and reaction mechanism of enzymes catalyzing unique reactions. Moreover, we aim to design and create protein molecules with new functions based on precise information from dynamic structural analysis.
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