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Atsushi ARAKAKI,
Associate Professor
Division of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Contact Information
Address: 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588
E-mail: arakakia“at”cc.tuat.ac.jp (but replace "at" with "@")
Personal Homepage: http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~biomol/indexeng.html
Fields of Interest
Biotechnology
Professional Experience
1993-2003 Undergraduate & Graduate Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (T. Matsunaga)
1998-1999 Visiting Researcher, HNEI, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA (O. Zaborsky)
2003-2004 Visiting Research Associate, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2004-2005 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (T. Osaka)
2005-2007 Research Associate, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2007-2011 Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2011-present Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Education
Dr. 2003, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Membership of Academic Societies
The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society for Biotechnology of Japan, The Electrochemical Society of Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Awards & Honors
  1. Student Presentation Award of the Chemical Society of Japan (2003)
  2. Presentation Award of the Chemical Society of Japan (2007)
Research Project
Control of Structure of Fusion Materials using Artificial Proteins with Functionality
Selected Publications
  1. Arakaki, A., Shibata, K., Mogi, T., Hosokawa, M., Hatakeyama, K., Gomyo, H., Taguchi, T., Wake, H., Tanaami, T., Matsunaga, T., Tanaka, T.
    “Efficient DNA Release from PAMAM Dendrimer-Modified Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for DNA Recovery”,
    Polymer J., 44. 672-677 (2012).

  2. Kanazawa, A., Kanaoka, S., Yagita, N., Oaki, Y., Imai, H., Oda, M., Arakaki, A., Matsunaga, T., Aoshima, S.
    “Biologically Synthesized or Bioinspired Process-Derived Iron Oxides as Catalysts for Living Cationic Polymerization of a Vinyl Ether”,
    Chem. Commun., 48, 10904–10906 (2012).

  3. Tanaka, T., Shibata, K., Hosokawa, M., Hatakeyama, K., Gomyo, H., Arakaki, A., Mogi, T., Taguchi, T., Wake, H., Tanaami T., Matsunaga, T.
    “Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles Modified with Thiol Core, Functionalized PAMAM Dendron for DNA Recovery”,
    J. Colloid Interface Sci., 377, 469-475 (2012).

  4. Tanaka, M., Mazuyama, E., Arakaki, A., Matsunaga, T.
    “Mms6 Protein Regulates Crystal Morphology during Nano-Sized Magnetite Biomineralization”,
    J. Biol. Chem., 286, 6386-6392 (2011).

  5. Galloway, J. M., Arakaki, A., Masuda, F., Tanaka, T., Matsunaga, T., Staniland, S. S.
    “Magnetic Bacterial Protein Mms6 Controls Morphology, Crystallinity and Magnetism of Cobalt-Doped Magnetite Nanoparticles In Vivo”,
    J. Mater. Chem., 21, 15244-15254 (2011).

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