Dewa・Kondo Lab.

Professor  Takehisa DEWA

Takehisa DEWA

Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry
Graduate School of Engineering
Nagoya Institute of Technology

Room320,Bidg19
Gokiso-cho, Showa, Nagoya,466-8555 Japan
takedewa*nitech.ac.jp(*=@)
Phone:+81-52-735-5144|Web

Affiliation

Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry

Academic Degree

Doctor of Engineering (Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1994)

Academic background

1994Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1994–1996Postdoctoral fellow, Lehigh University, USA (Professor Steven L. Regen)
1996–2000Postdoctoral fellow, Kyushu University, Japan (CREST/JST, Professor Yasuhiro Aoyama)
2001–2004Assistant Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology
2001–2005PRESTO Researcher (Organization and Function, JST)
2004–2008Lecturer, Nagoya Institute of Technology
2008–2016Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology
2009-2013PRESTO Researcher (Chemical Conversion of Light Energy, JST)
2016-presentProfessor, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Structure and function of biomolecular assemblies
  • Construction and functional analysis of photosynthetic antenna systems
  • Drug delivery systems using synthetic lipids

Membership

American Chemical Society, The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Polymer Science,
The Biophysical Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Photosunthesis Research

Selected Publications(2010-Present)

Link to NIT webpage

  • Oxygen-Evolving Porous Glass Plates Containing the Photosynthetic Photosystem II Pigment-Protein Complex
    T. Noji, K. Kawakami, J. R. Shen, T. Dewa, M. Nango, N. Kamiya, S. Itoh, T. Jin
    Langmuir, 32, 7796–7805, 2016.
  • Light-induced hydrogen production by Photosystem I–Pt nanoparticle conjugates immobilized in porous glass plate nanopores
    T. Noji, T. Suzuki, M. Kondo, T. Jin, K. Kawakami, T. Mizuno, H. Oh-oka, M. Ikeuchi, M. Nango, Y. Amao, N. Kamiya, T. Dewa
    Res. Chem. Intermed. 42 (11) 7731-7742 (2016)
  • One-step encapsulation of siRNA between lipid-layers of multi-layer polycation liposomes by lipoplex freeze-thawing
    H. Koide, A. Okamoto, H. Tsuchida, H. Ando, S. Ariizumi, C. Kiyokawa, M. Hashimoto, T. Asai, T. Dewa, N. Oku
    J. Controlled Release 228, 1-8 2016
  • Extension of Light-Harvesting Ability of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex 2 (LH2) through Ultrafast Energy Transfer from Covalently Attached Artificial Chromophores
    Y. Yoneda, T. Noji, T. Katayama, N. Mizutani, D. Komori, M. Nango, H. Miyasaka, S. Itoh, Y. Nagasawa, T. Dewa
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 13121-13129 (2015)
  • Advanced cancer therapy by integrative antitumor actions via systemic administration of miR-499
    H. Ando, T. Asai, H. Koide, A. Okamoto, N. iMaeda, K. Tomita, T. Dewa, T. Minamino, N. Oku
    J. Controlled Release 181, 32-39 (2014)
  • Light-driven Hydrogen Production by Hydrogenases and a Ru-complex inside a Nanoporous Glass Plate under Aerobic External Conditions
    T. Noji, M. Kondo, T. Jin, T. Yazawa, H. Osuka, Y. Higuchi, M. Nango, S. Itoh, T. Dewa
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 2402–2407 (2014)
  • Gating-Associated Clustering−Dispersion Dynamics of the KcsA Potassium Channel in a Lipid Membrane
    A. Sumino, D. Yamamoto, M. Iwamoto, T. Dewa, S. Oiki
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 5, 578-584 (2014)
  • Structure–Function Relationships of the Supramolecular Assembly of the Bacterial Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes in Lipid Membranes
    T. Dewa, A. Sumino, N. Watanabe, T. Noji, M. Nango
    Res. Chem. Intermed. 40, 3243-3256 (2014)
  • Influence of Phospholipid Composition on Self-Assembly and Energy-Transfer Efficiency in Networks of Light-Harvesting 2 Complexes
    A. Sumino, T. Dewa, T. Noji, Y. Nakano, N. Watanabe, R. Hildner, N. Bösch, J. Köhler, M. Nango
    J. Phys. Chem. B 117, 10395–10404 (2013)
  • Electron Conduction and Photocurrent Generation of a Light-Harvesting/Reaction Center Core Complex in Lipid Membrane Environments
    A. Sumino, T. Dewa, N. Sasaki, M. Kondo, M. Nango
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 1087–1092 (2013)
  • Energy Transfer and Clustering of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes in Reconstituted Lipid Membranes
    T. Dewa, A. Sumino, N. Watanabe, T. Noji, M. Nango
    Chem. Phys., 419, 200-204 (2013)
  • The Open Gate Structure of the Membrane-Embedded KcsA Potassium Channel Viewed From the Cytoplasmic Side
    A. Sumino, T. Sumikama, M. Iwamoto, T. Dewa, S. Oiki
    Scientific Reports 3, 1063 (2013)
  • Immobilization and Photocurrent Activity of a Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex II, LHCII Isolated from a Plant on Electrodes
    M. Nagata, M. Amano, T. Joke, K. Fuji, A. Okuda, M. Kondo, S. Ishigure, T. Dewa, K. Iida, F. Secundo, Y. Amao, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango
    ACS Macro Lett., 1, 296-299 (2012)
  • RGD-based active targeting of novel polycation liposomes bearing siRNA for cancer treatment
    N. Yonenaga, E. Kenjo, T. Asai, A. Tsuruta, K. Shimizu, T. Dewa, M. Nango, N. Oku
    J. Control. Release 160, 177-181 (2012)
  • Construction and Structural Analysis of Tethered Lipid Bilayer Containing Photosynthetic Antenna Proteins for Functional Analysis
    A. Sumino, T. Dewa, T. Takeuchi, R. Sugiura, N. Sasaki, N. Misawa, R. Tero, T. Urisu, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango
    Biomacromolecules, 12, 2850-2858 (2011)
  • Dicetyl phosphate-tetraethylenepentamine-based Liposomes for Systemic siRNA Delivery
    T. Asai, S. Matsushita, E. Kenjo, T. Tsuzuku, N. Yonenaga, H. Koide, K. Hatanaka, T. Dewa, M. Nango, N. Maeda, H. Kikuchi, N. Oku
    Bioconjugate Chem. 22 429-435 (2011)
  • Reconstitution and AFM Observation of Photosynthetic Membrane Protein Assembly in Planar Lipid Bilayers
    A. Sumino, T. Dewa, N. Sasaki, N. Watanabe, M. Kondo, T. Morii, H. Hashimoto, M. Nango
    e-J. Surf. Sci. Nanotech. 9, 15-20 (2011) (Editor’s choice)
  • Selective Assembly of Photosynthetic Antenna Proteins into a Domain-Structured Lipid Bilayer for the Construction of Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna Systems: Structural Analysis of the Assembly using Surface Plasmon Resonance and Atomic Force Microscopy
    A. Sumino, T. Dewa, M. Kondo, T. Morii, H. Hashimoto, A. T. Gardiner, R. J. Cogdell, M. Nango
    Langmuir, 27, 1092-1099 (2011)
  • Liposomal Polyamine–Dialkyl Phosphate Conjugates as Effective Gene Carriers: Chemical Structure, Morphology, and Gene Transfer activity
    T. Dewa, T. Asai, Y. Tsunoda, K. Kato, D. Baba, M. Uchida, A. Sumino, K. Niwata, T. Umemoto, K. Iida, N. Oku, M. Nango
    Bioconjugate Chem., 21, 844-852 (2010)
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