Members

[Students]
[Graduate School]

• Ph.D. Course (2nd Year): Josei Uchida
• Master's Course (2nd Year): Kanta Mizumoto
• Master's Course (1st Year): Hanaka Wada

• Medical Student (6th Year): Masaki Marukawa
• Medical Student (5th Year): Myu Tachibana
• Medical Student (3rd Year): Sakura Uchiyama

[Medical Students (Research Lab Rotation)]

• 2024: Shogo Iwamoto, Ikuto Nakamoto, Kanta Noma
• 2023: Yuta Uwatoko, Miu Tachibana, Ryo Sakata
• 2022: Haruto Kuroki
• 2021: Soma Nishida, Masaki Marukawa
• 2020: Itsuki Kaseda, Shuhei Shibuya
• 2019: Nonoka Kodama
• 2018: Natsuki Inagawa, Kasaki Kai
• 2017: Shintaro Ueda, Risako Yoshida
• 2016: —
• 2015: Yuji Dekita
• 2014: Zentaro Saito, Rikusei Myori
• 2013: Kensei Sato, Masayuki Kayano

[Alumni / Past Members & Theses]
Haruna Takao [Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine] [JSPS Research Fellow DC1]
Kei Hirabayashi [JSPS Research Fellow DC1] Ph.D. (FY2016): "Structural basis of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis mechanism driven by dynamic structural changes"
(The following members were part of the laboratory during Prof. Wada’s tenure as Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University)
Tomoko Iwanaga M.S. (FY2011): "Structural biological studies on the desulfurase IscS"
Haruka Kameda M.S. (FY2011): "Crystallographic studies toward full-length structure determination of the photosensor protein cyanobacteriochrome"
Eri Tanaka M.S. (FY2011): "Crystallographic approach to elucidate the host specificity determination mechanism of the marine virus HcRNAV controlling red tide collapse"
Tomoyo Ida M.S. (FY2011): "Structural biological studies of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase: Expression, purification, and 3D structure analysis of inhibitor complexes"
Akifumi Hasegawa M.S. (FY2011): "Crystallographic studies of HcRNAV particles infecting harmful red tide-causing algae"
Kei Hirabayashi M.S. (FY2011): "Structural biological studies of protein-protein interactions supporting de novo synthesis of iron-sulfur clusters"
Aya Watanabe M.S. (FY2011): "X-ray crystal structure analysis of cyanobacteria-derived biliverdin reductase"
Teppei Irikawa M.S. (FY2010): "Toward elucidation of reaction intermediate structures and amino acid residues acting as proton donors in the bilin reductase PcyA"
Rei Matsuoka M.S. (FY2010): "Structural biological studies of proteins controlling photoresponse phenomena in cyanobacteria"
Yoshitaka Naka M.S. (FY2009): "Characterization of the cluster intermediate formation site (IscU) and desulfurase (IscS) in the ISC machinery of the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus"
Yuta Nagasaka M.S. (FY2009): "In vitro reconstitution of iron-sulfur clusters of the SufBCD complex, the core of iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis"
Yuko Aburatani M.S. (FY2009): "Structural analysis of the V225D mutant of bilin reductase PcyA: Effect of mutation of Val225 proximate to the substrate on substrate recognition"
Machiko Irie M.S. (FY2008): "Structural biological studies of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase"
Takayuki Sato M.S. (FY2008): "Functional analysis of SufB, a core component of the iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis system (SUF machinery)"
Mai Kitsukawa M.S. (FY2008): "Establishment of an expression system for the coat protein of virus HcRNAV infecting the harmful dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama"
Norika Sumi M.S. (FY2007): "Structural biological studies of the E. coli SufC/SufD complex involved in iron-sulfur cluster synthesis"
Toshihiro Okada Ph.D. (FY2007): "Structural studies on the mechanisms of enzyme reaction and maturation in γ-glutamyltranspeptidase" [JSPS Research Fellow DC2]
Keiko Niimi B.S. (FY2006): "X-ray crystal structure analysis of BchU involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis and studies on its substrate recognition"
Naho Inobe B.S. (FY2006): "Efforts to establish a foundation for functional analysis of SufB, a component of the Fe-S cluster synthesis system"
Seiichi Kitamura M.S. (FY2006): "Iron-sulfur cluster formation reaction in ISC machinery: Role of molecular chaperones (HscA, HscB) interacting with the iron-sulfur cluster intermediate formation site (IscU)"
Shintaro Kitaoka M.S. (FY2005): "Structural biological studies of E. coli SufC involved in iron-sulfur cluster synthesis" (Proceeded to Doctoral Course [JSPS Research Fellow DC1])
Hitomi Yamaguchi M.S. (FY2005): "Elucidation of the methylation mechanism based on the structure of the methyltransferase BchU involved in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthesis"
Gong Zhao M.S. (FY2005): "Iron-sulfur cluster synthesis system of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii: Crystallization and X-ray structural analysis of involved SufC and SufCD' complexes"