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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
Atsushi ARAKAKI,
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Contact Information
Address: 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588
E-mail: arakakia“at”cc.tuat.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage： http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~biomol/indexeng.html
Fields of Interest
Protein Engineering
Professional Experience
1993-2003 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (T. Matsunaga)
1998-1999 Visiting Researcher, HNEI, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA (O. Zaborsky)
2003-2004 Visiting Research Associate, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2004-2005 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (T. Osaka)
2005-2007 Research Associate, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2007-2011 Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2011-present Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and　Technology
Education
Dr. 2003, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Membership of Academic Societies
The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society for Biotechnology of Japan, The Electrochemical Society of Japan
Awards & Honors
  1. Student Presentation Award of the Chemical Society of Japan (2003)
  2. Presentation Award of the Chemical Society of Japan (2007)
Research Project
Control of Structure of Fusion Materials using Artificial Proteins with Functionality
Selected Publications
  1. Tanaka, M., Mazuyama, E., Arakaki, A., Matsunaga, T.
    “Mms6 Protein Regulates Crystal Morphology during Nano-Sized Magnetite Biomineralization”,
    J. Biol. Chem., 286, 6386-6392 (2011).

  2. Arakaki, A., Masuda, F., Amemiya, Y., Tanaka, T., Matsunaga, T.
    “Control of the Morphology and Size of Magnetite Particles with Peptides Mimicking the Mms6 Protein from Magnetotactic Bacteria”,
    J. Colloid Int. Sci., 343, 65-70 (2010).

  3. Nakazawa, H., Arakaki, A., Narita-Yamada, S., Yashiro, I., Jinno, K., Aoki, N., Tsuruyama, A., Okamura, Y., Tanikawa, S., Fujita, N., Takeyama, H., Matsunaga, T.
    “Whole Genome Sequence of Desulfovibrio magneticus Strain RS-1 Revealed Common Gene Clusters in Magnetotactic Bacteria”,
    Genome Res., 19, 1801-1808 (2009).

  4. Arakaki, A., Nakazawa, H., Nemoto, M., Mori, T., Matsunaga, T.
    “Formation of Magnetite by Bacteria and Its Application”,
    J. R. Soc. Interface, 5, 977-999 (2008).

  5. Arakaki, A., Webb, J., Matsunaga, T.
    “A Novel Protein Tightly Bound to Bacterial Magnetic Particles in Magnetospirillum magneticum strain AMB-1”,
    J. Biol. Chem.,278, 8745-8750 (2003).
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