RIKEN-KRIBB Joint Research Team

Team Head

Hiroyuki Osada

  • D.Agr.
  • Hiroyuki Osada
  • Brief resume
    1983
    D.Agr., University of Tokyo
    1983
    Research Scientist, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN
    1992
    Chief Scientist, Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN (-current)
    2008
    Director, Chemical Biology Department, RIKEN (-current)
    2009
    Laboratory Director, Chemical Biology Core Facility, RIKEN (-current)
    2011
    Director, RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center, RIKEN (-current)
    2011
    Team Leader, Bioprobe Application Team, RIKEN (-current)
    2011
    Team Head, RIKEN-KRIBB Joint Research Team, RIKEN (-current)
    2011
    Team Head, RIKEN-USM Joint Research Team, RIKEN (-current)

Outline

RIKEN-KRIBB Joint Research Team

We carry out chemical biology research under the general agreement between RIKEN and the Korea Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). Our team is collaborating with the Chemical Biology Research Center of KRIBB directed by Dr. Jong Seog Ahn on integrative research into bioactive compounds derived from microorganisms. The goal of this joint team is the discovery of drug candidate compounds through chemical biology research from chemical studies such as screening, isolation and structure determination to biological studies such as evaluation of biological activity and understanding the mechanism of action. Exchanges and long-term stays of researchers will promote the formation of human networks.

Recent Research Topic

An acinar formation inhibitor, fusarisetin A
Fig. 1: An acinar formation inhibitor, fusarisetin A

Selected Publications

  1. J-H. Jang, et al. Fusarisetin A, an Acinar Morphogenesis inhibitor from a soil fungus, Fusarium sp. FN0180326, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6865.

Core Members

Principal Investigator add delete
Hiroyuki Osada Team Head (Laboratory Director, Chemical Biology Core Facility)    
Staff Scientist add delete
Nobumoto Watanabe  (Team Head, Chemical Library Validation Team)    
Tamio Saito  (Team Head, Collaboration Promotion Team)    
Masashi Ueki Senior Research Scientist (Senior Research Scientist, Cheminformatics and Compound Creation Team)    
Postdoctoral Fellow add delete
Student Trainee add delete
Technical Assistant add delete
Administrative Assistant add delete
Visiting Research Staff add delete
Osong Kwon Visiting Scientist (Visiting Scientist, Chemical Library Validation Team)    
Other Staff add delete

( ) indicates primary affiliation in RIKEN.

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