Our Targets

How are our bodies created from atoms and molecules? We systematically investigate how the atoms and building blocks of biopolymers (nucleic acids and proteins) participate in biological phenomena, introducing synthetic chemistry-based ideas into biological and genetic studies. Research in our group is concerned with diverse aspects of the design and function of biopolymers on an atomic scale. The focus is on the design, synthesis and physical properties of new, man-made biopolymers with various special functions. Also included is the design of unprecedented organic chemical systems for recognizing, transforming and visualizing a single component or atom in biopolymers of interest. These researches are the fundamental studies reflecting the essence of life science on an atomic scale and the material-developing studies to get useful functional materials for the latest studies on life sciences and medical technologies. The lab employs a multidisciplinary approach involving organic synthesis, photophysical chemistry, state-of-the-art spectroscopy, and biological assays to address new approaches to the interface between synthetic chemistry and life science. Current projects include:

1. Synthesis of ‘superbiopolymers’ containing functional nucleotides and amino acids for elucidation of gene expression function.
2. Construction of new chemical platforms for collecting specific cells and analyzing cell-cell interactions at the single cell level.
3. Drug design, cell introduction, and functional analysis based on new chemical ideas.
4. Chemical exploration of ‘proto-nucleic acids’ under prebiotic conditions.

Research Category List

How to join us

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology (MS/PhD integrated program)

To enroll in the Graduate School of Engineering as a graduate student, you are required to successfully pass an entrance examination.
See the website of the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology.

http://www.chembio.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/e/exam.html

Okamoto laboratory strongly encourages you to take the exam of the MS/PhD integrated program. First of all, please contact Okamoto after checking Okamoto’s papers.

Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD course, no course for master degree)

The course provides mid-career persons with the opportunity to carry out doctoral studies in the university environment. Before requesting application forms, you are advised to contact the department office and inquire whether you can find an appropriate supervisor. If you want to join the Okamoto laboratory, then you also contact Okamoto by e-mail.
See the website of the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo

https://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html

Application for PostDoc position

1. Contact Okamoto by e-mail
   Contact Okamoto by an email with your CV. If there are some openings in the lab, you would receive an email for the next process.
2. Apply to the postdoctoral fellowship programs of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Contact Okamoto by an email with your CV before preparing the application form. You can find some information on the JSPS postdoctoral fellowship for foreign researchers in the

http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/index.html

Members

Akimitsu Okamoto
Professor

Kunihiko Morihiro
Associate Professor
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Takafumi Furuhata
Assistant Professor
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Yuyuan Chen
DC●

Taiki Uno
DC●‡■

Xueyang Li
DC●‡■

Xuanyu Liao
DC●‡■

Yunsong Xu
DC●‡

Sijie Li
DC●

Soshu Yasuda
DC●‡¶■

Ryotaro Yamamoto
DC●■

Huize Zhang
DC●■

Bumkyu Choi
DC●‡◆

Zhao Wenkang
DC●

Tamako Aiba
M2●

Shuichiro Koga
M2●

Ryota Shinohara
M2●

Chiharu Moriyama
M2●

Hiroki Oiwa
M1●

Tento Sugiura
M1●

Kei Fujita
M1●

Keisuke Horikoshi
M1●

Moeko Yamada
M1●

Xi Weng
M1●

Masaki Kawai
B4●

Ryosei Sawatari
B4●

Mone Sugiyama
B4●

Genki Hino
B4●

Chie Shishido
Secretary

Hiroki Tanigami
Technical Staff

Ruri Nakanishi
Technical Staff

Rieko Haraguchi
Technical Staff

Eriko Yamada
Technical Staff

Mizue Yuuki
Technical Staff

●Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology / ●Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies / JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists / ■Spring-GX / ¶MERIT-WINGS / ‡Integrated MS/PhD Program (Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology) / ◆Chemistry Personnel Cultivation Program

Current members & Alumni (in Japanese)

Class Information

講義「分子集合体化学」（CH3323L1）担当：岡本 晃充　教授
講義資料：分子集合体化学（1）配布用; 分子集合体化学（3）配布用

講義「生命化学演習」（FEN-CB3m07S1）担当：長尾 翌手可　講師
講義資料：第1回_化学平衡; 第2回 酵素反応速度論

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