Naoki Sugimoto
Konan University, Japan
Biography
Naoki Sugimoto received Ph.D. degree in 1985 from Kyoto University, Japan. After postdoctoral work at University of Rochester, NY, USA, he joined Konan University, Kobe, Japan in 1988 and is a full professor since 1994. From 2003, he holds a director of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER) at Konan University. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Nucleic Acids Research from 2007 to the present, a member of the Review Committee of Human Frontier Science Program (HFSPO) from 2008 to 2012, a Chemical Researcher of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2010 to 2013, and a Chairman of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) from 2011 to 2013. He received the Dr. Masao Horiba’s Award in 2004, Distinguished Scientist Award from ICA (International Copper Association), New York, USA in 2005, the CSJ (the Chemical Society of Japan) Award for Creative Work in 2008, the Honorable Speaker for Applied Chemistry Lecture Series from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, Contribution Award from the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) in 2014 and so on. His research interests focus on Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Bio-nano engineering, Molecular design, Biofunctional Chemistry, and Biotechnology. He has published more than 500 scientific papers and books.
Abstract
Abstract : Functions of nucleic acids with non-canonical structures