Electronic Properties of Biomolecules and Life Science Team

To understand biological phenomena from the molecular level, such as DNA and proteins, to the micro and macro level, such as cells and tissues, from a quantum theoretical perspective, we aim to elucidate quantum mechanisms based on electronic state information obtained through synchrotron radiation spectroscopy and imaging experiments on biomolecules. We also actively develop technologies and theoretical calculations to conduct these experiments and analyses.

Team Leader, Kentaro Fujii

Recent Publications

1. Seiko Nakagawa, Akinari Yokoya, Maki Ohara, Noriko Usami, Mizue Asada, Motoyasu Fujiwara, Toshikazu Nakamura, Kenji Ishikawa, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 214, 111304, (2024)
2. Takuya Maeyama, Kiichiro Hayashi, Yusuke Watanabe, Maki Ohara, Seiko Nakagawa, Physica Medica 114, 102684, (2023)
3. M. Hirato, A. Yokoya, Y. Baba, S. Mori, K. Fujii, S. Wada, Y. Izumi, and Y. Haga,  (Br-U PES) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25, 14836-14847, (2023)
4. Y. Izumi, M. Ohara, K. Fujii, A. Yokoya, and M. Ogawa, (Sn-Pc PES) , Chemical Physics Letters 822, 140508 (2023)
5. Shimada et al., … Fujii,(Capilary), Anal. Chem., in press 
6. Y. Izumi, M. Ohara, K. Fujii, A. Yokoya, and M. Ogawa, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, in press
7. M. Ohara, Y. Izumi, H. Takakura, S. Enomoto, K. Fujii, A. Yokoya, and M. Ogawa, (S-A-Iodo QMS)  Radiat. Phys. Chem. 216, 111394 (2024). 
8. Nishikubo, … Izumi, Fujii…Yokoya, (XRCC4 CD and SAXS), Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 99 1684-1691, (2023)
9. Y. Izumi, K. Matsuo, A. Yokoya, Secondary structural analyses of histone H2A-H2B proteins extracted from heated cells, Chirality 35・3 165-171 (2022).
10. H. Yu, Y. Kondo, K. Fujii, A. Yokoya, S. Yamashita, Establishment of a Method for Investigating Direct and Indirect Actions of Ionizing Radiation Using Scavenger-free Plasmid DNA, Radiat. Res. 197・6 594-604 (2022).
11. K. Horiba, T. Imazono, H. Iwasawa, K. Fujii, J. Miyawaki, Y. Ohtsubo, N. Inami, T. Nakatani, K. Inaba, A. Agui, H. Kimura, M. Takahashi, Design of nano-ARPES beamline at 3-GeV next-generation synchrotron radiation facility, NanoTerasu Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2380 12034 (2022).
12. Y. Ohtsubo, T. Ueno, H. Iwasawa, J. Miyawaki, K. Horiba, A. Agui, K. Inaba, T. Nakatani, T. Imazono, K. Fujii, H. Kimura, M. Takahashi, Design for nano-spintronics beamline at 3-GeV next-generation synchrotron radiation facility, NanoTerasu Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2380 12037 (2022).
13. J. Miyawaki, K. Fujii, T. Imazono, K. Horiba, Y. Ohtsubo, N. Inami, T. Nakatani, K. Inaba, A. Agui, H. Kimura, M. Takahasi, Design of Ultrahigh Energy Resolution RIXS Beamline at NanoTerasu, Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2380 (2022).