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J-GLOBAL ID:201701013701704890   Update date: Sep. 28, 2023

Okano Kenji

オカノ ケンジ | Okano Kenji
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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 進化分子工学の可能性を無限大にするコドンのランダム置換・InDel法の開発
  • 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 (61):
  • Yaxuan Liu, Taisei Yamamoto, Nozomi Kohaya, Kota Yamamoto, Kenji Okano, Takaaki Sumiyoshi, Yoshie Hasegawa, Peter C.K. Lau, Hiroaki Iwaki. Cloning of two gene clusters involved in the catabolism of 2,4-dinitrophenol by Paraburkholderia sp. strain KU-46 and characterization of the initial DnpAB enzymes and a two-component monooxygenases DnpC1C2. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2023. 136. 3. 223-231
  • Kyosuke Yakabe, Seiichiro Higashi, Masahiro Akiyama, Hiroshi Mori, Takumi Murakami, Atsushi Toyoda, Yuta Sugiyama, Shigenobu Kishino, Kenji Okano, Akiyoshi Hirayama, et al. Dietary-protein sources modulate host susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection through the gut microbiota. Cell reports. 2022. 40. 11. 111332-111332
  • Gladwin Suryatin Alim, Kenji Okano, Kohsuke Honda. One-step preparation of cell-free ATP regeneration module based on non-oxidative glycolysis using thermophilic enzymes. ChemBioChem. 2022. 23. 16. e202200210
  • Yaxuan Liu, Kenji Okano, Hiroaki Iwaki. Complete genome sequence of Paraburkholderia terrae strain KU-15, a 2-nitrobenzoate-degrading bacterium. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2022. 11. 7. e00373-22
  • Kenji Okano, Yu Sato, Shnji Hama, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hideo Noda, Akihiko Kondo, Kohsuke Honda. L-Lactate oxidase-mediated removal of L-lactic acid derived from fermentation medium for the production of optically pure D-lactic acid. Biotechnology journal. 2022. 17. 4. e2100331
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MISC (31):
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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 (10):
  • 2023/04 - 現在 JST・創発研究者(兼任)
  • 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 (13):
  • 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 (5):
  • 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
  • 2014/11 - Young Asian Biological Engineers' Community Best Poster Award In vitro metabolic engineering employing thermophilic enzymes -a novel, simple technology for designing a chimeric metabolic pathway
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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