Principal Investigator

Yukihiro ITOH, Ph.D.
Professor
Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo
Education
- 2006 B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan
- 2008 M.S. in pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
- 2010 Research Fellow for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 2011 Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
- 2011 Ph. D. in pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Works
- 2012 Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- 2015 Lecturer at Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- 2019 Associate Professor at Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- 2020 Associate Professor at SANKEN, Osaka University
- 2025 Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo
Awards
- Breakthrough Award, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, PSJ, November 2024.
- 2022 Top Reviewer Award for CPB, March 2023.
- Presentation Award of The 14th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry, September 2020.
- Award of Public Promoting Association Asano Foundation for Studies on Medicine, November 2019.
- The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists, March 2019.
- TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDINGS CO., LTD. Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, December 2018
- Award for Excellent General Presentation in the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, November 2015.
- Rising Star Award, CREST: Establishment of Molecular Technology towards the Creation of New Functions, February 2015.
- The Uehara Memorial Foundation Abroad Research Fellowships, December 2011 (Being excused by employment of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
- A prize for excellent presentation, The 8th Organic Chemistry -the Next Generation-, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Division of Organic Chemistry, May 2010.
- Research map
https://researchmap.jp/itohy - Science Tokyo Research Information DB
https://reins.tmd.ac.jp/html/100049163_en.html
Staff
Biological and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Hiromasa YOSHIOKA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Hiroyuki KAGECHIKA, Ph.D.,Part-Time Lecturer(Professor Emeritus)
- Kotaro OCHIAI, Ph.D., Part-Time Lecturer
Drug Discovery and Research Advancement Laboratory
- Yue MA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
- Hiroyuki MASUNO, Ph.D., Technical Staff
Students
Doctoral course
- Yuto TANAKA
Master’s course
Research Students
- Zimeng ZHOU
- Ruiyi LI
Internship Student
- Yanakorn PHONGSARNARIYAKUL
Undergraduate Student
- Misa SHIRATORI
