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INTRODUCTION
OUTLINE
  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
ORGANIZATION
  • A01 Molecular Control
  • A02 Structure Construction
  • A03 Function Exploration
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Profile
Tomohisa OGAWA,
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Contact Information
Address: 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577
E-mail: ogawa“at”biochem.tohoku.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage：http://www.agri.tohoku.ac.jp/hozo/index.html
http://www.lifesci.tohoku.ac.jp/teacher/biomolecular/ts_ogawa.html
Fields of Interest
Biomineralization, Biopolymers, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Protein
Professional Experience

1986-1991 Graduate Research, Kyushu University
1991 JSPS (Postdoctoral) Fellow, Kyushu University
1991-1996 Assistant Professor, Kyushu University
1997- present Associate Professor, Tohoku University
2002- 2004 Visiting Associate Professor, Osaka University
2004- 2009 Program Leader, CIR, Tohoku University
Education
Ph. D., Kyushu University, 1991
Membership of Academic Societies
The Chemical Society of Japan; Japanese Society for Biochemistry; Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry; The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research; Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan; The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Awards & Honors
  1. Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (10th) (1993)
  2. JSBBA Tohoku Award for the Encouragement of Young Scientists (2004)
  3. 65th Annual Meeting of Chemistry Societies in Tohoku, Poster Award (2010)
Research Project
Development of the Functional Nano-Materials Based on the Biomineralization Mechanisms
Selected Publications
  1. Watanabe, M., Nakamura, O., Muramoto, K., Ogawa, T.
    “Allosteric Regulation of the Carbohydrate-Binding Ability of a Novel Conger Eel Galectin by D-mannoside”,
    J. Biol. Chem., 287 (37) , 31061-31072 (2012).

  2. Ogawa, T., Watanabe, M., Naganuma, T., Muramoto, K.
    “Diversified Carbohydrate-Binding Lectins from Marine Resources”,
    J. Amino Acids (2011). (Article ID 838914, 20 pages, DOI:10.4061/2011/838914)

  3. Konno, A., Kitagawa, A., Watanabe, M., Ogawa T., Shirai, T.
    “Tracing Protein Evolution through Ancestral Structures of Fish Galectin”,
    Structure, 19, 711-721 (2011).

  4. Konno, A., Yonemaru, S., Kitagawa, A., Muramoto, K., Shirai, T., Ogawa, T.
    “Protein Engineering of Conger Eel Galectins by Tracing of Molecular Evolution Using Probable Ancestral Mutants”,
    BMC Evol. Biol., 10, 43 (2010).

  5. Naganuma T., Ogawa T., Hirabayashi J., Kasai K., Kamiya H., Muramoto K.
    “Isolation, Characterization and Molecular Evolution of a Novel Pearl Shell Lectin from a Marine Bivalve, Pteria penguin”,
    Mol. Divers., 10, 607-618 (2006).

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