Events

Feb. 25, 2026
13:00-14:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Curiosity-driven research; Constructing and deconstructing RNA granules"
Speaker: Prof. Takanari Inoue (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Dec. 02, 2025
15:00-16:15
RIKEN Seminar
"Proteome dynamics at the scale of a species: From annotating yeast gene function, to predict phenotypes in new environments"
Speaker: Dr. Markus Ralser (Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Molecular Ligand Target Research Team
Nov. 17, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Developing Framework- and Nanocluster-Based Heterogeneous Catalysis for Organic Synthesis"
Speaker: Dr. Jian He (Department of Chemistry, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Oct. 24, 2025
11:00-12:00
CSRS Seminar
"Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers"
Speaker: Dr. Dario R. Dekel (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Oct. 10, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"New Concepts, Catalysts and Reactions Based on Nitrenium Ions"
Speaker: Prof. Mark Gandelman (Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Oct. 08, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Chemical-Driven Clearance of Misfolding Protein Aggregates for Alzheimer Drug Discovery"
Speaker: Dr. Young Soo Kim (Department of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, South Korea)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Oct. 07, 2025
9:30-16:45
Global Commons Forum 2025
Venue: University of Tokyo, Ichijo Hall / Online
Sep. 24, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Allosteric regulation of isocitrate lyase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Ghader Bashiri (Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
Sep. 03, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Unusual Reactivity Patterns of Iron-Containing Enzymes: The Role of the Second Coordination Sphere"
Speaker: Prof. Samuel De Visser (The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
Jul. 28, 2025
17:10-17:30
CSRS Seminar
"Development of Site Selective C–H Transformations Enabled by Noncovalent Interactions"
Speaker: Prof. Yuichiro Kuninobu (Kyushu University)
Venue: E717/719, Yokohama campus / Zoom
Contact: Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit
Jul. 28, 2025
16:50-17:10
CSRS Seminar
"Unlocking Single-Cell Insights with the BD Rhapsody™ System: Features and Applications"
Speaker: Dr. Xiaohui Man (BD Central and South Asia, Japan)
Venue: E717/719, Yokohama campus / Zoom
Contact: Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit
Jul. 28, 2025
16:30-16:50
CSRS Seminar
"Defining Deep Biology with High Dimensional Platform Technologies"
Speaker: Dr. Robert Balderas (VP Biological science and Market Development, BD)
Venue: E717/719, Yokohama campus / Zoom
Contact: Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit
Jul. 11, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Development of Site Selective C–H Transformations Enabled by Noncovalent Interactions"
Speaker: Prof. Yuichiro Kuninobu (Kyushu University)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Jun. 06, 2025
9:30-12:00
CSRS-BRC Joint Seminar
"Effects of multiple concurrent global change drivers on soils and ecosystems"
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias C. Rillig (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)
Venue: Moriwaki Kazuo Hall, Tsukuba campus / Zoom
Contact: Holobiont and Resilience Research Team
May 14, 2025
16:00-17:20
RIKEN Seminar
"Mirror Image Oligonucleotides: New Opportunities in Biotechnology"
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan T. Sczepanski (Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Apr. 22, 2025
10:00-17:40
JACS & JACS Au Summit
-Global Trends in Chemistry and Materials Science

Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Apr. 04, 2025
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Recyclable and Degradable Polyethylene-Like Materials Sourced from Waste or Natural Oils by Functional Group Tolerant Catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Stefan Mecking (Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Mar. 19, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Unlocking new chemical space via selective catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Debabrata Maiti (Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Mar. 18, 2025
16:00-17:20
RIKEN Seminar
"Enabling Cross-Couplings of Feedstock Chemicals: Achieving C(sp3)–C(sp3) Cross-Couplings Using Electron-Donor-Acceptor Complexes"
Speaker: Prof. Sébastien Laulhé (Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Indiana University Indianapolis, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Mar. 12, 2025
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Catalysis: Advancing Affordable and Clean Energy"
Speaker: Prof.Yong Wang (The Gene & Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Mar. 03, 2025
14:30-15:30
CSRS Seminar
"Direct Transformation of N2"
Speaker: Prof. Zhang-Jie Shi (Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, P.R.China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Feb. 03, 2025
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Functional Metal-Based Nanomaterials from Metallopolymers"
Speaker: Prof. Wai-Yeung Wong (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P.R.China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jan, 22, 2025
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Controllable Carbyne Radical Process"
Speaker: Dr. Xi Wang (The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Jan. 09, 2025
9:50-10:50
CSRS Seminar
"Dinitrogen Functionalization to N-C Bonds"
Speaker: Prof. Zhenfeng Xi (College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Oct. 22, 2024
13:00-14:00
CSRS Seminar
"Electrochemical Analysis of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: Fundamental Studies & Applications in PEM Electrolyzers"
Speaker: Prof. Cedric Tard (Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, France)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus / Online
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Oct. 15, 2024
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Crystal Adaptronics: Intersectional and Collective Properties and Effects of Dynamic Molecular Crystals"
Speaker: Prof. Panče Naumov (JACS / New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE / New York University, NY, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Sep. 13, 2024
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Facile Access to Chiral Phosphorus Compounds via Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrophosphination"
Speaker: Dr. Jun Wang (Department of chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Aug. 08, 2024
16:30-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"On-Surface Synthesis: What Happens Behind the Scenes?"
Speaker: Dr. Marco Di Giovannantonio (CNR–ISM (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Struttura della Materia), Italy)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Aug. 08, 2024
15:30-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Novel Chiral Aniomic Chelating Ligands and Their Applications in Asymmetric Catalysts and Optoelectronic Molecules"
Speaker: Prof. Jiao JIAO (School of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Aug. 08, 2024
14:30-15:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Rare-Earth Metallacyclic Chemistry"
Speaker: Prof. Wen Xiong ZHANG (College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jul. 25, 2024
15:30-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Opportunities for Merging Chemical and Biological Synthesis"
Speaker: Prof. Xiaoguang Lei (College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, China)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Jul. 08, 2024
10:30-11:30
RIKEN / CSRS Seminar
"Sub-microscale electrochemical imaging using glass nanopipettes"
Speaker: Prof. Yasufumi Takahashi (Nagoya University)
Venue: S311, Bioscience Building, Wako campus / Online
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Jun. 13, 2024
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Evaluating environmental harm using a freshwater turtle model exposed to elevated Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through omics-based ecosurveillance"
Speaker: Dr. David Beale (CSIRO / RMIT University, Australia)
Venue: C214/216, Central Research Building, Yokohama campus / Online
Contact: Metabolome Informatics Research Team
May 28, 2024
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Mechanochemistry –New Opportunity for Polymer Synthesis and Chemical Recycling"
Speaker: Dr. Jeung Gon Kim (Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Korea)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
May 22, 2024
16:00-16:55
CSRS Seminar
"Orbital Interactions in Chemistry: Case Studies from Unconventional Aromaticity to Activating Dinitrogen or Breaking Benzene Ring in Organometallics"
Speaker: Prof. Jun Zhu (The School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
May 22, 2024
15:00-15:55
CSRS Seminar
"Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Through-Space Interaction in a Three-dimensional World"
Speaker: Prof. Zijie Qiu (The School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
May 15, 2024
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Selective C-N Bond Cleavage to Unlock Amide Bonds in Batch and Continuous Flow Processes"
Speaker: Dr. Wei-Yu Lin (Department of Medical and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Mar. 25, 2024
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Multiplex Cellular Imaging Using Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy and Spectral Phasor Analysis"
Speaker: Dr. William J. Tipping (Technology and Innovation Centre, The University of Strathclyde, UK)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Feb. 22, 2024
11:00-12:00
CSRS Seminar
"Converting NOx into high-valued organic chemicals via electrocatalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Guangqin Li (School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 22, 2023
10:30-11:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Merging C−C and C−H Activation: Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. Guangbin Dong (Department Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 18, 2023
17:00-18:00
RIKEN / CSRS Seminar
"Building artificial photosynthesis: from light reactions to dark reactions"
Speaker: Dr. Shanshan Luo (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Dec. 15, 2023
16:00-16:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Single-reactor multi-modal polyethylene (SRMMPE) based on Bi- and Tri-metallic catalyst technologies"
Speaker: Prof. Boping Liu (South China Agricultural University, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
15:25-15:55
RIKEN Seminar
"Exploring the Promotion Effects of Support Modification over the CrOx/VOx/SiO2 Bimetallic Catalyst for Bimodal UHMWPE/HDPE In-reactor Blends: An Alternative View from Experimental and Theoretical Approaches"
Speaker: Prof. Yulong Jin (College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
14:20-14:50
RIKEN Seminar
"A case study of the relationship between chain-structure, thermomechanical property, and catalyst structure for commodity mLLDPE product"
Speaker5: Prof. Yang Yang (College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
13:45-14:15
RIKEN Seminar
"Metal Synergistic Enables Close-Loop Recycling and Upcycling of Commodity Polyesters by Binuclear Titanium Catalyst"
Speaker: Prof. Haobing Wang (School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
13:10-13:40
RIKEN Seminar
"Diverse Polyolefins Synthesis"
Speaker: Prof. Zhongbao Jian (State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
11:10-11:40
RIKEN Seminar
"Copolymerization of ethylene and olefins catalyzed by novel rare earth complexes"
Speaker: Prof. Baoli Wang (State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Dec. 15, 2023
10:35-11:05
RIKEN Seminar
"Synthesis of new plastics and elastomers: catalysts, structures, and properties"
Speaker: Prof. Dongmei Cui (State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Venue: S311, BioScience Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Nov. 27, 2023
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Rh-catalyzed transformations via transient π-arene complexes"
Speaker: Prof.Hang Shi (Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, China)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Nov. 09, 2023
14:00-15:00
CSRS Seminar
"Electrodeposition of Functional Alloys From the Viewpoint of Entropy Control"
Speaker: Dr. Kazuhiro Fukami (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University)
Venue: S110, Sustainable Resource Science Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Nov. 06, 2023
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Betaine Lipids overexpression in higher plants"
Speaker: Dr. Juliette Jouhet (Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, CEA, Grenoble, France)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus
Contact: Plant Lipid Research Team
Oct. 25, 2023
14:00-15:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Quest for Excitement in Chemical Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry, Biology and Medicine"
Speaker: Prof. Iwao Ojima (Chemistry Department, University of Louisville, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Oct. 24, 2023
16:00-17:20
RIKEN CSRS Seminar
"Cyclic Vinylogous Esters: A Versatile Substrate for Total Synthesis and Methodology Development"
Speaker: Dr. Yen-Ku Wu (Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chicao Tung University, Taiwan)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
Oct. 17, 2023
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Tuning Nanostructured Polymer Membranes via Lyotropic Assembly: Towards More Efficient Fabrication of Sub-1 nm Channels"
Speaker: Prof. Yizhou Zhang (Core Research Cluster for Materials Science, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University)
Venue: Seminar Room, 6F Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Oct. 10, 2023
11:00-12:00
CSRS Seminar
"Dangerous liaisons: COP1 and DET1 regulatory loops in controlling plant development"
Speaker: Dr. Vicente Rubio (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Spain)
Venue: C214/216, Central Research Bldg, Yokohama campus
Contact: Synthetic Genomics Research Group
Sep. 08, 2023
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Phosphorus-Element Bond-Forming Reactions from PN to Phosphinidene Group Transfer"
Speaker: Prof. Christopher C. Cummins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Building, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Sep. 04, 2023
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"New Developments in Low-Valent and Early Transition Metal Ions, Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds, and Catalytic Reactions Involving Methane"
Speaker: Prof. Daniel J. Mindiola (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Building, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jul. 10, 2023
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"NHC-Supported Copper(I) Main Group Complexes in Synthesis and Catalysis"
Speaker: Prof. David Liptrot (University of Bath, UK)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Building, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jul. 10, 2023
15:00-16:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Sustainable electrosynthesis of hydrogen and ammonia"
Speaker: Prof. Alexandr Simonov (Monash University, Australia)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Building, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Jun. 02, 2023
14:30-16:00
CSRS Seminar
"Genetic analysis of natural variation in plant metabolism - Lessons learned and future guidance"
Speaker: Dr. Joost. J.B. Keurentjes (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands)
Venue: E717/719, East Research Building, Yokohama campus / Zoom webinar
Contact: Metabolomics Research Group
Apr. 14, 2023
16:00-17:20
RIKEN Seminar
"How to make drugs (fast): natural and engineered microbial natural products"
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Helge B. Bode (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
Venue: Bioscience 3F S311 Large Seminar Room, Wako campus
Contact: Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
Feb. 06, 2023
17:00-18:00
RIKEN Seminar / CSRS Seminar
"Bringing inorganic carbon to life: From new-to-nature carboxylases to artificial chloroplasts"
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tobias J. Erb (Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Jan. 17, 2023
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"The Sabatier principle as a tool for the discovery and engineering of industrial enzymes"
Speaker: Dr. Jeppe Kari (Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Dec. 16, 2022
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Carbo- and nickel-catalyzed CO2 valorization: new perspectives in organic synthesis"
Speaker: Prof. Marco Bandini (Organic chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy)
Venue: S507, Chemistry & Materials Physics Bldg, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Dec. 6, 2022
10:00-11:00
CSRS Seminar
"Eco-redox model: Towards a fundamental understanding of ecological metabolism"
Speaker: Dr. Mayumi Seto (Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Nov. 28, 2022
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Developments in Photocatalytic Hydrophosphination"
Speaker: Prof. Rory Waterman
(Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Nov. 25, 2022
17:00-18:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Lighting up Bio-Molecules with Fluorescent Chemical Tools"
Speaker: Prof. Ankona Datta
(Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
Venue: Sustainable Resource Science Bldg S110, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Nov. 25, 2022
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Tailoring Organosodium Reagents for Arene Functionalisation"
Speaker: Prof. Eva Hevia
(Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland)
Venue: Sustainable Resource Science Bldg S110, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Nov. 15, 2022
16:00-17:30
RIKEN Seminar
"Stereoselective synthesis & catalysis with reactive metal carbenes and ylides"
Speaker: Prof. Jerome Lacour
(Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Oct. 4, 2022
14:00-15:20
RIKEN Seminar
"Searching for New Reactivity: Iron-Catalyzed Selective Nitrogen Atom Transfer"
Speaker: Prof. Hao Xu
(Department of Chemistry, Brandeis University, USA)
Venue: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
Jul. 12, 2022
10:00-11:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Quantum Supremacy at Electrified Solid-Liquid Interfaces"
Speaker: Dr. Ken Sakaushi
(National Institute for Materials Science)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Jul. 5, 2022
16:00-17:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Photoenzymatic Catalysis - Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions"
Speaker: Prof. Todd K. Hyster
(Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, USA)
Venue: Suzuki Umetarou Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Jun. 17, 2022
15:00-16:10
RIKEN Seminar
"Metal-catalyzed carbonylative polymerizations - A quest for sustainable commodity plastics"
Speaker: Prof. Li JIA (The University of Akron, USA)
Venue: Okochi Hall, Wako campus
Contact: Advanced Catalysis Research Group
Feb. 22, 2022
10:00-11:00
RIKEN Seminar
"Time-Resolved Spectroscopy for Understanding how Charges Drive Metal Oxide Catalysts for Water Oxidation"
Speaker: Dr. Heinz Frei
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
Feb. 4, 2022
16:00-17:00
CSRS Seminar
"Iron-catalysis for and photocatalysis inspired by development of organic electronic materials"
Speaker: Prof. Rui Shang
(Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: BAdvanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
Jan. 19, 2022
13:30-14:30
CSRS Seminar
"Condensate Formation by Glycolytic Enzymes To Alter Carbon Metabolism under Hypoxia"
Speaker: Dr. Natsuko Miura
(Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Contact: Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team