People

Professor Tomoya Tsukazaki [Google Scholar]

Hometown：Sayo-cho, Hyogo, Japan Research Field：Structural Life Science One of my favorites : Training Special Skill: Experiment Comment: We would like to present convincing results.

Assist. Prof. Ryoji Miyazaki

Hometown：Osaka, Japan Research Field : in vivo photo-crosslinking analysis for dynamic behaviors of cellular proteins One of my favorites : Hamburgers Special Skill: Crosslinking experiments Comment: I would like to spread the in vivo photo-crosslinking approach.

Assist. Prof. Hironori Takeda

Nickname：Takechan-Man Hometown：Ehime, Japan Research Field：Structural and functional study for membrane protein insertion One of my favorites: Reading books and watching football Special Skill: Performing experiments without pondering. Comment: I want to conduct research with an emphasis on quantity, speed, and goals.

Assist. Prof. Ken Kitano   ← Click here for his research projects

 

Postdoc Hidetaka Kohga

Hometown：Chiba, Japan Research Field：Structural Analysis of Protein Channels One of my favorites: Training Special Skill: Tennis Comment: I will do my best!

 

D2 Mai Ikei

Nickname：Ikei Hometown：Okinawa, Japan Research subject：Structural and functional analysis of an ion transporter complex One of my favorites: manga Special skill : I can read a lot of manga Comment :  I will do my best in a new environment.

D1 Napathip Lertpreedakorn

Nickname：Namfon Hometown：Phetchaburi, Thailand Research subject：Structural and functional analysis of a membrane protein Likes：Coffee Special Skill：Table tennis  Message: Just do the best and let it be.

D1 Ng You Kiat

Nickname：Patrick Hometown：Nibong Tebal, Malaysia Research subject：Structural and functional analysis of protein transport Likes：Video Games, Music Special Skill：Positive Thinking Message: It's my pleasure to meet you.

M1 Yutaro Takahashi

Nickname：Takahashi, Yutaro Hometown：Akita, Japan Research subject：Structural and functional analysis of sugar transporters Likes：Outdoor activity Special Skill： Swimming Message：I will do my best in my research

M1 Jun Takahashi

Nickname：Jun Hometown：Hyogo, Japan  Research subject：Structural analysis of important proteins Likes：Trip Special Skill： Running Message：Challenge everything

M1 Takeru Nishi

Nickname：Take, TK, Take-chan Hometown：Wakayama, Japan  Research subject：Analysis of biomolecules Likes：Enjoying Movie and Music Special Skill： intros quiz Message：I'll do my best in experiments

M1 Keigo Monden

Nickname：Monden Hometown：Nara, Japan  Research subject：membrane protein structures Likes：training Special Skill： housework Message：Nice to meet you.

Secretary Kayo Abe

Hometown：Nara, Japan Favorite sports：Tennis and yoga Comment：I do my best to support our Lab's research.

 

Doctoral Degree Recipients (Alumni)

Arata Furukawa (Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), JSPS)

2018 March, PhD

Doctoral thesis：膜タンパク質YidCとSecDFの結晶構造から解明されたタンパク質輸送の原理 Main original papers：Furukawa et al, Structure 26, 485–489 (2018); Furukawa et al., Cell Rep. 19, 895-901 (2017); Kumazaki, Chiba, Takemoto, Furukawa et al., Nature 509, 516-520 (2014); Kumazaki, Kishimoto, Furukawa et al., Sci. Rep. 4, 7299 (2014). Comment：I managed to get a doctoral degree. I will do my best in the future as well. Awards : Yano Prize (NAIST GSBS, 2015), Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (Inoue Foundation for Science All Rights Reserved, 2018) Lab Stay : 2016. Feb. - Mar.,  Baldwin Lab (UC Davis)

 

Yasunori Sugano (Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), JSPS)

2018 March, PhD

Doctoral thesis：タンパク質膜透過チャネルSecトランスロコンの静的動的構造基盤 Main original papers：Sugano et al., PLOS ONE 12, e0183434 (2017); Tanaka*, Sugano* et al., Cell Rep. 13, 1561-1568 (2015); Haruyama*, Sugano* et al., Structure 27, 152-160 (2019).   (*同等貢献) Awards : NAIST Best Student Award (NAIST /  Foundation for NAIST, 2015 and 2018)，Poster Award (PSSJ, 2016) Studying abroad : 2016. Jan.-Feb., NAIST Material and Biological Sciences Program (UC DAVIS EXTENSION), UC Davis

 

Shigehiro Iwaki

2020 March, PhD

Doctoral thesis：Structural basis of plant MATE family Main original papers：Tanaka*, Iwaki* and Tsukazaki Structure 25, 1455-1460 (2017); Tanaka*, Iwaki*, Sasaki A and Tsukazaki T. FEBS Letters 595, 1902-1913 (2021)    (*同等貢献) Lab Stay : 2015. Sep.-Oct., Wackett Lab (University of Minnesota), 2018. Feb.-Mar. Theg Lab（UC Davis）

Bin Mohammad Umar Mohammad Shahrizal

2021 March, PhD

Doctoral thesis：Crystal structure of β-Barrel Assembly-Enhancing Protease (BepA) for biogenesis of outer membrane proteins Comment：I am glad to complete my PhD study at the Laboratory of Structural Life Sciences by Prof. Tsukazaki. I would like to thank Prof. Tsukazaki in accepting me to do PhD at his laboratory. I have learned a lot, especially about bacterial protein purification and structural analysis. Under Prof. Tsukazaki's supervision, I have produced my first ever first-author paper in a peer-reviewed journal.  The best thing about this lab is that I am able to learn from my mistakes. I also made friends with lab members, with whom I could practice Japanese with. I wish this lab all the best and I will continue using my knowledge and experience gained from this laboratory for my future endeavours. Main original papers：Shahrizal et al., J. Mol. Biol. 431, 625-635 (2019) Lab Stay : 2019. Jan.-Feb., Baldwin Lab (UC Davis)