Jun Ohata

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

• Catalytic Serine Labeling in Nonaqueous, Acidic Media , (2024)
• Contextual Analysis of Scientific Publications for Advancing Writing Skills (CASPArS): Self-Learning for Science Writing Using Top Scientists’ Literature , Journal of Chemical Education (2024)
• Contextual Analysis of Scientific Publications for Advancing writing Skills (CASPArS): Self-Learning for Science Writing Using Top Scientists’ Literature , (2024)
• Fluoroalcohols for chemical modification of biomolecules , Tetrahedron Chem (2024)
• 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)
• Redox-neutral, metal-free tryptophan labeling of polypeptides in hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) , RSC CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (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)