Kounosuke OISAKI（生長 幸之助）, Ph.D.
Team Leader
Functional Group Transformation Team
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Contact Address
Tsukuba Central 5-2, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, JAPAN
e-mail: k.oisaki[at]aist.go.jp
TEL: +81-(0)29-849-1376 (ext.)222-51376
FAX: +81-(0)29-861-4872
Interviews ＆ Essays
- イギリス講演旅行報告（新学術領域研究「精密制御反応場」ニュースレター）
- 反応化学と生命科学の融合で新たなチャレンジへ （Hey! Labo）
- 反応化学で生命現象の解明・制御に挑む（リバネス「研究応援」2022年3月号 25）
- 技術の力で（出版の）限界を乗り越える（ファルマシア2021年5月号 [会員限定]）
- 理系研究者が取り組む速読（クリエイト速読スクール受講体験記）
- 計画的偶発性マインドがもたらした研究キャリア（有機合成化学協会誌2023年4月号）
Professional Experiences
2023 Apr.–present：Team Leader
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2022.12–present: Associate Professor
Master’s/Doctoral Program in Life Science Innovation (T-LSI), School of Integrative and Global Major (SIGMA), University of Tsukuba
2022 Apr.–present：Project Researcher
Open Innovation Laboratory for Food and Medicinal Resource Engineering (FoodMedOIL)
2022 Apr.–2023 Mar.：Senior Researcher
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2016 Oct.–2022 Mar.：Lecturer
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo (UT) – Motomu Kanai Group
2010 Apr.–2016 Sep.：Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo (UT) – Motomu Kanai Group
2008 May–2010 Mar.：JSPS Postdoctral Fellow for Reaserch Abroad
Department of Chemistry & Biochemisry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Omar M. Yaghi Group
2008 Apr. ：Postdoctral Fellow
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo (UT) – Masakatsu Shibasaki Group
2005 Apr. – 2008 Mar.：JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo (UT) – Masakatsu Shibasaki Group
Education
2008 : Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
The University of Tokyo (Advisor: Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki)
2005 : M. Sc. (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
The University of Tokyo (Advisor: Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki)
2003 : B. Sc. (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
The University of Tokyo (Advisor: Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki)
Awards and Honors
- 2021 The Best Paper Award 2020 in SYNTHESIS (Thieme Chemistry, Germany)
- 2019 Lectureship Award (MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Area, Japan)
- 2019 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (Thieme Chemistry, Germany)
- 2018 Chemist Award BCA (MSD Life Science Foundation, Japan)
- 2018 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award of Encouragement (Mitsui Chemical, Japan)
- 2018 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists (PSJ, Japan)
- 2018 The Chemical Society of Japan Lecture Award for Young Chemists (CSJ, Japan)
- 2014 The Chemical Society of Japan Presentation Award [Academic] (CSJ, Japan)
- 2012 Fuji Film Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry (SSOCJ, Japan)
- 2012 Best Poster Presentation Award (ICCOS-2012, Russia)
- 2008 SYNStars Award (Thieme Chemistry, Germany)
- 2007 Poster Presentation Award (ESOC2007, Ireland)
Synergistic Activities
2021 Jan.- present : Director
Advances in Biocompatible Chemistry – Interactive Forum (Online) (ABC-InFO)
2020 Jan.- present : Project Member
2020 Jan.-present : Committee Member
Committee on Publications and Cheminformatics Data Standards (CPCDS), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
2019 Jan.-present : Scientific Advisory Board
2018 Apr.-2020 Mar. : Investigator
The S&T Experts Network, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
2017 Jun.-2018 Mar. : Committee Member
Second subcommittee in The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan
2015 Apr.-2017 Mar. : Project Coordinator
JST ERATO Kanai Life Science Catalysis Project
2002-present : Deputy Director
Memberships
- Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ)
- Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)
- Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Japan (SSOCJ)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Japan Society for Science Visualization (JSSV)
- Japan Society for Chemical Biology
- Protein Science Society of Japan
- The Japanese Peptide Society
- 有機電子移動化学研究会
- The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research
- American MENSA
- HELLIQ Society
- ISI Society (US/Japan)