SHINICHI NISHIMURA

Last Updated :2024/03/04

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Professor
Web Site
E-mail
nshinhiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Organisms produce huge variety of metabolites, some of which are secreted out of cells. They sometimes act as antibiotics to secure the niche. Others may play roles in adapting to harsh conditions. We're exploring novel metabolites with unexpected biological activities, from microbes and marine organisms.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2023/01, Hiroshima University , Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Professor
  • 2018/03, 2022/12, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Lecturer
  • 2016/08, 2017/08, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Visiting Scholar
  • 2009/04, 2018/02, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant Professor
  • 2007/10, 2009/03, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Postdoctoral researcher
  • 2004/10, 2007/09, Chemical Genetics Laboratory, RIKEN
  • 2004/04, 2004/09, Chemical Genetics Laboratory, RIKEN

Educational Backgrounds

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Japan, 2001/04, 2004/03
  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Japan, 1999/04, 2001/03
  • The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Japan, 1995/04, 1999/03

Academic Degrees

  • MSc, The University of Tokyo
  • PhD, The University of Tokyo

Research Fields

  • Agricultural sciences;Agricultural chemistry;Bioorganic chemistry

Research Keywords

  • Natural products chemistry, chemical biology, microbiology.

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Society for Chemical Biology
  • Yeast Genetics Society of Japan
  • Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seafood Chemistry and Biochemistry
  2. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis I
  3. 2023, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Graduation Thesis II
  4. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Graduation Thesis III
  5. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Reading of Foreign Literature in Food Science
  6. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Laboratory Work in Marine Bioresources Chemistry
  7. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, Training for Marine Food Processing
  8. 2023, Undergraduate Education, Intensive, (AIMS) Modern Food Science
  9. 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Modern Food Science
  10. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry I
  11. 2023, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Bioactive Natural Products Chemistry II

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. A set of vectors and strains for chromosomal integration in fission yeast, Sci Rep, 13(1), 9295, 20230608
  2. FK506-binding protein, FKBP12, promotes serine utilization and negatively regulates threonine deaminase in fission yeast., iScience, 25(12), 105659, 20221124
  3. Ferrichrome, a fungal-type siderophore, confers high ammonium tolerance to fission yeast., Sci Rep, 12(1), 17411, 20221027
  4. Genome-based discovery and total synthesis of janustatins, potent cytotoxins from a plant-associated bacterium., Nat Chem, 14(10), 1193-1201, 202210
  5. Differential Biosynthesis and Roles of Two Ferrichrome-Type Siderophores, ASP2397/AS2488053 and Ferricrocin, in Acremonium persicinum., ACS Chem Biol, 17(1), 207-216, 20220121