Èric Catalina-Hernández, Mario López-Martín, David Masnou-Sánchez, Marco Martins, Victor A. Lorenz-Fonfria, Francesc Jiménez-Altayó, Ute A. Hellmich, Hitoshi Inada, Antonio Alcaraz, Yuji Furutani, et al. Experimental and computational biophysics to identify vasodilator drugs targeted at TRPV2 using agonists based on the probenecid scaffold. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2024. 23. 473-482
Manish Singh, Masanori Hashimoto, Kota Katayama, Yuji Furutani, Hideki Kandori. Internal Proton Transfer in the Activation of Heliorhodopsin. J. Mol. Biol. 2023
Kunisato Kuroi, Takashi Tsukamoto, Naoya Honda, Yuki Sudo, Yuji Furutani. Concerted primary proton transfer reactions in a thermophilic rhodopsin studied by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy at high temperature. Biochim. Biophys. Acta - Bioenergetics. 2023. 1864. 3. 148980-148980
Sahoko Tomida, Akimori Wada, Yuji Furutani. Protonation of Asp116 and distortion of an all-trans retinal chromophore in Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 causes a redshift in absorption maximum upon dehydration. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2023. 22. 11. 2499-2517
Yuji Furutani, Chii-Shen Yang. Ion-transporting mechanism in microbial rhodopsins: Mini-review relating to the session 5 at the 19th International Conference on Retinal Proteins. Biophysics and Physicobiology. 2023. 20. Supplemental. n/a-n/a
Yuji Furutani. Ion-protein interactions of a potassium ion channel studied by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biophysical Reviews. 2018. 10. 2. 235-239
Optogenetics : Light-Sensing Proteins and Their Applications in Neuroscience and Beyond
Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Encyclopedia of Photobiology
2016 ISBN:9784254171617
Optogenetics -Light-Sensing Proteins and Their Applications-
Springer 2015 ISBN:9784431555155
オプトジェネティクス-光工学と遺伝学による行動制御技術の最前線-
エヌ・ティー・エス 2013
生物物理学ハンドブック
朝倉書店 2007 ISBN:9784254171228
Lectures and oral presentations (394):
Light-induced structural changes of a rhodopsin-bestrophin giant ion channel complex studied by infrared spectroscopy
(The 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)
Differences in conformational changes of two heliorhodopsins revealed by time-resolved infrared dual-comb spectroscopy using quantum cascade laser
(The 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)
Covalent binding at Lys-255 residue connecting the retinal chromophore is essential for a sodium pump function of Krokinobacter Rhodopsin 2
(The 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)
Unique photochemical reactions in near-infrared light absorbing rhodopsins
(The 61th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan)
2001 - 2004 Kyoto University Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
1999 - 2001 Kyoto University Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
1993 - 1999 Kyoto University Faculty of Science
Professional career (3):
学士(理学) (京都大学)
修士(理学) (京都大学)
博士(理学) (京都大学)
Work history (7):
2018/10 - 現在 Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Associate Professor
2009/04 - 2018/09 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Physical Sciences, Department of Structural Molecular Science
2009/03 - 2018/09 National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Institute for Molecular Science Associate Professor
2011/10 - 2015/03 科学技術振興機構 さきがけ研究員
2007/04 - 2009/02 Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Assistant Professor
2006/04 - 2007/03 Nagoya Institute of Technology School of Engineering Research Assistant
2003/04 - 2006/03 Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Special researcher of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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Awards (5):
2016 - 日本生物物理学会 第3回Biophysics and Physicobiology Editors’ Choice Award Specific interactions between alkali metal cations and the KcsA channel studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
2014 - 日本生物物理学会 第1回BIOPHYSICS Editors’ Choice Award Specific interactions between alkali metal cations and the KcsA channel studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy
Protein Science Society of Japan
, The Japanese Photochemistry Association
, The Chemical Society of Japan
, Japan Society for Molecular Science
, The Spectroscopical Society of Japan
, The Biophysical Society of Japan