工学部_研究紹介_2020_英語版

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Nobuaki TanakaFromtheenvironmentalpointofviewstronglylinkedwiththedepletionoftheozonelayer,thephotochemistryofhalogenatedspeciesandtheirgas-phasereactionwithOHradicalhaveattractedmuchattentionbothexperimentallyandtheoretically.Researchinourgroupfocusesonthephotoinducedreactionofhalogenatedspeciesinlowtemperatureraregasmatricesandthecomputationalelucidationoftheiroxidationmechanism.Itishopedthatthestudywillgiveagoodsightforthetreatmentofwastehalogenatedspeciesandcomputationalstudywillbeusedforevaluatingthepossiblemechanismoftheoxidation.AssociateProfessorPhotochemistryComputationalChemistrySetup for the matrix isolation study.Photochemistry and Dynamics of Small MoleculesComputational study on the reaction of chloroacetonewith OH.GraduateschoolChemicalindustryAutomotiveindustryMunicipalofficeetc.hh’In the FutureAfter GraduationMaterialsChemistryDegradation and Utilization of Biomass！〜Improvement of enzyme by gene manipulation technique〜Wearetryingtofindusefulenzymesfrommicrobes,andutilizethemtodecomposebiomass.Biomassisarenewableresourceandisdegradedbymicrobialenzymesinnature.Thisdegradationisaveryefficientsystemthemicrobeshavedevelopedintheprocessofevolution.Inordertousethisforourtargetreaction,enzymesmustbeisolatedandtheirstabilityandactivitymustbeimproved.Wouldyouliketojoinourteamtoexploretheabilityofmicrobialenzymesanddevelopbiomassutilization?Thereareinfinitetypesofmicrobesandmostofthemareunidentified.Amongthem,theremaybeanavailableonewhichproducesusefulenzymesforhumanbeings.Inourlab,weusegenemanipulationtoincreaseenzymeproductivityandimproveenzymefunction.Enzymescatalyzethespecificreactionundermildconditions.Biomassandenzymeswillplayanincreasinglyimportantroleaswetrytoestablishasustainablechemicalprocess.Enzymeshavebeenusedinthefieldsofchemistry,medicine,food,agriculture,andfibers.Theexperimentaltechniquesthestudentslearninourlab.willbeusefulinthefieldsofchemistryandbiology.Inordertodomoreadvancedresearch,somestudentsgoontograduateschools.Ph.D.Associate Professor2005-Associ. Prof. Research fields: Biological chemistry and Genetic engineering of enzymes. The scientific research and its application of microbial enzymes.DNAextractiontouseforgenemanipulation(left),Isolationofmicrobeasepticallyincleanbench(right).Aspergillusoryzaeproducingrecombinantenzymefrommushroom.Celluloseinplantcellwallvisualizedbyfluorescentprotein.KouichiNozakiIn the FutureAfter GraduationMaterialsChemistry14