2015 - 2018 Technology with glassin, a protein accelerating silica polycondensation, for development of environmentally benign routes to material synthesis
Katsuhiko Shimizu, Michika Nishi, Yuto Sakate, Haruka Kawanami, Tomohiro Bito, Jiro Arima, Laia Leria, Manuel Maldonado. Silica-associated proteins from hexactinellid sponges support an alternative evolutionary scenario for biomineralization in Porifera. Nature communications. 2024. 15. 1. 181-181
Aoi Yamamoto, Mahiro Seki, Kyohei Koseki, Yukinori Yabuta, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Jiro Arima, Fumio Watanabe, Tomohiro Bito. Production and characterization of cyanocobalamin-enriched tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruits grown using hydroponics. Journal of the science of food and agriculture. 2023. 103. 7. 3685-3690
Jiro Arima, Yuto Sakate, Keigo Monden, Hiroki Kobayashi, Michika Nishi, Katsuhiko Shimizu. Silica adsorption tag derived from the silica polycondensation protein glassin for the immobilization of soluble proteins. Journal of bioscience and bioengineering. 2022. 134. 6. 477-483
2023/09 - Excellent Paper Award of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan 2023 Silica adsorption tag derived from the silica polycondensation protein glassin for the immobilization of soluble proteins
2021/06 - マリンバイオテクノロジー論文賞 Identification of the Domains Involved in Promotion of Silica Formation in Glassin, a Protein Occluded in Hexactinellid Sponge Biosilica, for Development of a Tag for Purification and Immobilization of Recombinant Proteins