The lab of Ken Itami believing the power of molecules. Synthetic chemistry, molecular nanocarbon science, catalysis, and chemical biology. Be unique, go crazy!
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大学からプレスリリースが公開されました！🎉
植物ホルモン「ジベレリン」が、根のどこで働くことが成長に重要なのかを明らかにした研究です。
ぜひご覧ください！
素敵なグラフィカルアブストラクトは今回もIssey Takahashiさんです👊
saitama-u.ac.jp/topics_archi…
Itami Lab retweeted
📣 セミナー開催案内
11月19日(木)に理化学研究所・伊丹研究室（@Itamilab）の上田彩果先生をお迎えして、第4回ChemSynBioセミナーを開催します。学内外を問わず、どなたでもご参加いただけます。ご興味のある方はぜひご来聴ください！
Itami Lab retweeted
When Organic Chemistry Meets Surface Science… our Perspective article on the evolution of on-surface organic chemistry just published in @J_A_C_S doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c00918 Thanks to my @ciqususc colleague Prof. Eugenio Vázquez @ChemBioUSC for the nice TOC image!
Our collaborative paper is out in @NaturePlants! 🌱
“Synthetic activation of gibberellin signalling reveals spatial coordination of root growth”
Congrats, Ryotaro! Great teamwork with the Nakamura, Hagihara & Frommer groups!
nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
Skeletal editing of carbon nanorings@ChemRxiv !
Two complementary chemical methods enable direct oxygen insertion into CPPs, reshaping their structures and boosting fluorescence. Congrats Tomoki and all the team!!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Huge congrats!!!
JSTさきがけ ゆらぎ領域に採択していただきました。研究意欲が爆発しているので、精一杯頑張ります。何卒よろしくお願いいたします。#JSTさきがけ #JST_PRESTO @OFDLab_Tokyo @JST_Kisokenkyu jst.go.jp/kisoken/presto/app…
Can skeletal editing move from structural diversification to property control? Our Perspective on property-directed catalytic skeletal editing of functional organic materials is now on @ChemRxiv. Great work, Taichi @SiAdamas and Sajan!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Itami Lab retweeted
【講演会】理化学研究所の伊丹健一郎先生にお越しいただき、講演会を開催いたします。皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。
日時：9月24日（木）16:30-18:00
場所：理学部7号館310号室
演題：未踏炭素機能科学をめざして
Congrats Bill!!
We were honored to host Prof. Bill Morandi @morandilab from ETH Zürich for a lecture at Waseda! Thank you for the wonderful chemistry, lively Q&A, and great discussions!! Huge congratulations on receiving the 2026 Mukaiyama Award!! 🎉
Itami Lab retweeted
We were honored to host Prof. Bill Morandi @morandilab from ETH Zürich for a lecture at Waseda! Thank you for the wonderful chemistry, lively Q&A, and great discussions!! Huge congratulations on receiving the 2026 Mukaiyama Award!! 🎉
Itami Lab retweeted
C2MCI thanks Minori Ikuji for her dedicated work on research exchange with Dr. Crudden’s lab @QueensU in Canada.
Minori joins us from Dr. Crudden’s satellite lab in Japan as part of the @JST_ASPIRE CoMBiS project @RIKEN_JP. We look forward to her continued research in Japan!
Itami Lab retweeted
Complex nanographenes in just two steps.
A new two-step APEX strategy enables access to nanographenes with diverse structures—from planar to highly curved architectures.
doi.org/10.1002/anie.2205198
Itami Lab retweeted
複雑なナノグラフェンをわずか2段階で合成
－多様な芳香環をつなぎ、平面構造から負の曲率を持つ構造まで－
詳細はこちらをご覧ください⬇️
riken.jp/press/2026/20260826…
doi: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2205198
#理研プレス
Diversity-oriented two-step APEX opens new nanographene space! Starting from unfunctionalized PAHs, we can rapidly access structurally diverse and complex nanographenes including a negatively curved 5–6–7-ring framework. Congrats Honami and the team!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… nitter.cf/Itamilab/status/209247…
“The advent of molecular nanocarbon biology,” is now out in @ChemicalScience! We highlight how precisely synthesized carbon frameworks are opening new opportunities in imaging, delivery, therapeutics, and biocatalysis. Congrats Kazuma and Ayaka!
doi.org/10.1039/D6SC05731D
PAHs are no longer static molecular skeletons. We can grow, diversify, and even edit them. Our Review is now out in @ACSChemRev! From APEX to skeletal/molecular editing, all through cycloaddition-based retrosynthetic logic. Congrats Sajan and the team!
doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.…
