People
Staff
Professor
Tomoya Tsukazaki
- 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.
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!
Assist. Prof.
Ken Kitano
Secretary
Kayo Abe
- Hometown：Nara, Japan
- Favorite sports：Tennis and yoga
- Comment：I do my best to support our Lab's research.
Researcher
Kunihito Yoshikaie
- Hometown：Osaka, Japan
- Likes：Walking, Model making, Reading
- Comment：I am slightly increasing the average age of the Lab.
student
D3
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.
D2
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.
D1
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
D1
Jun Takahashi
- Nickname：Jun
- Hometown：Hyogo, Japan
- Research subject：Structural analysis of important proteins
- Likes：Trip
- Special Skill： Running
- Message：Challenge everything
D1
Kaito Hosoda
- Nickname：Hosoda
- Hometown：Osaka, Japan
- Research subject：Structural Analysis of Protein Channels
- Likes：Visiting around castles
- Special Skill： Puzzle
- Message：Challenge!
M2
Mai Kimoto
- Nickname：KIMOTO
- Hometown：Hyogo, Japan
- Research subject：Membrane protein interactions
- Likes：Movies and dramas
- Special Skill：Tennis
- Message：Nice to meet you!
M2
Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Nickname：HIRO,HIROKI
- Hometown：Aichi, Japan
- Research subject：membrane protein structures
- Likes：Violin
- Special Skill：Sleeping
- Message：I'll do my best
M2
Nami Matsuoka
- Nickname：NAMI
- Hometown：OSAKA, Japan
- Research subject：membrane protein dynamics
- Likes：Manga、Game
- Special Skill：Drawing
- Message：Take it easy
M1
Yuuki Kurahara
- Nickname：Yuuki
- Hometown：Osaka, Japan
- Research subject：Transporters
- Likes：cafe hopping, game
- Special Skill：fold clothes while standing
- Message：Nice to meet to you.
M1
Kota Oya
- Nickname：Kota
- Hometown：Chiba, Japan
- Research subject：Peptide interaction
- Likes：Listening to B’z
- Special Skill：Soccer
- Message：Never give up in adversity
M1
Aoi Nakanishi
- Nickname：NAKANISHI
- Hometown：Saitama, Japan
- Research subject： Proteins
- Likes：eating
- Special Skill：(Japanese) archery
- Message：it's a piece of cake
M1
Riku Nishikawa
- Nickname：Riku
- Hometown：Nara, Japan
- Research subject：Proteins
- Likes：overseas trip, comedy, movie
- Special Skill：exercise
- Message：nice to meet you!!!
M1
Wataru Yoshimoto
- Nickname：Wataru
- Hometown：Kumamoto, Japan
- Research subject：Kumamoto, Japan
- Likes：YouTube
- Special Skill：Basketball
- Message：Nice to meet you
M1
WU SIXIAN
- Nickname：Shiken
- Hometown：Inner Mongolia, China
- Research subject：Proteins
- Likes：Comedy shows, cooking, running, muscle training
- Special Skill：Cooking
- Message：In the journey of life, always maintaining love and curiosity, and calmly striving to accept
Doctoral Degree Recipients (Alumni)
2018 March
Arata Furukawa, PhD
(Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), JSPS)
- Doctoral thesis：Structure-based working models of protein transport mediated by YidC and SecDF
- 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)
2018 March
Yasunori Sugano, PhD
(Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), JSPS)
- Doctoral thesis：Static and dynamic structural basis of protein-conducting channel Sec translocon
- 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). (*equal contribution)
- 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
2020 March
Shigehiro Iwaki, 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) *equal contribution
- Lab Stay : 2015. Sep.-Oct., Wackett Lab (University of Minnesota), 2018. Feb.-Mar. Theg Lab（UC Davis）
2021 March
Bin Mohammad Umar Mohammad Shahrizal, PhD
- Doctoral thesis：Crystal structure of β-Barrel Assembly-Enhancing Protease (BepA) for biogenesis of outer membrane proteins
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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)
2024 March
Mai Ikei, PhD
(NAIST University Fellowships for the Creation of Innovation in Science and Technology)
- Doctoral thesis：Structure and function of a YeeE-YeeD complex for sophisticated thiosulfate uptake
- Main original papers：Ikei et al., PLOS Biol. 22, e3002601 (2024)
Comment：I joined Tsukazaki lab as a doctoral course student with no structural knowledge, but thanks to Tsukazaki-sensei, assistant professors, and the lab members, I enjoyed my research life. I think Tsukazaki lab is a perfect environment for research, and I recommend this lab to those aiming for a PhD degree supervised by Tsukazaki-sensei.