山梨大学ロゴ

University of Yamanashi
SATO

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SATO Laboratory has three main components;
"Organic Synthesis", "Computational Chemistry" and "Biochemistry".
Let's work together to elucidate the biosynthesis of natural products with a combined aproarch of theoretical chemistry and experimental chemistry!

NEWS!

2024.4【Award】 Rintaro Gemma received Student Presentation Award at the 144th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
2024.4【Research Funding】accepted for a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)!
2024.3【Award】 Moe Nakano received the Engineering Department Encouragement Award.
2024.2【award】B4 Kazuma Hiasa won the 1st prize for the best presentation in the graduation thesis presentation at the Department of Applied Chemistry.
2024.2【Award】A student of our laboratory received the Best Presentation Award at the Master's Thesis Presentation of Applied Chemistry Course.
2023.1【Award】Moe Nakano and Rintaro Gemma received the Best Presentation Award at the Interim Presentation of their Master's thesis in Applied Che
2023.1【Work Shop】Joint research presentation with Chiba Institute of Technology was held at Shateraise Hotel Niarasaki no Mori.
2023.12Invited Lecture
2023.11【Presentation】Lecture at Shizuoka Johoku High School
2023.10【Award】Moe Nakano, M1 student, received the "Best Presentation Award" for her oral presentation at the 67th Symposium on Flavors and Terpenes.
2023.10【Lecture】Prof. Prof. Tomohisa Kuzuyama of Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo gave a lecture in our laboratory.
2023.10【Presentation】Invited Lecture at Tokyo University of Science
2023.10【Presentation】Kofu Minami High School, Yamanashi Prefectural SSH Project, Invited Lecture
2023.9【Workshop】Workshop on Computational Quantum Chemistry @ U. Tokyo
2023.9【New Paper】Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
2023.7【New Paper】J. Org. Chem.
2023.6【Presentation】Invited lecture at Chiba Institute of Technology
2023.6【New Paper】 Org. Biomol. Chem.
2023.4【New Paper】 JACS Au
2023.4【Award】Received the JAICI Award from the Chemical Information Association.
2023.4【Presentation】Presented at the Japan–German Joint Symposium on Natural Product Biosynthesis, Kyoto, 2023.
2023.3【Presentation】Received encouragement award presentation at the 143rd Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
2023.3【commendation】B4 student Moe Nakano was recognized with the Best Graduation Thesis Presentation Award (1st place).
2023.3【Presentation】Keynote lecture at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 'Predictive Bio Synthesis' Symposium.
2023.3【Research Funding】 Selected for the Inamori Research Grants 2023.
2022.1【commendation】M1 student Tomohiro Sugiyama was recognized as the Best Mid-term Master's Thesis Presenter (1st place) in the Applied Chemistry course.
2022.12【commendation】Received the President's Special Recognition for Excellent Researchers for fiscal year 2023.
2022.12【Award】Received the Encouragement Award from the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 2023.
2022.11【New Paper】The paper by 4th-year student Nakano has been published in Chem. Eur. J.!
2022.11【New Paper】 JACS !
2022.11【Research Funding】 Received a Grant from astellas-foundation.
2022.8【Research Funding】 Received a Grant from Yamanashi prefecture.
2022.7【Research Funding】 Received a University Grant for Exploratory Research Trial
2022.7【Research Funding】 Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas as a co-investigator
2022.4【New Paper】 J. Org. Chem.
2022.4【Research Funding】 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
2021.12【Research Funding】 Uehara Memorial Foundation.
2021.12【Research Funding】 Terumo Life Science Foundation.
2021.11【Presentation】 Invited Lecture at GTR_Chemistry_Workshop_2021 in Nagoya University ITbM
2021.10【Award】 Assis. Prof. Sato won Awards for Young Researchers from University of Yamanashi.
2021.10【Award】 Award lecture at the conference.
2021.10【New paper】 A collaboration work with Prof. Matsuda's group was published on JACS.
2021.10【New paper】 Spiroviolene paper on Chem. Pharm. Bull. was selected as a Featured Article!
2021.9【New paper】 Hajime Sato was selected as a JST PRESTO researcher.
2021.7【New Paper】 New paper about secondary carbocation is selected as a cover picture on JACS Au!
2021.6【Award】 Prof. Sato was awarded "Research Encouragement Prize" by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Division of Natural Medicines!
2021.3【Interview】 Prof. Sato's Interview Article is now online.
2021.1【Research Funding】 Received a research grant from MEXT LEADER program.
2021.1Sato Laboratory Launched!!
2020.10【New Paper】 JACS, selected as a cover picture!
2020.7【New Paper】 Angew
2020.3【New Paper】 Angew
2018.9【New Paper】 Angew
2018.7【New Paper】 JACS

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In our laboratory, we are engaged in the study of natural products (natural organic compounds) produced by plants and microorganisms. There are many natural products around us, such as tetrodotoxin (pufferfish poison), streptomycin (antibiotic), and anthocyanin (flower pigment), and they are deeply related to our social life.
However, it is not completely clear how these compounds are synthesized in plants and microorganisms. In Sato Laboratory, we are conducting experiments based on theoretical predictions from computational chemistry to elucidate the biosynthesis of natural products.

Hajime SATO
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Yamanashi Univ. SATO LAB