Research theme for competitive and other funds (12):
2021 - 2024 Development of space recycling system for bio-organic materials
2020 - 2023 Impacts of lignin structural variations on the functions and properties of lignocellulose as studied with lignin-modified engineered plants
2019 - 2023 Control of polymer structure by enzyme: structure-function relationship of cellulose synthase
2018 - 2022 Cell-free approach to design cellulose nanofibers
2015 - 2019 Structural determination of oligomeric cellulose synthase complex
2015 - 2017 Construction of E. coli expression system for eukaryotic membrane proteins
2013 - 2015 Exploitation of protocols for assaying cellulose synthase activity by using light-scattering and spectroscopy
2011 - 2014 Start-up study of the structural biology of cellulose synthase complex
2010 - 2011 Start-up study of functional analysis of cellulose synthase
2007 - 2009 In vitro synthesis of cell wall polysaccharides and their characterization
2002 - 2004 クライオ電子顕微鏡法によるセルロース合成酵素の立体構造解析
1998 - 1999 天然セルロースの新しいミクロフィブリルモデルの構築
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Papers (107):
Kazuki Kawahara, Hiroya Oki, Minato Iimori, Ryuki Muramoto, Tomoya Imai, Christoph Gerle, Hideki Shigematsu, Shigeaki Matsuda, Tetsuya Iida, Shota Nakamura. High-resolution Cryo-EM visualises hydrated type I and IV pilus structures from enterotoxigenicEscherichia coli. 2024
Hiroaki Horiyama, Keisuke Kojiro, Yoko Okahisa, Tomoya Imai, Yuzo Furuta. Combined analysis of the microstructure of wood swollen by water and/or ethanol through dynamic mechanical analysis and small-angle X-ray scattering. Wood Science and Technology. 2024
Atsushi Kurata, Kota Aimatsu, Yuki Kimura, Hinako Hashiguchi, Asami Maeda, Tomoya Imai, Shino Yamasaki-Yashiki, Kensaku Hamada, Yuki Fujimoto, Akira Fujii, et al. Characterization of the membrane vesicle fraction from Acetobacter sp. WSS15. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2024
Mengshan Zhu, Jun Kawamoto, Tomoya Imai, Takuya Ogawa, Tatsuo Kurihara. Enhancing extracellular membrane vesicle productivity of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, a prospective host for vesiculation-mediated protein secretion, by weakening outer membrane-peptidoglycan linkage. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2024. 138. 2. 137-143
Akiko TANAKA, Tomoya IMAI, Misako KOGA, Naoki SUNAGAWA, Kiyohiko IGARASHI, Kenji TAJIMA, Hiroaki TANAKA. Bacterial Cellulose Production in Space. International journal of microgravity science and application. 2024. 41. 3. 410302
2020/03 - The Japan Wood Research Society The Japan Wood Research Society Best Paper Award Selective fluorescence labeling: time-lapse enzyme visualization during sugarcane hydrolysis
2003/07 - The Cellulose Society of Japan Progress Award for 2003
Association Membership(s) (5):
THE JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY
, The Japanese Society of Microscopy
, The Biophysical Society of Japan
, Cellulose Society of Japan
, The Japan Wood Research Society