2016
July 7, 2016 : 4th Thomson Research Fronts Award
Our reseaerch about "Cobalt-catalyzed C-H activation chemistry" is selected as an 4th Thomson Research Fronts Award. Congratulations !
June 28, 2016 : Our new research is published on Nat. Chem. !
The paper about switchable photooxygenation catalyst recognizing amyloid structure of protein is published on Nature Chemistry. This work was highlighted by JST press release.
June 10, 2016 : Our new research is published on J. Am. Chem. Soc. !
The paper about catalytic regioselective alkylboration of alkynes is published on J. Am. Chem. Soc.. This work was featured by Department News..
May 30, 2016: Three studnets received presentation/discussion awards.
In the 14th Symposium of Organic Chemistry -the Next Generation - (5/27-28), Yuya Morita (D3) received presentation award. Yamato Kanzaki (M2) and Nozomu Nagashima (M2) received best discussion award. Congratulations !
May 26, 2016: Two PhD students received presentation award.
Yohei Seki （D3） and Masahiro Kojima （D3） received student presentation award in 96th CSJ Annual Spring Meeting・136th PSJ Annual Meeting. Congratulations !
Apr. 1, 2016 : New research year has started !
2016 has just started with new members !
Jan. 23, 2016 : Dr. Sohma received poster presentation award.
Dr. Youhei Sohma (ERATO Group Leader) received poster presentation award at The 8th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaScience. Congratulations !
Jan. 23, 2016 : Dr. Sohma's PSJ award account is published on Chem.Pharm.Bull.
On the reception of PSJ Award for Young Scientists 2014, Dr. Youhei Sohma (ERATO Group Leader) published personal account titled "Medicinal Chemistry Focusing on Aggregation of Amyloid-β" on Chem. Pharm. Bull.
Jan. 6, 2016 : Our new research is published on ACS Cent. Sci. !
The paper about catalytic stereodivergent synthesis of sialic acid is published on ACS Central Science as an Open Access paper. This work was featured by UT press release, Chem-Station. Prof. Micheal Krische nicely introduced our work. Selected as Cover picture.
2015
Dec. 10, 2015 : Our new research is published on JACS !
The paper about catalytic asymmetric iterative aldehyde cross-aldol reaction is published on J. Am. Chem. Soc. online. This work was featured by UT press release.
Nov. 20, 2015: Dr. Taniguchi received poster presentation award.
Dr. Atsuhiko Taniguchi (ERATO PD) received poster presentation award at 52nd Japanese Peptide Symposium. Congratulations !
Nov. 17, 2015: Mr. Nagai received poster presentation award.
Hideoki Nagai (M2) received poster presentation award at The 8th International Forum on Chemistry of Functional Organic Chemicals (IFOC-8). Congratulations !
Nov. 16, 2015: Mr. Ikemoto received poster presentation award.
Hideya Ikemoto (D1) received poster presentation award at 5th CSJ Festa 2015. Congratulations !
Oct. 27, 2015: Dr. Kuninobu received JST Lectureship Award and The Society of Silicon Chemistry Award.
Dr. Yoichiro Kuninobu (ERATO Group Leader) received JST-ERATO Lectureship Award. He had lecturing trip for two weeks in several Europian research institutes. He also received 20th award in The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan.
Oct. 22, 2015: Ms. Yamamoto received Otsu conference reseach presentation award.
Kumiko Yamamoto (D3) attended 6th Otsu Conference as one of selected members. She also received Otsu conference research presentation award. Congratulations !
Aug. 18, 2015: Our new research is published on Nature Chemistry !
The paper from ERATO catalysis group (meta-selective C-H bolylation catalyst directed by hydrogen bonding) is published on Nat. Chem. ! Congratulations ! This work is featured by News and Views, JST press release.
Jul. 15, 2015: Our lab won the volleyball tournament !
Our volleyball team finally won the championship of volleyball match held in pharmaceutical department ! Congratulations !
Jul 10, 2015: Yamamoto （D3) received L'Oreal-UNESCO award.
Kumiko Yamamoto (D3) received NIHON L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Young Women in Science 2015. Congratulations !
Jul 6, 2015: Araya（D1) received post award and best discussion awards.
Takushi Araya (D1) received poster presentation award and three best discussion awards in Souyaku-Konwakai in Tokushima. Congratulations !
May 25, 2015: Yamamoto（D3) received student presentation award !
Kumiko Yamamoto (D3) received student oral presentation award in 13th Symposium of Organic Chemistry -the Next Generation-. Congratulations !
May 20, 2015: Kojima（D2) received presentation award !
Masahiro Kojima (D1) received oral presentation award for young chemists in 69th Kanto symposium of SSOCJ. Congratulations !
May 13, 2015: MBLA symposium lecture movie is open to access.
Prof. Kanai gave a talk at MBLA 10th anniversary special lectures on 3/29. The lecture movie is now open to access.
May 1, 2015: Two Students received Presentation Award of CSJ.
Kumiko Yamamoto (D3), Zhen Wang (D3) received Student Prensetation Award in 95th Spring Meeting of Chemical Society of Japan. Congratulations !
Apr. 11, 2015: Two Students received Presentation Award of PSJ.
Itoh (D1, oral), Mitsunuma (OB, oral) received Student Prensetation Award in 135th Annual Meeting of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Congratulations !
Apr. 1, 2015: Prof. Matsunaga launched independent lab.
Dr. Matsunaga was promoted as a full professor at Hokkaido University and launched independent laboratory.
Apr. 1, 2015: New members joined to our lab !
2015 has just started with new members !
Feb. 18, 2015: Update: Gallery
Photos of Ski Trip 2015 were uploaded at Gallery page.
2014
Nov. 25, 2014: Dr. Sohma received PSJ Award for Young Scientist.
Dr. Youhei Sohma (ERATO Group Leader) received The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists 2014. Congratulations !
Nov. 25, 2014: Gallery was updated.
We added photographs of 2013-2014.
Nov. 24, 2014: Mr. Shimizu received Poster Presentation Award.
Yusuke Shimizu (M1) received Poster Presentation Award at 2nd International Conference & 7th Symposium on Organocatalysis. Congratulations !
Nov. 12, 2014: Mr. Suzuki and Shinoda received Poster Presentation Award.
Yudai Suzuki (D2) and Kiyomichi Shinoda (M2) received Poster Presentation Award at 4th CSJ Chemistry Festa. Congratulations !
Nov. 4, 2014: Masahiro Kojima stayed in LMU for research abroad.
Masahiro Kojima (D1) stayed in Dirk Trauner lab at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München as a visiting student (September-October 2014) .
Oct. 20, 2014: Kumiko Yamamoto stayed in Harvard University for research abroad.
Kumiko Yamamoto (D2) stayed in Tobias Ritter lab at Harvard University as a visiting student (May-September 2014) .
June 16, 2014: Seki（D1) received poster presentation award !
Yohei Seki (D1) received poster presentation award in 9th Annucal Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology. Congratulations !
May 24, 2014: Seki（D1) received student presentation award !
Yohei Seki (D1) received student oral presentation award in 12th Symposium of Organic Chemistry -the Next Generation-. Congratulations !
May 8, 2014: "Author Profiles" of Dr. Kuninobu is available on ACIE.
“Angewandte Author Profiles” of Dr. Yoichiro Kuninobu (ERATO group leader) is published on the occasion of his 10th publication on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed..
Apr. 30, 2014: Our paper is featured on the cover of Adv.Synth.Catal.
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Our paper titled as"Air-Stable Cp*Co(CO)I2 Complex as a Precursor for Cationic Cobalt(III) Catalysis"(Authors: Sun, Yoshino, Matsunaga & Kanai) was featured as the cover picture of Adv. Synth. Catal. !
Apr. 30, 2014: CSJ Presentation Award 2014
Dr. Oisaki (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Tanabe (ERATO Postdoctoral Researcher) reaceved CSJ presentation award in 94th Annual Meeting of Chemical Society of Japan. Congratulations !
Apr. 14, 2014: Three Students received Presentation Award of PSJ.
Kojima (D1, oral), Morita (D1, oral), and Ikemoto (M2, oral) received Student Prensetation Award in 134th Annual Meeting of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Congratulations !
Apr. 1, 2014: New members joined to our lab !
2014 has just started with new members !
Mar. 17, 2014: Dr. Kanyiva attended HOPE Meeting.
Dr. Stephen Kanyiva (JSPS postdoctoral fellow) attended 6th HOPE Meeting held on 3/11-14.
Mar. 14, 2014: ERATO's research appeared on Nat. Commun.
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ERATO catalysis group published a paper entitled "Regioselective Trifluoromethylation of N-Heteroaromatic Compounds Using Trifluoromethyldifluoroborane Activator" on Nature Communications ! This paper was featured by Nature Communications Chemistry Selections.
Feb. 6, 2014: Finally our lab won the basketball tournament !
Our basketball team finally won the championship of basketball match held in pharmaceutical department ! Congratulations !
2013
Nov. 15, 2013: Mr. Kaneko and Ikemoto received Poster Presentation Award.
Keiichi Kaneko (D1) and Hideya Ikemoto (M1) received Poster Presentation Award at 3rd CSJ Chemistry Festa. Congratulations !
Nov. 11, 2013: Dr. Taniguichi received Good Stone Award
Dr. Atsuhiko Taniguchi (ERATO PD) received Good Stone Award (Young Oral Presentation Award) at APIPS 2013. Congratulations !
Nov. 9, 2013: ketoABNO is commercially available.
Novel N-oxyl radical catalyst developed by us, ketoABNO, is now commercialized by Wako pure chemical industry, Co., Ltd.(500mg: #016-25001, 1g: #012-25003)。ketoABNO is bench-stable, highly active catalyst for aerobic oxidation of amines and alcohols.
Nov. 6, 2013: Mr. Yoshino selected as Otsu conference member.
Tatsuhiko Yoshino(D3) attended 4th Otsu Conference as one of selected members.
Sep. 25, 2013: Yudai Suzuki stayed in Max-Planck Institute for research abroad.
Yudai Suzuki (D1) stayed in Alois Furstner lab at Max-Planck Institute as a visiting student (Jul.-Sep. 2013) .
Sep. 2, 2013: Dr. Shimizu received 1st Poster Prize
Yohei Shimizu (Assitant Professor) received 1st poster prize in Frontiers in Chemistry, Armenia (ArmChemFront2013) . Congratulations !
Jul. 22, 2013: Ms. Yamamoto received Poster Award of ACMS
Kumiko Yamamoto (D1 student) received poster presentation award in The First Asian Conference for "MONODUKURI" Strategy by Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ACMS). Congratulations !
May 9, 2013: Astellas Lecture was held.
6th Astellas Lecture (sponsored by Astellas Co.) was held and many people have attended. We enjoyed lecture by Prof. K. C. Nicolaou and plenty of questions and discussions. Thank you all for coming and Prof. Nicolaou for wonderful lecture !
Apr. 25, 2013: Dr.Sueki received Presentation Award of CSJ
Dr. Shunsuke Sueki (CREST postdoctoral researcher) received presentation award in 93th spring annual meeting of chemical society of Japan. Congraturations !
Apr. 5, 2013: Five Students received Presentation Award of PSJ.
Yoshino(D3, oral), Sonobe(D2, oral), Kojima (M2, oral), Kawai J.(OB, poster), and Ikemoto (M1, poster) received Student Prensetation Award in 133th Annual Meeting of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Congratulations !
Apr. 1, 2013 New laboratory year has started !.
We have several new members ! Let’s run this road of our belief.
Jan. 25, 2013 Dr. Oisaki received Fuji Film Proposal Award from SSOCJ.
Kounosuke Oisaki (Assistant Professor) received Research Proposal Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, sponsored by Fuji Film and The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan.
2012
Dec. 25, 2012 Junya Kawai (M2) attends Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
Junya Kawai(M2) attended Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (sponsored by The Japan Prize Foundation). He had a priceless opportunity to attend many events including Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2012. Only two Japanese students was qualified as the participants every year.
Dec. 21, 2012 Harunobu Mitsunuma (D1) stayed in UC Berkeley for research abroad.
Harunobu Mitsunuma (D1) stayed in John F. Hartwig lab at UC Berkeley as a visiting student (Oct.-Dec. 2012) .
Dec. 12, 2012 Tastuhiko Yoshino(D2) receuved Best Poster Presentation Award.
Tatsuhiko Yoshino(D2) received Best Poster Presentation Award at The 2nd Junior ICCEOCA. Congratulations !
Nov. 12, 2012 Kumiko Yamamoto (M2) received excellent presentation award.
Kumiko Yamamoto(M2) received excellent presentation award (poster) at "Hannou to Gousei no Shinpo Symposium". Congratulations !
Oct. 23, 2012 Our paper is featured on the cover of Chem. Asian J. !!
Our paper titled as "Functional group-tolerant catalytic migratory oxidative coupling of nitrones" (Authors: Hashizume, Oisaki & Kanai) was featured as the cover picture of Chem. Asian J. !
Oct. 2, 2012: Dr. Oisaki received Best Poster Award.
Kounosuke Oisaki (Assistant Professor) received Best Poster Award in ICCOS-2012/FOC-2012.
May 14, 2012: Mr. Mitsunuma(D1) received presentation award.
Harunobu Mitsunuma(D1) received Prensetation Award in 10th Symposium of Organic Chemistry -the Next Generation-. Congratulations !
Apr. 26, 2012: Mr.Hashizume, Mitsunuma, Matsumoto, Wang received Student Presentation Award of PSJ.
Shogo Hashizume & Harunobu Mitsunuma (D1) and Takuya Matsumoto & Yufei Wang (M2) received Student Prensetation Award in 132th Annual Meeting of Pharmaceutical Society of Japaan. Congratulations !
Apr. 9, 2012: Kuninobu GL received The Young Scientist's Prize.
Youichiro Kuninobu (ERATO Group Leader) received this year's Young Scienctist's Prize from MEXT, that is awarded to distinguished researchers younger than 40 years old. Congratulations !
Apr. 1, 2011: New laboratory year started !!
We are starting with new members and staffs !
2011
Mar. 24. Mr. Saga (M1) received President's award of the University of Tokyo.
Mr. Yutaka Saga (M2) received President's award of the University of Tokyo. This great honor is only given to 10 brilliant students (selected from over 28,000 students in UT).
Mar. 2, 2011 Ms. Nakanowatari (M1) received award of science article contest.
Ms. Nakanowatari (M1) received "the highest and Minister of Education and Science award" of science & technology student article contest, sponsored by Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun.
Feb. 9, 2011 Dr. Matsunaga received Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award 2010.
Dr. Shigeki Matsunaga (Lecturer) was the recipient of MBLA 2010, which is one of the most prestigious honor for young Japanese synthetic chemists under 40 years old. He will have a lectureing tour around US top research institutes supported by Banyu Life Science Foundation International.
2010
Jul. 20 Yutaka Saga (M2) received excellent presentation award.
Our M2 grad student, Yutaka Saga received excellentpresentatioin award at Summer Symposium of The Japanese Society for Process Chemistry (held on July 15-16, 2010).
Jun. 2 Update: Project
Our research topic is summarized herein.
May. 28 Update: Literature Seminar Handout.
We added previous handouts of Literature Seminar held over past 10 years. Get it now !
May. 25 Update: Gallery
Photographs of Kemigawa Sports Festival are uploaded.
May. 14 Yuta Tanaka (D2) received excellent presentation award.
Our D2 grad student, Yuta Tanaka received excellent presentatioin award at 8th Symposium: Organic Chemistry-the Next Generation- (held on May 13-14, 2010).
Apr. 22 Literature Seminar Handout is available.
We are sharing the Literature seminar handouts on the web. Please feel free to read and discuss with other chemists.
Apr. 19: Our Twitter
Upcoming and ongoing events (papers, laboratory, etc...) will be tweeted. Please follow us to catch (@kanailab).
Apr. 12: Update: Gallery
Photographs of HonoryLecuture of Prof. Shibasaki were uploaded.
Apr. 11: New website is now accessible !
Laboratory homepage was conpletely renewed.
Apr. 1: KANAI labratory has launched !
Synthetic Organic Chemistry laboratory is now under the supervision
of Prof. Motomu KANAI .
Prof. Masakatsu SHIBASAKI has moved to Microbial
Chemistry Research Center had new
laboratory.
