Organization
Institute of Future Science Earth-Life Science Institute Researcher
Title
Researcher
External link
TAJIMA KENYA
Degree
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博士（理学）
Research Interests
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Ribosome
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Protein
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RNA
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Protein capsule
Research Areas
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Life Science / Molecular biology
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Life Science / Evolutionary biology
Education
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The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Doctoral Program Chemistry course
2017.4 - 2020.3
Country： Japan
Research History
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Institute of Science Tokyo Earth-Life Science Institute, Institute of Future Science
2024.10
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日本学術振興会 特別研究員-PD
2024.4
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Tokyo Institute of Technology Earth-Life Science Institute Researcher
2022.9
Country：Japan
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日本学術振興会 特別研究員-DC2
2018.4 - 2020.3
Papers
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Efficient cell-free evolution of RNA polymerases by droplet microfluidics
Naohiro Terasaka, Taro Furubayashi, Kenya Tajima, Hiroyuki Noji
bioRxiv 2026.2
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Cargo-Directed Assembly of Nonviral Nucleocapsid with Controlled Size
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
ACS Synthetic Biology 15 ( 3 ) 1178 - 1186 2026.2
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Boosted cell-free gene expression for robust signal readout from a single-copy DNA template in microdroplets
Taro Furubayashi, Naohiro Terasaka, Kenya Tajima, Hiroyuki Noji
bioRxiv 2026.2
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Cargo-directed assembly of nonviral nucleocapsid with controlled size
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
bioRxiv 2025.11
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Drop-off-reinitiation triggered by EF-G-driven mistranslocation and its alleviation by EF-P
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
Nucleic Acids Research 50 ( 5 ) 2736 - 2753 2022.2
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Comprehensive elucidation of effect of nascent peptide sequences and EF-G concentration on incorporation of prolines in translation Reviewed
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
Peptide Science 2018 103 - 103 2019
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Genetic code expansion via integration of redundant amino acid assignment by finely tuning tRNA pools
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 46 212 - 218 2018.10
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Consecutive Elongation of D-Amino Acids in Translation
Takayuki Katoh, Kenya Tajima, Hiroaki Suga
Cell Chemical Biology 24 ( 1 ) 46 - 54 2017.1
Books
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ベンゾフラノインドリン真菌ペプチドの構造改変による抗腫瘍活性分子の同定
田島研也（ Role： Sole author）
ファルマシア 2026.4
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がん細胞早期発見を目指した大環状ペプチド蛍光プローブの開発
田島研也, 菅裕明（ Role： Joint author）
医歯薬出版株式会社 2017
Presentations
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In vitro assembly of a nonviral protein capsid and its morphological control mediated by versatile cargos
Kenya TAJIMA, Yusuke SAKAI, Naohiro TERASAKA
2025.9
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In vitro nonviral protein capsid assembly with versatile cargos and controlled morphology Invited
Kenya TAJIMA
EMBO Fellows' Meeting 2025 2025.6
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In vitro nonviral protein capsid assembly with versatile cargos and controlled morphology Invited
Kenya TAJIMA, Yusuke SAKAI, Naohiro Terasaka
EMBO Fellows' Meeting 2025 2025.7
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In vitro nonviral protein capsid assembly with versatile cargos and controlled morphology Invited
Kenya TAJIMA, Yusuke SAKAI, Naohiro TERASAKA
Global insights in life science: EMBO meets WPI 2025.6
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In vitro assembly of a protein capsule and cargo molecules into virus-like particles.
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
21st IUPAB & 62nd BSI joint congress 2024 2024.6
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In vitro packaging of various cargo molecules into a non-viral protein cage.
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
The 24th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan 2024.6
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In vitro assembly of protein capsule and cargo nucleic acid molecules into a virus-like particle.
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
Joint CO world & 12th ELSI Symposium 2024.1
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Nucleic acids templated assembly of artificial virus-like particles
Kenya Tajima, Yusuke Sakai, Naohiro Terasaka
2023.9
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In vitro assembly of protein capsule and cargo molecules into a virus-like particle.
Kenya Tajima, Naohiro Terasaka
11th ELSI symposium 2023.3
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Comprehensive elucidation of effect of nascent peptide sequences and EF-G concentration on incorporation of prolines in translation
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
10th International Peptide Symposium 2018.12
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Comprehensive elucidation of effect of nascent peptide sequences and EF-G concentration on incorporation of prolines in translation
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
4th ICCPP Meeting 2018.11
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Comprehensive elucidation of effect of nascent chain sequences and EF-G concentration on incorporation of prolines in a translation system
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
The 13th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology 2018.6
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EF-Gとペプチド新生鎖がペプチジル-tRNA脱落に及ぼす影響の解明
田島 研也, 加藤 敬行, 菅 裕明
第 5 回 バイオ関連化学シンポジウム若手フォーラム 2017.9
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Improvement of D-amino acid incorporation efficiency by suppressing peptidyl-tRNA drop-off and ribosome stalling
Kenya Tajima, Takayuki Katoh, Hiroaki Suga
2016.11
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EF-Gに依存したペプチジル-tRNA脱落経路の解明
田島研也, 加藤敬行, 菅裕明
「細胞を創る」研究会 8.0 2015.11
Research Projects
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酵素発現量を自律的に最適化する代謝経路の構築
Grant number：26K17715 2026.4 - 2028.3
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 若手研究
田島 研也
Grant amount：\3770000 （ Direct Cost: \2900000 、 Indirect Cost：\870000 ）
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標的細胞選択的に細胞質へmRNAを送達するタンパク質カプセルの開発
Grant number：24KJ1042 2024.4 - 2027.3
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費
田島 研也
Authorship：Principal investigator
Grant amount：\3640000 （ Direct Cost: \2800000 、 Indirect Cost：\840000 ）
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Development of the translation machinery to incorporate multiple D-amino acids into a peptide via alteration of the ribosome tunnel
Grant number：18J12342 2018.4 - 2020.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows