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Osaka University / PDBj (Japan, Osaka University)
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Professor at the Institute for Protein Research (IPR), Osaka University, where he leads the Laboratory of Protein Crystallography / Division of Protein Structural Biology. Became Head of PDBj in April 2017, succeeding Haruki Nakamura. Appointed the 22nd Director of the Institute for Protein Research on April 1, 2024. Research interests include photosynthetic electron transport proteins and structural biology of protein assemblies.
wwPDB role
Affiliations
- Osaka University Institute for Protein Research — Professor; 22nd IPR Director (2024-)
- PDBj — Head (April 2017-)
Committees & service
- wwPDB — Principal Investigator (PDBj)
- Prize of the Minister of MEXT in Science and Technology (2020)
Key Relationships
- Succeeded Haruki Nakamura as head of PDBj in April 2017
- PDBj provides the technical backbone for PDBc while the latter transitions to full wwPDB membership
Sources
- IPR director announcement: http://www.protein.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/notice/20240401/
- PDBj newsletter archive: https://pdbj.org/cms-data/newsletters/en/newsletter_vol19_e.pdf
- History of PDBj paper (Biophysical Reviews 2022): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12551-022-01021-w
- wwPDB 2025 Advisory Committee report: https://cdn.rcsb.org/wwpdb/docs/about/advisory/wwpdbac2025-report.pdf