Chemical Resource Development Research Unit

Expanding and using chemical libraries to accelerate chemical biology research

Unit Leader

Shinya Hagihara Ph.D.

2003: Ph.D., Kyoto University
2003: Postdoctoral fellow, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
2003: Postdoctoral fellow, RIKEN
2007: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2008: Assistant Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
2013: Associate Professor, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University
2015: PRESTO Researcher
2016: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
2018: Team Leader, Molecular Bioregulation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
2025: Unit Leader, Chemical Resource Development Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)

Main Research Fields :	Complex Systems
Related Research Fields :	Informatics / Biological Sciences / Agricultural Sciences / Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy
Keywords :	Chemical Biology / Natural Products Depository / Chembioinformatics / Chemical Library
Strategic Program :	Advanced Research and Technology Platforms

Chemical Resource Development Research Unit

Outline

A chemical library is an indispensable tool to promote research on the regulation of cell functions and drug-discovery under the strategy of chemical biology. To ensure the utilization and application of the chemical library, we promote research supports for chemical biology and resource science by providing chemical compounds, their information, and structure-activity relationship analysis. Moreover, we are enriching the chemical library by cooperating with Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit.