Yamanashi Univ. SATO LAB

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!

2023.3
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2023.3
2023.3	Received a Grant from Inamori Fundation
2022.1
2022.12
2022.12	Assis. Prof. Sato Awarded "The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists 2023".
2022.11	New Paper on Chem. Eur. J. !
2022.11	New Paper on JACS !
2022.11	Received a Grant from astellas-foundation.
2022.8	Received a Grant from Yamanashi prefecture.
2022.7	Received a University Grant for Exploratory Research Trial
2022.7	Received a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas as a co-investigator
2022.4	New Paper on JOC !
2022.4	JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
2021.12	Received a research grant by Uehara Memorial Foundation.
2021.12	Received a research grant from Terumo Life Science Foundation.
2021.11	Invited Lecture at GTR_Chemistry_Workshop_2021 in Nagoya University ITbM
2021.10	Assis. Prof. Sato won Awards for Young Researchers from University of Yamanashi.
2021.10	Award lecture at the conference.
2021.10	A collaboration work with Prof. Matsuda's group was published on JACS.
2021.10	Spiroviolene paper on Chem. Pharm. Bull. was selected as a Featured Article!
2021.9	Hajime Sato was selected as a JST PRESTO researcher.
2021.7	New paper about secondary carbocation is selected as a cover picture on JACS Au!
2021.6	Prof. Sato was awarded "Research Encouragement Prize" by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Division of Natural Medicines!
2021.3	Prof. Sato's Interview Article is now online.
2021.1	Received a research grant from MEXT LEADER program.
2021.1	Sato Laboratory Launched!!
2020.10	New paper about Brasilane skeleton is selected as a cover picture on JACS
2020.7	New paper about Lolitrems is now on Angew!
2020.3	New paper about 8π-6π electrocyclization is now on Angew!
2018.9	New paper about structural diversity is now on Angew!
2018.7	New paper about oxidase in meroterpenoid biosynthesis is now on JACS!

Our Research

Message

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.