Jun Ohata
Assistant Professor
Pronouns: (He, Him, His)
Dabney Hall 527A
Education
PostDoctoral Chemistry University of California - Berkeley 2020
Ph.D. Chemistry Rice University 2018
M.S. Chemistry Osaka Prefecture University 2013
B.S. Chemistry Osaka Prefecture University 2011
Area(s) of Expertise
Selective chemical reactions on natural proteins: Research in the Ohata group—leveraging expertise in organic/organometallic chemistry, protein science, bioconjugation techniques, fluorescence imaging, and biochemical analysis—focuses on (1) the development of chemical tools, especially protein labeling methods to study chemistry of proteins in living systems (e.g. mammalian cells and animal samples) and (2) the creation of functional protein conjugates with the chemical tools for material and medicinal applications.
Publications
- Friedel-Crafts Reactions for Biomolecular Chemistry , (2024)
- Friedel–Crafts reactions for biomolecular chemistry , Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (2024)
- Hexafluoroisopropanol as a Bioconjugation Medium of Ultrafast, Tryptophan-Selective Catalysis , JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2024)
- Chemical labeling strategies using biomolecule-compatible, nonaqueous media , (2023)
- Iron-sensitive protein conjugates formed with a Wittig reaction precursor in ionic liquid , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2023)
- Iron-sensitive protein conjugates formed with a Wittig reaction precursor in ionic liquid , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS (2023)
- Small-Molecule CO2 Donors Accelerate Three-Component Peptide/Protein Bioconjugation with Alkylazides and Phosphines in Ionic Liquids , SYNLETT (2023)
- A puromycin-dependent activity-based sensing probe for histochemical staining of hydrogen peroxide in cells and animal tissues , NATURE PROTOCOLS (2022)
- Correction to “An Ionic Liquid Medium Enables Development of a Phosphine-Mediated Amine–Azide Bioconjugation Method” , Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)
- Phosphine-Mediated Three-Component Bioconjugation of Amino- and Azidosaccharides in Ionic Liquids , (2022)