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OKAMOTO, Yasunori

Associate Professor

E-Mail : okamoto_at_ims.ac.jp (Please replace the "_at_" with @ )
Location: Yamate, No.3 Bldg. west

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Department

Department of Creative Research, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems 
Concurrent Position: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems, Division of Trans-Hierarchical Molecular Systems

Biography

2009 Bachelor in Engineering, Division of Applied Science, School of Engineering, Osaka University
2011 Master in Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Master's Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2011 Visiting researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio
2011 Doctor in Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
2011 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
2014 Researcher, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience
2014 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
2017 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
2019 Assistant Professor (PI), Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
2019 ACT-X Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2022 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2024 Associate Professor, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems
Associate Professor, Institute for Molecular Science
     Associate Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Study

Awards

2022 Prominent Research Fellow of Tohoku University

Specialized field

Development of designer enzymes for biomolecular systems engineering 

kewords Artificial metalloenzyme, Protein engineering, Coordination chemistry, Intracellular catalysis, Chemo-enzymatic synthesis