WE ARE MEDICINAL ENZYME ENGINEERING LABORATORY

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Who We Are

We are established in 2022, specializing in Enzyme Engineering.
We are actively recruiting students to help us build this lab from the ground up!

Vavricka Jr. Christopher John
Ph.D., Biochemistry
Tenure-Track Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology and Life Science
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Biochemistry, PhD - Biochemistry; B.S. - Psychology

Yuko Murakami
Secretary and Lab Manager
Nirannjheeni Alagappan
B4 Undergraduate student

Automated docking-based selection of carboxylesterases to deprotect novel sialic acid analogues as antiviral agents

Noriyuki Shioura
B4 Undergraduate student

Machine learning-based discovery and engineering of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent oxidase variants for the production of anti-cancer indoles

Satoshi Yuzawa
B4 Undergraduate student

Development of a structure-based neural network for rational enzyme design

Enkhtuul Erdenebat
B3 Undergraduate student

Engineering of peroxidase for anti-cancer prodrug activation

Sakura Suda
B3 Undergraduate student

Engineering pyridoxal 5’-phosphate enzymes for production of anti-cancer indoles

Manaka Taguchi
B3 Undergraduate student

Engineering of peroxidase for anti-cancer prodrug activation

Rin Kunisada
B3 Undergraduate student

Currently in Germany!

Latest News


Noriyuki SHIOURA (B4),
NIRANNJHEENI ALAGAPPAN (B4),
and Satoshi YUZAWA (B4)
gave poster presentations at the
“18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry”.

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NIRANNJHEENI ALAGAPPANが日本生物工学会にて口頭発表を行いました。



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Noriyuki SHIOURA (B3),
NIRANNJHEENI ALAGAPPAN (B3),
and Satoshi YUZAWA (B3)
have joined our lab!

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An oral presentation, Machine learning discovery of specialized enzymes for the biosynthesis of aromatic plant compounds, was given at the “48th Annual Meeting of the Pesticide Society of Japan”.

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Mrs. Yuko Murakami has joined
the lab
as our administrative assistant!


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