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Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry (Nakatani Lab.)

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# DNA # RNA # small molecules # regulation of function

Our research in the area of regulatory bioorganic chemistry is focused on chemical biology and chemoinformatics using small molecules that bind to nucleic acids, and on the creation of small molecular compounds that bind to specific structures of DNA and RNA, control gene expression with these molecules, and create dream drugs to cure genetic diseases that cannot be cured. Specifically, we are developing small molecule ligands that specifically bind to target RNAs through compound design by organic synthesis, large-scale screening, and structure-activity relationship studies.

Staff

Kazuhiko Nakatani Professor
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Degree:
Ph.D. (March 1987, Osaka City University)
Career:

2019 - 2023 

Executive vice president, Osaka University

2015 - 2019 

Director, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

2005

Professor, The Insitute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

1997 - 2005

Associate Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

1993 - 1997

Assistant Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

1991 - 1993

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Osaka City University

1998 - 1991 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Sagami Chemical Research Center

1985 - 1988 

Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
Chikara Dohno Associate Professor Research Map
(1), (2) small molecules that bind to disease-causing repeat sequences and (3) molecules that modulate RNA structure and function upon photo stimulation.

Current Research Topics

  • Research on nucleic acid-targeted small molecule drug discovery
  • Research on regulation of intracellular phase-separated structures
  • Research on structure and function of nucleic acids 
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Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry (Nakatani Lab.)

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