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

Principal Investigator

Vavricka Jr. Christopher John

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,
Ph.D. - Biochemistry; B.S. - Psychology

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Staff

Yuko Murakami

Yuko Murakami

Secretary and Lab Manager

Students

Satoshi Yuzawa

Satoshi Yuzawa

D1 Graduate Student

Development of AI for rational enzyme design

Noriyuki Shioura

Noriyuki Shioura

M2 Graduate Student

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

Misaki Shimozawa

Misaki Shimozawa

B4 Undergraduate Student

Motoki Nojo

Motoki Nojo

B4 Undergraduate Student

Hako Matsumoto

Hako Matsumoto

B4 Undergraduate Student

Engineering of peroxidase for anti-cancer prodrug activation

Kenji Minami

Kenji Minami

B4 Undergraduate Student

Xue Jiaming

Jiaming Xue

Research Student

Latest News

18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry

Noriyuki SHIOURA, Nirannjheeni ALAGAPPAN, and Satoshi YUZAWA gave poster presentations at the 18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry.

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Society for Biotechnology Japan presentation

ALAGAPPAN Nirannjheeni gave an oral presentation at the Society for Biotechnology, Japan.

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Lab members

Noriyuki SHIOURA, Nirannjheeni ALAGAPPAN, and Satoshi YUZAWA have joined our lab.

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