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Associate Chief Scientist Laboratories
The objective of the Associate Chief Scientist program is to foster the development of future leaders in science and technology. This program, which was started in April 2006, provides promising young researchers who can be expected to pioneer next-generation fields of science and technology with their own independent laboratories.
Associate Chief Scientist Laboratories list
Computational Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory
- Associate Chief Scientist
- Seiji Yunoki
Our main aim is to theoretically understand various novel quantum phases and phenomena in a wide range of materials by microscopically studying electronic structures.
Metamaterials Laboratory
- Associate Chief Scientist
- Takuo Tanaka
In this research laboratory, we are intensively investigating breakthrough science and techniques that can artificially control the electro-magnetic properties of materials by using metal nano-structures.
Surface and Interface Science Laboratory
- Associate Chief Scientist
- Yousoo Kim
Our research focuses on describing details of the energy transport and conversion at solid surfaces and interfaces in the nanoscale regime.
Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory
- Associate Chief Scientist
- Katsunori Tanaka
We are synthetically exploring the overlooked and therefore unique reactivity of the imines, which are readily derived from the various amines in biosystem, hinted by the true bioactive structures of the biomacromolecules in vivo; the new reactivity of imines could then be used to challenge the multi-step synthesis of the biofunctional molecules in living animals.
RNA Biology Laboratory
- Associate Chief Scientist
- Shinichi Nakagawa
We are especially interested in a group of noncoding RNAs that stably accumulate in the nucleus, forming particular nuclear structures. These architectural nuclear noncoding RNAs are specific to higher vertebrates, and we are trying to reveal novel nuclear processes regulated by these evolutionarily “new” biomaterials.