- Polymer Chemistry Lab.
- Department of Molecular Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Doshisha University
What's New
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Our collaborative work with LAHub Inc. (Machine learning for polymer properties) has been accepted by Polymer Journal.
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At the 73rd Symposium on Macromolecules @ Nigata University, Mr. Kanai (M2) and Mr. Fukunaga (M2) will be presenting posters, while Assistant Professor Nishimura will be giving oral presentations.
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The 19th Young Researchers’ Association of the Kansai Region of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials will be held from 7/27 at Kyoto University. M2 Tsukiyama and M1 Mori will give poster presentations.
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Assistant Professor Nishimura will give a presentation at the 53rd Symposium on Biomedical Polymers to be held on July 23-24.
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Assistant Professor Nishimura will participate in PharmaLab EXPO held from June 26th to June 28th (booth: A-12).
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Professor Koga and Assistant Professor Nishimura will give presentations at the 73rd SPSJ Annual Meeting held on June 5-7 at Sendai International Center.
Research
The main purpose of our research group is to develop novel functional polymer soft materials with
well-regulated nanostructures. For this purpose, the living biopolymer system such as proteins,
which includes exquisite molecular structures and versatile biofunctions, would be a good model.
Applying the structural and functional principles of biopolymers to a synthetic macromolecular
system is of importance, especially for designing novel smart materials. To achieve these objects, we
newly design and synthesize biocompatible and environmentally friendly smart polymers including
self-assembling peptides and peptide-polymer hybrids and characterize their properties
comprehensively.
For students interested in the polymer chemistry laboratory
You are welcome to contact us regarding questions or comments regarding the lab’s work. For
interest in joining the research group, please contact Prof. Koga or Prof. Nishimura via e-mail.