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Takashi Imai, Ph.D.  
Senior Scientist, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center

[Education]
 
Mar 1995  B.Sc.  Hiroshima University  supervised by Prof. Akira Imamura
Mar 1997  M.Sc.  Hiroshima University  supervised by Prof. Akira Imamura
Mar 2000  Ph.D.  The Graduate University for Advanced Studies  supervised by Prof. Fumio Hirata

[Academic Appointments]
 
Apr 2000 - Jun 2001  Postdoctoral Fellow  Institute for Moleculear Science
Jul 2001 - Mar 2004  Postdoctoral Fellow  Ritsumeikan University
Apr 2004 - Mar 2008  Lecturer  Ritsumeikan University
Apr 2008 - Mar 2011  Senior Scientist  RIKEN Computational Science Research Program
Apr 2011 - present  Senior Scientist  RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center

[Awards]
 
Mar 2010  RIKEN 1st Research Incentive Award
"Development of a Novel Ligand-Mapping Method Based on Molecular Liquid Theory"
Sep 2010  CBI Annual Meeting 2010 Poster Award
"A Novel Ligand Mapping Method Based on Molecular Liquid Theory: Toward Computational Fragment-Based Drug Design"
Nov 2010  The Japan Association of Solution Chemistry 4th SHOREI-SHO (Award for young scientists)
"Studies on the Hydration Thermodynamics and the Molecular Recognition of Proteins Based on Molecular Liquid Theory"

[Research Interests]
 
3D-RISM-based ligand mapping and its applications to drug design
Solvation thermodynamics of biomolecules
Molecular mechanism of pressure-induced structural transition of proteins
Molecular theory of partial molar volume and compressibility

[Publications]
 
◊ Original papers
◊ Review articles (partly in Japanese)
◊ Conference proceedings/Others (partly in Japanese)

[Address]
 
Laboratory for Biomolecular Function Simulation
RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center
7-1-26 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan