日本語
Name
Ayaka Ueda
ayaka.ueda[at]riken.jp
Research Interest
chemical biology/plant biology/peptide/supramolecular chemistry
Education and Experience
2014–2018 B.Sc., Nagoya University (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2018–2020 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2020–2023 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2020–2023 JSPS Doctoral Course Research Fellowships (DC1)
2023–2025 Designated assistant professor [International leading research], Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University (Prof. Kenichiro Itami/Prof. Akiko Yagi)
2023–2025 Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Münster (Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo)
2025- Researcher, Expanded Chemical Space Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2025- Researcher, Director of Molecule Creation Laboratory, Pioneering Research Institute, RIKEN (Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
Recent Publications
[1] “Discovery of Plant Growth Stimulants by C–H Arylation of 2-Azahypoxanthine”
Hiroyuki Kitano, Jae-Hoon Choi, Ayaka Ueda, Hideto Ito, Shinya Hagihara, Toshiyuki Kan, Hirokazu Kawagishi, and Kenichiro Itami
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5684. (DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02407) Highlighted in C&EN News
[2] “C–H arylation enables synthesis of imidazole-4-carboxamide (ICA) based fairy chemicals with plant growth promoting activity“
Ayaka Ueda, Kazuma Amaike, Yoko Shirotani, Robin Warstat, Hideto Ito, Jae-Hoon Choi, Hirokazu Kawagishi and Kenichiro Itami
DOI:10.1139/cjc-2022-0256)
[3] “Discovery of 2,6-Dihalopurines as Stomata Opening Inhibitors: Implication of an LRX-mediated H+-ATPase Phosphorylation Pathway”
Ayaka Ueda, Yusuke Aihara, Shinya Sato, Keiko Kano, Emi Mishiro-Sato, Hiroyuki Kitano, Ayato Sato, Kazuhiro J. Fujimoto, Takeshi Yanai, Kazuma Amaike, Toshinori Kinoshita and Kenichiro Itami
DOI:10.1021/acschembio.2c00771) Selected as a cover of the journal
https://www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/research/2023/01/post-52.php
[4] “De novo generation of dual-target compounds using artificial intelligence”
Kasumi Yasuda, Francois Berenger, Kazuma Amaike, Ayaka Ueda, Tomoya Nakagomi, Genki Hamasaki, Chen Li, Noriko Yuyama Otani, Kazuma Kaitoh, Koji Tsuda, Kenichiro Itami and Yoshihiro Yamanishi
DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2024.111526)
[5] “Atomic-precision π-driven peptide hydrogel nanofibers with ordered water channels“
Ayaka Ueda, George Broutzakis, Alexander Neuhaus, David Ens, Dominik Mählmann, Lisa Schlichter, Hideya Kono, Akiko Yagi, Kazuma Amaike, Christos Gatsogiannis, Bart Jan Ravoo, and Kenichiro Itami
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-75984-9)
RIKEN press release/JST press release/Univesity of Münster press release
[6] “The advent of molecular nanocarbon biology“
Kazuma Amaike, Ayaka Ueda and Kenichiro Itami
) Selected as a cover of the journal
