FURUTANI Yuji

写真a

Affiliation Department

Life and Material Engineering education
Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry
Opto-Biotechnology Research Center

Title

Associate Professor

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Degree

  • 博士(理学) ( 2004.03   京都大学 )

  • 修士(理学) ( 2001.03   京都大学 )

  • 学士(理学) ( 1999.03   京都大学 )

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Bio chemistry

  • Life Science / Biophysics

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Fundamental physical chemistry

From School

  • Kyoto University   Faculty of Science   Graduated

    1993.04 - 1999.03

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    Country:Japan

From Graduate School

  • Kyoto University   Graduate School, Division of Natural Science   Doctor's Course   Completed

    2001.04 - 2004.03

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    Country:Japan

  • Kyoto University   Graduate School, Division of Natural Science   Master's Course   Completed

    1999.04 - 2001.03

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    Country:Japan

External Career

  • The Graduate University for Advanced Studies   Associate Professor

    2009.04 - 2018.09

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    Country:Japan

  • 科学技術振興機構   さきがけ研究員

    2011.10 - 2015.03

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    Country:Japan

  • National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Institute for Molecular Science   Associate Professor

    2009.03 - 2018.09

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    Country:Japan

  • Nagoya Institute of Technology   Graduate School of Engineering   Assistant Professor

    2007.04 - 2009.02

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    Country:Japan

  • Nagoya Institute of Technology   School of Engineering   Research Assistant

    2006.04 - 2007.03

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Professional Memberships

  • The Biophysical Society of Japan

    2001.05

  • Japan Society for Molecular Science

    2006.10

  • The Japanese Photochemistry Association

    2009.04

  • The Spectroscopical Society of Japan

    2005.04

  • The Chemical Society of Japan

    2005.03

 

Papers

  • Unusual Photoisomerization Pathway in a Near-Infrared Light Absorbing Enzymerhodopsin Reviewed International coauthorship

    Masahiro Sugiura, Kazuki Ishikawa, Kota Katayama, Yuji Sumii, Rei Abe-Yoshizumi, Satoshi Tsunoda, Yuji Furutani, Norio Shibata, Leonid Brown, and Hideki Kandori*

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters   13   9539 - 9543   2022.10

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02334

    Other Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02334

  • Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels Reviewed International coauthorship

    Andrey Rozenberg, Igor Kaczmarczyk, Donna Matzov, Johannes Vierock, Takashi Nagata, Masahiro Sugiura, Kota Katayama, Yuma Kawasaki, Masae Konno, Yujiro Nagasaka, Mako Aoyama, Ishita Das, Efrat Pahima, Jonathan Church, Suliman Adam, Veniamin A. Borin, Ariel Chazan, Sandra Augustin, Jonas Wietek, Julien Dine, Yoav Peleg, Akira Kawanabe, Yuichiro Fujiwara, Ofer Yizhar, Mordechai Sheves, Igor Schapiro, Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori, Keiichi Inoue, Peter Hegemann, Oded Béjà*, Moran Shalev-Benami*

    nature structural & molecular biology   29   592 - 603   2022.06

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    DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00783-x

    Other Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-022-00783-x

  • Desiccation-induced fibrous condensation of CAHS protein from an anhydrobiotic tardigrade Reviewed International journal

    Maho Yagi-Utsumi, Kazuhiro Aoki, Hiroki Watanabe, Chihong Song, Seiji Nishimura, Tadashi Satoh, Saeko Yanaka, Christian Ganser, Sae Tanaka, Vincent Schnapka, Ean Wai Goh, Yuji Furutani, Kazuyoshi Murata, Takayuki Uchihashi, Kazuharu Arakawa, Koichi Kato

    Scientific Reports   11   21328   2021.11

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    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00724-6

    Other Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-00724-6

  • Inverse Hydrogen-Bonding Change Between the Protonated Retinal Schiff Base and Water Molecules upon Photoisomerization in Heliorhodopsin 48C12 Reviewed International journal

    Sahoko Tomida, Shinya Kitagawa, Hideki Kandori, Yuji Furutani

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   125 ( 30 )   8331 - 8341   2021.07

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01907

    Other Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01907

  • Zinc Binding to Heliorhodopsin Reviewed International journal

    Masanori Hashimoto, Kota Katayama, Yuji Furutani, and Hideki Kandori

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters   11 ( 20 )   8604 - 8609   2020.10

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02383

    Other Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02383

  • Infrared spectroscopic analysis on structural changes around the protonated Schiff base upon retinal isomerization in light-driven sodium pump KR2 Reviewed International journal

    Sahoko Tomida, Shota Ito, Tomoya Mato, Yuji Furutani, Keiichi Inoue, and Hideki Kandori

    Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics   1861 ( 7 )   148190   2020.07

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148190

    Other Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272820300402

  • Mechanism of Inward Proton Transport in an Antarctic Microbial Rhodopsin Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Andrew Harris, Michalis Lazaratos, Malte Siemers, Ethan Watt, Anh Hoang, Sahoko Tomida, Luiz Schubert, Mattia Saita, Joachim Heberle, Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori, Ana-Nicoleta Bondar, and Leonid Brown

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   124 ( 24 )   4851 - 4872   2020.06

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02767

    Other Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c02767

  • Regulation of Photocycle Kinetics of Photoactive Yellow Protein by Modulating Flexibility of β-Turn Reviewed International journal

    Yasushi Imamoto, Hiroaki Sasayama, Miki Harigai, Yuji Furutani, & Mikio Kataoka

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   124 ( 8 )   1452 - 1459   2020.02

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11879

    Other Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11879

  • Crystal structure of heliorhodopsin Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Wataru Shihoya, Keiichi Inoue, Manish Singh, Masae Konno, Shoko Hososhima, Keitaro Yamashita, Kento Ikeda, Akimitsu Higuchi, Tamaki Izume, Sae Okazaki, Masanori Hashimoto, Ritsu Mizutori, Sahoko Tomida, Yumeka Yamauchi, Rei Abe-Yoshizumi, Kota Katayama, Satoshi P. Tsunoda, Mikihiro Shibata, Yuji Furutani, Alina Pushkarev, Oded Béjà, Takayuki Uchihashi, Hideki Kandori, Osamu Nureki

    Nature   574   132 - 136   2019.09

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Springer Nature  

    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1604-6

    Other Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1604-6

  • Vibrational and Molecular Properties of Mg2+ Binding and Ion Selectivity in the Magnesium Channel MgtE Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    Tetsunari Kimura, Victor A. Lorenz-Fonfria, Shintaro Douki, Hideyoshi Motoki, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Osamu Nureki, Masahiro Higashi, Yuji Furutani

    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B   122 ( 42 )   9681 - 9696   2018.09

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    DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07967

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Books and Other Publications

  • Optogenetics : Light-Sensing Proteins and Their Applications in Neuroscience and Beyond

    Hisao Tsukamoto, Yuji Furutani( Role: Joint author ,  Optogenetic Modulation of Ion Channels by Photoreceptive Proteins)

    Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.  2021.01  ( ISBN:978-981-15-8763-4

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    Total pages:1285   Responsible for pages:73-88   Language:eng   Book type:Scholarly book

  • Encyclopedia of Photobiology

    ( Role: Joint author)

    2016.02  ( ISBN:978-4-254-17161-7

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    Total pages:436   Responsible for pages:154-155   Language:jpn   Book type:Dictionary, encyclopedia

  • Optogenetics -Light-Sensing Proteins and Their Applications-

    Yuji Furutani( Role: Contributor ,  Molecular Mechanisms for Ion Transportation of Microbial Rhodopsins Studied by Light-Induced Difference FTIR Spectroscopy)

    Springer  2015  ( ISBN:978-4-431-55515-5

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    Total pages:409   Responsible for pages:63-76   Language:eng   Book type:Scholarly book

  • オプトジェネティクス-光工学と遺伝学による行動制御技術の最前線-

    古谷 祐詞( Role: Contributor ,  微生物型ロドプシンの光誘起イオン輸送メカニズムの解明)

    エヌ・ティー・エス  2013.04  ( ISBN:978-4-86469-071-3

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    Total pages:324   Responsible for pages:69-78   Language:jpn   Book type:Scholarly book

  • 生物物理学ハンドブック

    古谷祐詞, 神取秀樹( Role: Contributor ,  赤外・ラマン分光法)

    朝倉書店  2007.04  ( ISBN:978-4-254-17122-8

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    Total pages:680   Responsible for pages:537-539   Language:jpn   Book type:Dictionary, encyclopedia

Misc

  • Ion–protein interactions of a potassium ion channel studied by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Invited Reviewed International journal

    Yuji Furutani

    10 ( 2 )   235 - 239   2017.11

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    DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0337-8

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  • 光誘起赤外差分光法による微生物型ロドプシンのイオン輸送機構の研究 Invited Reviewed

    古谷 祐詞

    36 ( 4 )   460 - 465   2016.01

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Publisher:日本レーザー医学会  

    DOI: 10.2530/jslsm.jslsm-36_0040

    Other Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jslsm/36/4/36_jslsm-36_0040/_article/-char/ja

  • 急速緩衝液交換法による時間分解全反射赤外分光法の開発 Invited Reviewed

    古谷 祐詞, 木村 哲就, 岡本 基土

    54 ( 5 )   272 - 275   2014.09

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Publisher:日本生物物理学会  

    DOI: 10.2142/biophys.54.272

    Other Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biophys/54/5/54_272/_article/-char/ja/

  • 赤外分光法による膜タンパク質の分子機構研究 Invited Reviewed

    古谷 祐詞

    8 ( 1 )   A0067   2014.09

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Publisher:分子科学会  

    DOI: 10.3175/molsci.8.A0067

    Other Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/molsci/8/1/8_A0067/_article/-char/ja/

  • Infrared spectroscopic studies on the V-ATPase Invited Reviewed International journal

    Hideki Kandori, Yuji Furutani, Takeshi Murata

    1847 ( 1 )   134 - 141   2014.08

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.07.020

    Other Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005272814005581

  • Hydrogen-bonding changes of internal water molecules upon the actions of microbial rhodopsins studied by FTIR spectroscopy Reviewed International journal

    Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori

    1837 ( 5 )   598 - 605   2013.09

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    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.09.004

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  • 全反射赤外分光法による膜タンパク質の構造機能相関研究の現状と展望 Invited Reviewed

    古谷 祐詞

    64 ( 9 )   694 - 695   2011.11

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:Japanese   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Publisher:日本化学会  

    Other Link: http://www.chemistry.or.jp/journal/chemical-industry/vol64no9.html

  • An inward proton transport using Anabaena sensory rhodopsin Reviewed International journal

    Akira Kawanabe, Yuji Furutani, Kwang-Hwan Jung, Hideki Kandori

    49 ( 1 )   1 - 6   2011.03

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    DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0547-x

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  • Protein-Protein Interaction Changes in an Archaeal Light-Signal Transduction Reviewed International journal

    Hideki Kandori, Yuki Sudo and Yuji Furutani

    2010   Article ID 424760   2010.05

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    DOI: 10.1155/2010/424760

    Other Link: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2010/424760/

  • Internal Water Molecules of Archaeal Rhodopsins Reviewed International journal

    Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori

    19 ( 4 )   257 - 265   2009.07

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)   Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online  

    DOI: 10.1080/0968768021000035069

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Presentations

  • 近赤外光吸収酵素ロドプシン(NeoR)の特異な光異性化反応

    杉浦雅大, 石川和季, 片山耕大, 住井裕司, 吉住玲, 角田聡, 古谷祐詞, 柴田哲男, L. S. Brown, 神取秀樹

    令和4年度新学術領域研究「高速分子動画」シンポジウム・領域会議 

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    Event date: 2022.11

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    Venue:淡路  

  • Research on proton transport mechanism of N112 mutants in light-driven Na + / H + hybrid pump-type rhodopsin KR2 International conference

    Y. Ichikawa, Y. Furutani

    19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 

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    Event date: 2022.10 - 2022.11

    Language:English   Presentation type:Poster presentation  

    Venue:sapporo  

  • Structural change upon O intermediate formation of Heliorhodopsin analyzed by using IR spectroscopy International conference

    S. Kato, J. Tang, Insyeerah Binti Muhammad Jauhari, Y. Furutani

    19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 

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    Event date: 2022.10 - 2022.11

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    Venue:sapporo  

  • Characteristic photochemical properties of near-infrared light-absorbing enzymerhodopsin (NeoR) International conference

    M. Sugiura, K. Ishikawa, K. Katayama, Y. Sumii, R. Abe-Yoshizumi, S. P. Tsunoda, Y. Furutani, N. Shibata, L. S. Brown, H. Kandori

    19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 

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  • Role of proton transfer in the activation of Heliorhodopsin International conference

    M. Singh, M. Hashimoto, K. Katayama, Y. Furutani, H. Kandori

    19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 

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  • Vibrational spectroscopic studies on molecular mechanisms of a sodium-pumping rhodopsin, Krokinobacter rhodopsin 2 International conference

    Y. Furutani, S. Tomida, S. Ochiai, A. Wada, H. Kandori

    19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins 

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  • Structural changes of rhodopsin studied by surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy as a model system of membrane proteins Invited International conference

    Y. Furutani

    The 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan  2022.09 

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    Venue:hakodate  

  • Study of proton-selective pumping mechanism of N112 mutants in light-driven Na + / H + hybrid pump-type rhodopsin KR2 International conference

    Y. Ichikawa, Y. Furutani

    The 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan  2022.09 

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    Venue:hakodate  

  • Structural change upon O intermediate formation of Heliorhodopsin analyzed by using SEIRA spectroscopy International conference

    S. Kato , J. Tang, Insyeerah Binti Muhammad Jauhari, H. Kandori, Y. Furutani

    The 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan  2022.09 

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    Venue:hakodate  

  • Spectroscopic analysis of novel microbial rhodopsin showing photoreaction from all-trans- to 11-cis-retinal International conference

    M. Aoyama, K. Katayama, R. Abe-Yoshizumi, M. Sugiura, A. Rozenberg, I. Kaczmarczyk, D. Matzov, T. Nagata, M. Shalev-Benami, O. Béjà, K. Inoue, Y. Furutani, H. Kandori

    The 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan  2022.09 

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Awards

  • 第3回Biophysics and Physicobiology Editors’ Choice Award

    2016   日本生物物理学会   Specific interactions between alkali metal cations and the KcsA channel studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

    Yuji Furutani, Hirofumi Shimizu, Yusuke Asai, Shigetoshi Oiki, Hideki Kandori

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  • 第1回BIOPHYSICS Editors’ Choice Award

    2014   日本生物物理学会   Specific interactions between alkali metal cations and the KcsA channel studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

    Yuji Furutani, Tetsunari Kimura, Kido Okamoto

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  • 第6回(2013年度)分子科学会奨励賞

    2013   分子科学会   赤外分光法による膜タンパク質の動作機構の解明

    古谷 祐詞

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  • 平成24年度分子科学研究奨励森野基金

    2012   公益信託 分子科学研究奨励森野基金   赤外分光法による膜タンパク質の情報伝達・エネルギー変換およびタンパク質機能を模倣した特異的ナノ反応場の分子機構研究

    古谷 祐詞

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  • 平成19年度名古屋工業大学職員褒賞 優秀賞

    2007   名古屋工業大学  

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Scientific Research Funds Acquisition Results

  • 時間分解構造解析を補完する精密顕微分光計測

    2019.06 - 2024.03

    科学研究費補助金  新学術領域研究

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  • 膜タンパク質の分子機構解明に資する新規赤外分光計測法の開発

    2014.04 - 2018.03

    科学研究費補助金  若手研究(A)

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  • 膜電位存在下での膜タンパク質の赤外分光解析系の開発

    2014.04 - 2017.03

    科学研究費補助金  挑戦的萌芽研究

    古谷 祐詞

  • 哺乳動物イオンチャネルの機能的発現と分子機構解析

    2012.04 - 2014.03

    科学研究費補助金  挑戦的萌芽研究

    古谷 祐詞

  • 光に応答しない膜機能分子の赤外分光測定

    2010.04 - 2015.03

    科学研究費補助金  基盤研究(A)

    神取 秀樹

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Other External Funds

  • 先進的超短赤外パルス光源を用いた顕微イメージング装置の開発と生命科学への応用

    2017.10 - 2023.03

    科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業 

    藤 貴夫

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  • 様々な光エネルギー変換系における水分子の構造・機能相関解明

    2011.10 - 2015.03

    科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業 

    古谷 祐詞

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  • 光神経電子集積回路開発と機能解析・応用

    2009.10 - 2011.09

    科学技術振興機構  戦略的創造研究推進事業 

    宇理須 恒雄

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