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.
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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.
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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!
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Jun Takahashi

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

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Kaito Hosoda

  • Nickname:Hosoda
  • Hometown:Osaka, Japan
  • Research subject:Structural Analysis of Protein Channels
  • Likes:Visiting around castles
  • Special Skill: Puzzle
  • Message:Challenge!
Mai Kimoto

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Mai Kimoto

  • Nickname:KIMOTO
  • Hometown:Hyogo, Japan
  • Research subject:Membrane protein interactions
  • Likes:Movies and dramas
  • Special Skill:Tennis
  • Message:Nice to meet you!
Hiroyuki Tanaka

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Hiroyuki Tanaka

  • Nickname:HIRO,HIROKI
  • Hometown:Aichi, Japan
  • Research subject:membrane protein structures
  • Likes:Violin
  • Special Skill:Sleeping
  • Message:I'll do my best
Nami Matsuoka

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Nami Matsuoka

  • Nickname:NAMI
  • Hometown:OSAKA, Japan
  • Research subject:membrane protein dynamics
  • Likes:Manga、Game
  • Special Skill:Drawing
  • Message:Take it easy
倉原 友紀 Yuuki Kurahara

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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.
大矢 康太 Kota Oya

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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
仲西 蒼 Aoi Nakanishi

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Aoi Nakanishi

  • Nickname:NAKANISHI
  • Hometown:Saitama, Japan
  • Research subject: Proteins
  • Likes:eating
  • Special Skill:(Japanese) archery
  • Message:it's a piece of cake
西川 陸大 Riku Nishikawa

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Riku Nishikawa

  • Nickname:Riku
  • Hometown:Nara, Japan
  • Research subject:Proteins
  • Likes:overseas trip, comedy, movie
  • Special Skill:exercise
  • Message:nice to meet you!!!
吉本 航 Wataru Yoshimoto

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Wataru Yoshimoto

  • Nickname:Wataru
  • Hometown:Kumamoto, Japan
  • Research subject:Kumamoto, Japan
  • Likes:YouTube
  • Special Skill:Basketball
  • Message:Nice to meet you
呉 思賢 WU SIXIAN

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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

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
  • 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
    • 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.

    • Main original papers:Ikei et al., PLOS Biol. 22, e3002601 (2024)