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  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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Profile
Katsuhiko SHIMIZU,
Associate Professor
Organization for Regional Industrial Academic Cooperation, Tottori University
Contact Information
Address: 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8550
E-mail: kshimizu“at”cjrd.tottori-u.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage：http://www.cjrd.tottori-u.ac.jp/
Fields of Interest
Biopolymers, Organic-Inorganic Composite, Marine Organisms, Genetic Engineering
Professional Experience
1987-1992 Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1992-1996 Researcher, ERATO Fusetani Biofouling Project, JRDC
1996-2000 Postdoctoral Researcher, Marine Biotechnology Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
2000-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Histology, Dokkyo Medical College
2002-2005 Researcher, Hiroshima BioCluster
2005-2008 Vice President and Director, Research & Development Department, NEOSILK Co., Ltd.
2008-2010 Alliance Producer, Organization for Regional Industrial Academic Cooperation, Tottori University
2010-present Associate Professor, Organization for Regional Industrial Academic Cooperation, Tottori University
Education
Ph. D., Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1992
Membership of Academic Societies
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology, The Zoological Society of Japan
Awards & Honors
none
Research Project
Development of Novel Fusion Materials by Taking Advantages of Glassin, a Newly Identified Protein in Silicon Biomineralization of the Hexactinelid Sponge Euplectella aspergillum
Selected Publications
  1. Sakamoto, T., Arakaki, A., Shimizu K., Nishimura, T., Kato T.
    ”Anisotropic Crystal Growth and Construction of Inorganic/organic Hybrid Structure by Controlling of Organic Molecules”,
    Ceramics Japan, 47, 285-290 (2012).

  2. Shimizu K.
    “Biosilica”,
    In “Trends in Marine Biotechnology” (Fusetani, N. ed.), pp.167-186 (2011). CMC Publishing.

  3. Shimizu, K., Del Amo, Y., Brzezinski, M.A., Stucky, G.E., Morse, D.E.
    “A Novel Fluorescent Silica Tracer for Biological Silicification Studies”,
    Chemistry & Biology, 136, 1051-1060 (2001).

  4. Cha, J.N., Shimizu, K., Zhou, Y., Christiansen, S.C., Chmelka, B.F., Stucky G.E., Morse, D.E.
    “Silicatein Filaments and Subunits from a Marine Sponge Direct the Polymerization of Silica and Silicones in vitro”,
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 96, 361-365 (1999).

  5. Shimizu, K., Cha, J., Stucky G.E., Morse, D.E.
    “Silicatein : Cathepsin L-Like Protein in Sponge Silica”,
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 95, 6234-6238 (1998).

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