Yamaguchi LAB.
Division of Synthetic Chemistry for Molecular Systems
Creation of new molecular systems for unknown biological information.
With the current development of data science, such as AI, large-scale information (big data) relating to living systems is now being utilised in life sciences, medicine and the bio-industry. Therefore, our research aims to use synthetic organic chemistry to create new molecular systems for obtaining previously unobtainable and unknown biological information.
We create completely new synthetic molecules with desired functions, develop systems to control and visualise biomolecules and cells, and obtain data that no one else in the world has been able to obtain. In the process, we are also systematising and extending ‘molecular technology’ for manipulating biomolecules and cells, and exploring the science of life control chemistry.
The molecular systems we have developed are being used as platform technologies to solve a wide range of problems, from the medical field, such as regenerative medicine, drug discovery, diagnostics and drug delivery, to the food and environmental fields, such as production of useful substances and biosensors, and we are conducting applied research with collaborators in Japan and abroad.
Exciting and exciting laboratory life awaits you!
Through research, we educate our students in the hope that they will acquire not only knowledge and skills in synthetic chemistry and biochemistry, but also ‘methods for solving problems’. In the laboratory, after investigating the background factors of the problem and the pros and cons of existing solutions, students formulate ‘hypotheses’ for the development of new methods for solving problems and clarify their truth through experiments.
Through daily voice and discussion, the students are guided to steadily perform these tasks on their own. The problem-solving skills they acquire in this way will be useful no matter what field they enter after graduation. Above all, the ‘joy’ of obtaining results that demonstrate the validity of a hypothesis, or the ‘surprise’ of seeing a completely unexpected result, are all part of the excitement and thrill of laboratory life, thanks to experiments that test what you have thought about using ‘chemistry’. The laboratory life is full of excitement and thrills, thanks to experiments in which students try out what they have thought about.
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