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Okano Kenji

オカノ ケンジ | Okano Kenji
Affiliation and department：
Kansai University Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering

About Kansai University Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering


Homepage URL  (1)： https://wps.itc.kansai-u.ac.jp/eme/
Research field  (1)： Applied biofunctional and bioprocess engineering
Research keywords  (5)： 合成生態学 ,  Enzyme engineering ,  Fermentation technology ,  Biochemical engineering ,  Synthetic bioengineering
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (16)：
  • 2023 - 2026 「-(引き算)の科学」が切り拓く腸内細菌の機能研究
  • 2022 - 2025 Plasmid-free transformation to achieve molecular breeding of all prokaryote
  • 2022 - 2024 Growth linkage analysis between microorganisms in microbiota using species-specific growth inihibition technique
  • 2019 - 2022 Development of a codon-based mutagenesis method enabling deletion, substitution, and insertion of codons
  • 2017 - 2022 PEP蓄積シャーシ株の創製と物質生産技術の開発
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Papers (64)：
  • Tomoki Tanaka, Kenji Okano, Hiroaki Iwaki. Complete genome sequence of Paraburkholderia terrae strain KU-46, a 2,4-dinitrophenol-degrading bacterium. Microbiology resource announcements. 2024. 13. 6. e0028224
  • Tomoki Tanaka, Ryoga Sugiyama, Yu Sato, Manami Kawaguchi, Kohsuke Honda, Hiroaki Iwaki, Kenji Okano. Precise microbiome engineering using natural and synthetic bacteriophages targeting an artificial bacterial consortium. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024. 15. 1403903
  • Yu Sato, Kenji Okano, Kohsuke Honda. Effects of small heat shock proteins from thermotolerant bacteria on the stress resistance of Escherichia coli to temperature, pH, and hyperosmolarity. Extremophiles. 2024. 28. 1
  • Yaxuan Liu, Kenji Okano, Hiroaki Iwaki. Identification and characterization of a pab gene cluster responsible for the 4-aminobenzoate degradation pathway, including its involvement in the formation of a γ-glutamylated intermediate in Paraburkholderia terrae strain KU-15. Journal of bioscience and bioengineering. 2024. 137. 1. 38-46
  • Tatsuya Hizume, Yu Sato, Hiroaki Iwaki, Kohsuke Honda, Kenji Okano. Subtractive modification of bacterial consortium using antisense peptide nucleic acids. Frontiers in microbiology. 2024. 14. 1321428
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MISC (30)：
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Patents (2)：
  • Recycling method of S-adenosylmethionine
  • Homolactic Fermentation from Pentose
Books (7)：
  • 改訂増補版 実践有用微生物培養のイロハ-試験管から工業スケールまで
    エヌ・ティー・エス 2018 ISBN:486043563X
  • Phosphorus recovery and recycling
    Springer Nature Singapore 2018 ISBN:9789811080302
  • 酵母菌・麹菌・乳酸菌の産業応用展開 (バイオテクノロジーシリーズ)
    シーエムシー出版 2018 ISBN:4781313175
  • リンの事典
    朝倉書店 2017 ISBN:4254141041
  • Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity Bioproducts
    Willey 2014 ISBN:9781118175835
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Lectures and oral presentations  (14)：
  • In vitro metabolic engineering for the salvage synthesis of NAD+
    (YABEC2017 2017)
  • Production of optically pure D-lactic acid from renewable resources
    (The 8th China-Japan symposium on chemical engineering 2017)
  • Production of optically pure D-lactic acid from renewable resources
    (12th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria 2017)
  • Production of optically pure D-lactic acid from renewable resources
    (YABEC 2016 2016)
  • バイオマスからの乳酸生産のための乳酸菌育種
    (スマートバイオエンジニアリング研究会 2016)
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Education (3)：
  • 2006 - 2009 Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • 2004 - 2006 Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology
  • 2000 - 2004 Kobe University Faculty of Engineering Department of Chemical Science and Engineering
Professional career (1)：
  • 博士(工学) (神戸大学)
Work history (11)：
  • 2023/04 - 現在 JST・創発研究者
  • 2022/04 - 現在 Kansai University Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering Associate Professor
  • 2022/04 - 2024/03 大阪大学生物工学国際交流センター 招へい准教授
  • 2020/04 - 2022/03 Osaka University International Center for Biotechnology Assistant Proferssor
  • 2011/11 - 2020/03 Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University Assistant Professor
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Committee career (15)：
  • 2021/11 - 現在 Editorial Board, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
  • 2021/06 - 現在 Editorial Board, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • 2021/04 - 現在 Editorial Board, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • 2020/08 - 現在 日本乳酸菌学会評議員
  • 2019/06 - 現在 日本生物工学会関西支部若手企画委員会
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Awards (6)：
  • 2024/03 - 日本農芸化学会 第21回農芸化学研究企画賞 減算的菌叢改変技術を活用した次世代プロバイオティクスシード微生物の発掘
  • 2022/04 - 酵素工学研究会 第87回酵素工学研究会講演会「ポスター賞」 コドンの欠失・置換・挿入を可能にする新規分子進化方法の開発
  • 2021/10 - 第73回日本生物工学会大会「トピックス賞」
  • 2021/10 - 第29回生物工学論文賞 In vitro reconstitution of non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway for lactate production
  • 2015/10 - 日本生物工学会 第23回生物工学論文賞 Directed evolution of thermotolerant malic enzyme for improved malate production
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Association Membership(s) (5)：
Japanese Society of Enzyme Engineering ,  JAPAN SOCIETY FOR LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ,  JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BIOSCIENCE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND AGROCHEMISTRY ,  The Society for Biotechnology, Japan ,  THE SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS, JAPAN
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