Dewa・Kondo Lab.
Our researches
Dewa group
Structure and Function of Biomolecular Assemblies
Biomolecules forms dynamic supramolecular assemblies to function in vivo, where component molecules work cooperatively. Understanding how they assemble and work provide basic concepts for constructing biomolecule-based nanodevices. We target two systems of biomolecular assemblies with lipid bilayer structures: (1) Supramolecular Assemblies of Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins that work as highly efficient light energy conversion systems in the primary photosynthetic events, (2) Synthetic polyamine-lipid conjugates for gene carriers
Kondo group
Molecular Assembly for Development of Biomolecular devices
In biological membrane, biomacromolecules play important roles such as electron transfer, ion transfer and energy production among other things. These biomolecules work with specific directions. Therefore, we are interested in molecular assembly onto a substrate to construct devices using these biomolecules’ functions. In our research group, membrane protein related to photochemical reactions are immobilized on various substrates, and their functions are evaluated by absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, photocurrent measurement and photohydrogen production.
Member
Professor
| name | room | tel | Link (Go to NIT website) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takehisa DEWA Profile | 19bldg. Room320 | +81-52-735-5144 | takedewa*nitech.ac.jp (*=@) |
assistant Prof.
| name | room | tel | Link (Go to NIT website) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaharu KONDO Profile | 19bldg. Room318 | +81-52-735-5160 | kondou.masaharu* nitech.ac.jp(*=@) |
Emeritus Prof.
| name | Link (Go to Osaka City Univ.) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamoru NANGO (Specially-Appointed Professor in Osaka City University) |
nango*ocarina.osaka-cu.ac.jp(*=@) | |||
Students
| Name | Main Research | |
|---|---|---|
| M2 | Kana SUGIYAMA | Synthesis and Evaluation of Polyamine Lipid–based Gene Carriers |
| Mikano MATSUO | Functional Analyses of Light–Harvesting/Reaction Center Complex (LH1-RC) in Artificial Systems | |
| Koji MOMOTA | Construction of Multi-layered Lipid Bilayers containing Photosynthetic Antenna Complexes | |
| Daiki MORI | Extension of Light-Harvesting Activity of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex (LH2) in Lipid Bilayer Systems | |
| M1 | Yoko KONDO | Expression and Reconstitution of Transmembrane peptide for Photoinduced hydrogen production |
| Nobutaka TAKEDA | Functionalization of Light-Harvesting/Reaction Center Complex (LH1-RC Assembled on Electrodes) | |
| Soichiro HAYASHI | Functionalization of “Thylakoid Membrane-Like” Stacked Planar Lipid Membranes Supported onto Solid Substrate | |
| B4 | Akari GOTO | Control of Assembly Structure of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex in Lipid Bilayer Environment |
| Haruka MATSUDA | Construction of Photoinduced hydrogen production using Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complex II | |
| Yukino MIYACHI | Synthesis of Polyamine–Lipid Conjugates for Effective Gene Carriers |
