LABORATORIES
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Faculty
Introduction
Designing and synthesizing organic molecules targeting a specific biomolecule
Designing and synthesizing organic molecules targeting a specific biomolecule
The field of organic chemistry began about 200 years ago in order to improve our understanding of life and living systems. Since then, it has maintained its centrality as a science bridging living systems and materials. The main substances comprising living things are organic molecules, and how these molecules behave within living systems can be understood through organic chemistry. Moreover, organic chemistry holds a unique place in science because it expands its own purview through the production of new organic molecules.
We are currently focusing on the creation of unique organic entities that control living systems through the following projects: 1) Development of reagents that add new function(s) to bioactive molecules; 2) Synthesis of probe molecules that can be used to understand the mode-of-action of bioactive molecules; 3) Development of synthetic strategies to construct unique organic skeletons based on new principles.