Seiji Shinkai

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Seiji Shinkai ( Japanese 新海 征 治 , Shinkai Seiji ; born July 5, 1944 in Munakata ) is a Japanese chemist .

life and work

Shinkai graduated from Kyushu University in Fukuoka in 1967 with a bachelor's degree . In 1972 he received his doctorate there . As a post-doctoral student , he worked with Thomas C. Bruice at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972 to 1974 before returning to Japan and becoming an assistant professor at his home university in 1975. In 1976 he moved to Nagasaki University in the same position , before going back to Kyushu University in 1987, where he became a full professor the following year. In the next few years he became research director of various projects.

Shinkai conducts research in the field of organic chemistry , especially host-guest chemistry , but also liquid crystals and polysaccharide - polynucleotide interaction. He developed calixarenes for sodium and fullerenes . He also created a process for mapping organic structures onto silicates . For this purpose, he used the plasmid - DNA from bacteria as starting material. By attaching carbanions to the genetic material, he was able to enable silicate precursors to bind. These “fuse” with one another and, after removing the DNA by heating, faithfully reproduce the spatial structure of the organic material.

Publications

Shinkai published more than 700 scientific papers, including:

  • with Tony D. James and Marcus D. Phillips: Boronic acids in saccharide recognition . RSC Publ., Cambridge [2006], ISBN 0-85404-537-6

Awards

  • 1978 Chemical Society of Japan Award for Advanced Research (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  • 1985 The Society of Polymer Science Award (The Society of Polymer Science)
  • 1998 Izatt-Christensen International Award (ISMC Committee)
  • 1999 Backer Lecture Award ( University of Groningen )
  • 2002 Vielberth Lectureship Award ( University of Regensburg )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Munenori Numata, Kazunori Sugiyasu, Teruaki Hasegawa and Seiji Shinkai: Sol-Gel Reaction Using DNA as a Template. An Attempt Toward Transcription of DNA into Inorganic Materials . In: Angewandte Chemie . Volume 116, No. 25, 2004, pp. 3341-3345. Press release

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personal data
SURNAME Shinkai, Seiji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 新海 征 治 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese chemist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Munakata