Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
- Main Research Fields :
- Complex systems
- Related Research Fields :
- Chemistry / Biology / Agricultural sciences / Medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy / Chemical Biology / Biomolecular Chemistry / Natural product chemistry
- Keywords :
- Chemical biology / Bioactive compounds / Synthetic biology / Biosynthetic redesign
- Project :
- Metabolic Genome Engineering / Advanced Research and Technology Platforms
M
TP
Production of novel bioactive compounds with biosynthetic ways
Team Leader
Takayoshi Awakawa Ph.D. Agriculture

- 2011
- Ph.D in Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
- 2011
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2014
- University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography Prof. Bradley Moore
- 2016
- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2018
- Lecturer, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2019
- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- 2022
- Team Leader, Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
CONTACT
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
takayoshi.awakawa
Related Links
Laboratory on RIKEN Website
Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team | RIKEN
Outline

Subjects
- Redesign of biosynthetic machinery
- Alteration of enzyme function
- Functional elucidation of bioactive compounds