Search for cell adhesion beta-sheet peptides using molecular descriptors and statistical analysis of data from thioflavin T assay and CD measurements

Taisei Terao, Tomohiro Umetani, Akira Takekawa, Fumihiro Kayamori, Kenji Usui*

37th European Peptide Symposium

Florence, Italy

2024/08/28-29

Novel prodrugs of HIV-1 protease inhibitor with an N-amidinoglycine moiety

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

37th European Peptide Symposium

Florence, Italy

2024/08/28-29

Fabrication of nanopores composed of beta-sheet peptides

Fumihiro Kayamori, Kenji Usui, Takuto Kariya, Yoshio Hamada, Daisuke Sato, Zugui Peng, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano

37th European Peptide Symposium

Florence, Italy

2024/08/28-29

Separation and detection of lead ions in environmental water using peptidyl beads

Shuhei Yoshida, Koki Yoshida, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*

37th European Peptide Symposium

Florence, Italy

2024/08/28-29

Construction of an easy-handling detection system for lead ions using peptidyl microbeads

Shuhei Yoshida, Koki Yoshida, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*

The 60th Japanese Peptide Symposium

BIWAKO HALL Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga

2023/11/8-10

Synthesis of β-sheet peptides conjugated with microbeads or artificial functional groups forming β-barrel nanopores

Fumihiro Kayamori, Takuto Kariya , Yoshio Hamada, Zugui Peng, Ryuji Kawano, Kenji Usui*

The 60th Japanese Peptide Symposium

BIWAKO HALL Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga

2023/11/8-10

Effect of linearly polarized microwaves on calcium carbonate mineralization using peptides

Fumihiro Kayamori, Kan Hirao , Ryuji Osawa, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Tomohiro Umetani, Kenji Usui*

The 60th Japanese Peptide Symposium

BIWAKO HALL Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga

2023/11/8-10

Development of Peptidyl PEGA Resins for Lead Ion Recovery

Shuhei Yoshida, Taichi Isozaki, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*

28th American Peptide Symposium

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

2023/6/24-29

Rapid Sensitization Assessment Using Peptidyl PEGA Resins as Alternatives to Animal Testing

Kenji Usui*, Masae Fukuda, Aki Nishimura, Fumihiro Kayamori, Hideto Ariumi, Yoshio Hamada

28th American Peptide Symposium

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

2023/6/24-29

Single-molecule detection using de novo designed β-barrel nanopore with Gly-kink

Ikuro Mizoguchi, Shuhei Yoshida, Yoshio Hamada, Yuto Suzuki, Yuzuha Araki, Kenji Usui*, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano

The 59th Japanese Peptide Symposium

TOHKnet Hall Sendai, Miyagi, Miyagi

2022/10/26-28

Enhancement of cell penetration efficiency of cationic peptides by microwave irradiation

Momo Hirata, Fumihiro Kayamori, Ryuji Osawa, Yonejiro Arimoto, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kenji Usui*

The 59th Japanese Peptide Symposium

TOHKnet Hall Sendai, Miyagi, Miyagi

2022/10/26-28

Heavy metals separation using heavy metal ion-binding peptides immobilized onto TentaGel or PEGA resin

Shuhei Yoshida, Taichi Isozaki, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui

The 59th Japanese Peptide Symposium

TOHKnet Hall Sendai, Miyagi, Miyagi

2022/10/26-28

Construction of a method to screen fibril-forming peptides applied to biomaterials from designed betasheet peptide libraries by statistical analysis

Kazuya Iwata, Taisei Terao, Akira Takekawa, Tomohiro Umetani, Kenji Usui*

The 59th Japanese Peptide Symposium

TOHKnet Hall Sendai, Miyagi, Miyagi

2022/10/26-28

Construction of peptide-immobilized microbeads system for assessing skin sensitization

Kenji Usui*, Masae Fukuda, Aki Nishimura, Fumihiro Kayamori, Yoshio Hamada, Hideto Ariumi

The 59th Japanese Peptide Symposium

TOHKnet Hall Sendai, Miyagi, Miyagi

2022/10/26-28

Selective removal of Pb2+ or Au3+ by peptide-immobilized microbeads for environmental cleanup and medical treatment

Shuhei Yoshida, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*

11ITM-KONAN Multidisciplinary Poster Session

iCommons Agora West,Hyogo

2022/7/12-15

※Encouragement Award

Analyses of alpha-amylase inactivation mechanism by treatment of CO2 microbubbles with low temperature heating in Japanese Sake making process

Taisei Terao, Fumiyuki Kobayashi, Kohei Matsumoto, Sachiko Odake, Kenji Usui*

11ITM-KONAN Multidisciplinary Poster Session

iCommons Agora West,Hyogo

2022/7/12-15

Synthesis of Immobilized Gold Nanoparticles with Catalytic Activity Using Resin Conjugated with Gold Mineralizing Peptide

Shuhei Yoshida, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kenji Usui*

The 58th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Online conference

2021/10/21（10/20-10/22）

Effect of Microwave Irradiation on Cellular Uptake Using Arginine-Rich Peptides

Momo Hirata, Yonejiro Arimoto, Ryuji Osawa, Nobuhiro Nakanishi, Kenji Usui*

The 58th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Online conference

2021/10/21（10/20-10/22）

A novel skin sensitization test system using peptide-immobilized microbeads and functional group indicators

Kenji Usui*, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hikaru Takaishi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Kunihiko Yamashita, Yoshio Hamada

The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

2019/11/20-11/22

Effect of microwave on mineralization of calcium compounds using peptides

Kenji Usui*,Tsubasa Kosaka, Makoto Ozaki, Hiroyuki Togashi, Yonejiro Arimoto, Takeshi Uraka, Ryuji Osawa, Tomohiro Umetani

The 13th JEMEA Symposium

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

2019/10/30-11/1

De novo design of β-hairpin peptide to construct nanopore structure in lipid membrane

Keisuke Shimizu, Shungo Sakashita, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

Construction of gene expression control system using photolabile PNA peptide binding to guanine-rich DNA/RNA

Shungo Sakashita, Tamaki Endoh, Arisa Okada, Kenji Usui*

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

Construction of visible light responsive nanocatalyst by mineralization using designed peptide

Makoto Ozaki, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Takahito Imai, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui*

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

Development of cell culture substrate generated by trypsin digestion of Aβ fibrils

Shin-ichiro Yokota, Yasumasa Mashimo, Yoshio Hamada, Youji Harada, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Kenji Usui*

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

A series of qunine prodrugs for an anti-malarial treatment

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

A chromophore-immobilized peptide binding assay for assessing skin sensitization in vitro

Kenji Usui*, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hikaru Takaishi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Yoshio Hamada, Kunihiko Yamashita

The 56th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), M&D Tower 2F, Akiko Suzuki Memorial Hall, Tokyo

2019/10

Generation of Cell Culture Substrate by Protease Digestion of Amyloid beta Peptide

Shin-ichiro Yokota, Yasumasa Mashimo, Yoshio Hamada, Youji Harada, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake,Kenji Usui*

The 26th American Peptide Symposium.

Monterey, CA,USA

2019/6

Nanostructure and Elemental Composition Control for Synthesis of Gold-Titania Photocatalysts Using DNAs and Designed Peptides

Makoto Ozaki, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui

The 26th American Peptide Symposium.

Monterey, CA,USA

2019/6

Novel Quinine Prodrugs as Anti-malaria Drug Candidates

Yoshio Hamada and Kenji Usui*

The 26th American Peptide Symposium.

Monterey, CA,USA

2019/6

Cell culture substrate using digested Amyloid beta (1-40) fibril by proteases

Shinichiro Yokota, Yasumasa Mashimo, Eita Tatsumi, Yoshio Hamada, Youji Harada, Masayasu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Kenji Usui*

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

Photocatalytic Gold-Titania Nanoarchitecture by Mineralization Using Designed Peptides and DNA

Makoto Ozaki, Takaaki Tsuruoka, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

Regulation of gene expression by photocontrolling formation of G-quadruplex structure using PNA peptide

Shungo Sakashita, Tamaki Endoh, Arisa Okada, Kenji Usui*

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

De Novo Design of Nanopore-Forming Transmembrane Peptide with β-sheet structure

Keisuke Shimizu, Naoki Saigo, Shungo Sakashita, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui, Batsaikhan Mijiddorj, Izuru Kawamura, Ryuji Kawano

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

Water-soluble prodrug of ritonavir

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

Unique and innovative biodetection technologies using structured and labeled peptide microarrays in combination with imaging and multivalent analyses towards diagnostics not dependent on bio-markers

Kiyoshi Nokihara, Yuki Tominaga, Kenji Usui*, Takayuki Kondo, Masaya Ikegawa, Mu-xin Wei, Haruyuki Fujino, Atsushi Kitagawa, Shun Nokihara, Hiro-O Ito, Hisakazu Mihara, Christian Schoenbach

10th International Peptide Symposium

ROHM Theatre Kyoto and Miyakomesse(Kyoto,Japan)

2018/12/4-7

The Possibility of Use of Designed Peptides for Safety Assessment as an Alternative to Animal Testing

Kenji Usui*

The 4th international conference on toxicity testing alternatives & translational toxicology and the 2nd asian congress on alternatives

Canton,China

2018/10/9-12

Novel HIV-1 protease inhibitor prodrugs using a degradation reaction of N-amidino-peptides

Kenji Usui*, Yoshio Hamada

35EPS(European Peptide Symposium)

the Dublin City University

2018/8/26-31

Peptidyl Microbeads for Modification of a Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA) in Skin Sensitization Assessment

Kenji Usui*, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hidefumi Ikeda, Kunihiko Yamashita, Yoshio Hamada

35EPS(European Peptide Symposium)

the Dublin City University

2018/8/26-31

Switch of DNA G-wire Formation Using a PNA Peptide by Protease Activity

Shungo Sakashita, Arisa Okada, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui

35EPS(European Peptide Symposium)

the Dublin City University

2018/8/26-31

※Encouragement Award

Nanostructures generated by protease digestion of amyloid fibrils towords an application to cell culture substrate

Kobatake, Kenji Usui*

35EPS(European Peptide Symposium)

the Dublin City University

2018/8/26-31

※Encouragement Award

Gold-Titania Nanocatalyst Generated by Mineralization Using Two Artificial Peptides with DNA

Makoto Ozaki, Kin-Ya Tomizaki, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui

35EPS(European Peptide Symposium)

the Dublin City University

2018/8/26-31

※Encouragement Award

Detection of saliva by a peptide microarray, peptenchip, using protein fingerprints and multivalent analyses focusing on oral health care

Yuki Tominaga, Kenji Usui*, Akiyoshi Hirata, Hiro-O Ito, Kiyoshi Nokihara

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-11/22

Design of programmable pore-forming model using β-sheet peptides

Keisuke Shimizu, Naoki Saigo, Yusuke Sekiya, Shungo Sakashita, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*, Ryuji Kawano

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-22

Complexation of nucleic acids and peptides tethering a nuclear localization signal for intracellular DNA delivery

Shunsuke Kataoka, Takahito Imai, Kenji Usui, Kin-ya Tomizaki

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-22

Novel water-soluble prodrug of β-secretase inhibitor as an anti-Alzheimer’s disease drug.

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-22

Switch of DNA structure formation using PNA peptides with a protease substrate sequence

Shungo Sakashita, Arisa Okada, Masayuki Shimooka, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-11/22

Producing nanomaterials by digestion of amyloid beta peptide using protease

Shin-ichiro Yokota, Yasumasa Mashimo, Eita Tatsumi, Taishi Yamagihara, Yoshio Hamada, Rui Kawatahara, Youji Harada, Masayosu Mie, Eiry Kobatake, Kenji Usui*

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-11/22

Construction of modified skin sensitization assay systems using peptidyl microbeads

Kenji Usui*, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Yuuki Minamino, Hideaki Mekata, Masayuki Takaishi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Kunihiko Yamashita, and Yoshio Hamada

The 54th Japanese Peptide Symposium

Nakamozu Campus, Osaka Prefecture University

2017/11/20-11/22

Improvement of DPRA for Testing Poorly Water-Soluble Substances Using Artificial Peptide-Immobilized Resins Containing Photo-Labile Linkers

Kenji Usui*, Yuuki Minamino, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hideaki Mekata, Masayuki Takaishi, Kunihiko Yamashita

The 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, USA

2017/8/20-24

Modified DPRA for Testing Poorly Water-Soluble Substances Using Immobilized Peptide and Thiol or Amino Group Indicators

Yuuki Minamin, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hideaki Mekata, Masayuki Takaishi, Hidefumi Ikeda, Kunihiko Yamashita, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

The 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, USA

2017/8/20-24

Design of BACE1 inhibitors possessing a medium-ring structure at the P3 position

Yoshio Hamada

DrugDiscovery & Therapy World Congress

Boston, USA

2017/07/10-13

New N-Terminal Degradation Reaction of Peptides: Application to a Decapeptide

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

The 53th Japanese Peptide Symposium

KYOTO TERRSA, Kyoto

2016/10/26-2016/10/28

Studies of the Systematically Designed Pore-Forming Peptides Using Channel Current Recording

Yusuke Sekiya, Hirokazu Watanabe, Kenji Usui*, Ryuji Kawano

The 53th Japanese Peptide Symposium

KYOTO TERRSA, Kyoto

2016/10/26-2016/10/28

Practical Applications of Peptide Microarray for Detection of Saliva Forcusing on Periodontal Disease

Yuki Tominaga, Kenji Usui*, Akiyoshi Hirata, Atsushi Kitagawa, Hiro-O Ito, Kiyoshi Nokihara

The 53th Japanese Peptide Symposium

KYOTO TERRSA, Kyoto

2016/10/26-2016/10/28

Construction of Nanocomposites by Moltiple Mineralization Using DNAs and Designed Peptides

Makoto Ozaki, Yoshio Hamada, Takahito Imai, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui*

The 53th Japanese Peptide Symposium

KYOTO TERRSA, Kyoto

2016/10/26-2016/10/28

Construction of Organic-Inorganic Nanostructures by Site-Specific Precipitations on DNAs Using Artificial Peptides

Makoto Ozaki, Takahito Imai, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui

CBI Annual Meeting 2016

TOWER HALL FUNABORI, Tokyo

2016/10/25

A Novel N-Terminal Degradation Reaction of Peptides via Guanidine Derivatives

Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui*

The 34th European Peptide Symposium and the 8th International Peptide Symposium

Leipzig（Germany）

2016/9/4 - 2016/9/9

Site-Specific Control for Silica and Calcium Carbonate Mineralization Using a PNA Peptide and DNA

Makoto Ozaki, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Yoshio Hamada, Kenji Usui

The 34th European Peptide Symposium and the 8th International Peptide Symposium

Leipzig（Germany）

2016/9/4 - 2016/9/9

Monomerization and Fibrillation Methods for Fibrosis Peptides Using SPPS Microbeads

Kenji Usui*, Shinya Hikida, Yuuki Minamino, Riko Okahira, Yoshio Hamada

The 34th European Peptide Symposium and the 8th International Peptide Symposium

Leipzig（Germany）

2016/9/4 - 2016/9/9

Control of Site-Specific Silica and Calcium Precipitation on DNA Using a Designed Peptide

Makoto Ozaki, Natsumi Endo, Takahito Imai, Kin-ya Tomizaki, Kenji Usui*

Pacifichem 2015

Honololu(U.S.A.)

2015/12/18