Curriculum vitae

Updated on May., 2025

POSITION:
Professor
ADDRESS:
Department of System Chemotherapy & Molecular Sciences, Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genomics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
RESEARCH FIELD:
Natural product chemistry, Chemical biology, Chemical genetics, Bioorganic chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Chemical communications, Metabolome
KEY WORDS of RESEARCH:
natural product chemistry, screening, angiogenesis, apoptosis, cell cycle, differentiation, biosynthesis, metabolome, proteome
PUBLICATION LIST:
See publications
BIRTH DATE and PLACE:
1965, Japan
DEGREE:
Bachelor of Chemistry (1989), Keio University, Japan. [Supervisor: Prof. Hiromichi OHTA].
Master of Chemistry (1991), Keio University. [Supervisor: Prof. Hiromichi OHTA].
Masters thesis: "Development of Novel Enzymatic Reactions and Its Application to Total Synthesis of Natural Products"
Ph. D. (1994), Keio University. [Supervisor: Prof. Kazuo UMEZAWA].
Doctoral thesis: "Studies on Screening, Structure, and Biological Activity of Novel Compounds Which Regulate Protein Phosphorylations in Eukaryotic Cells".
MEMBERSHIP & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.
Japanese Cancer Association.
The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer.
The Chemical Society of Japan.
The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.
The Japanese Biochemical Society.
Japanese Society for Chemical Biology
The Japanese Circulation Society
The Japanese Vascular Biology and Medicine Organization.
The Society for Actinomycets Japan.
etc.

Editorial Board, Managing Editor, J. Antibiot.
Award Committee Member, Tu Youyou Award 2024 (MDPI)
Editorial Board, Section Editor (Natural Products & Chemical Biology); the Reference Module of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
Editorial Board, Biol. Pharm. Bull. & Chem. Pharm. Bull.
Editorial Board, Oncology Research
Associate Editor, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.
POSITION:
Apr. 1994: Research Scientist, Antibiotics Lab., RIKEN
Apr. 2003: Senior Research Scientist, Antibiotics Lab., Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN.
Apr. 2003-present: Team Leader, Molecular Mining Research Team, RIKEN Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN
Aug. 2003-Apr. 2007: Senior Scientist & Vice-Director, Antibiotics Lab., Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN.
Apr. 2007-present: Professor, Department of System Chemotherapy and Molecular Sciences, Division of Bioinformatics and Chemical Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University.
Apr. 2016-Mar. 2020: Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University.
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Oct.-Dec., 1995: Visiting Scientist, Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Health (IETH), University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Oct., 1998-Mar. 2000: Visiting Scientist, Center for Cancer Research, Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA, USA
Mar., -Apr. 2009: Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
Apr. 2007-present: Visiting Professor, RIKEN Advanced Science Insitute (RIKEN ASI), Japan.
AWARDS and HONORS:
1. Young Investigators Award of The Japanese Association for Molecular Target Therapy of Cancer (1999)
2. Research Promotion Award, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (2002)
3. The Awards, Alumni Association of Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University (2006)
4. The Sumiki Umezawa Memorial Awards (2006, Japan Antibiotics Research Association, Japan)
5. The Keimei Life Science Prize (2007, Keimei Foundation, Japan)
6. Bio Advancing Knowledge Award, Bio Business Award Japan 2013 (2013, Osaka, Japan)
7. The 1st. Kobayashi Foundation Award for Cancer Research (2016, Kobayashi Foundation for Cancer Research, Japan)
8. The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award (2025, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan)
HOBBIES:
Soccer, Baseball, Tennis.
Hideaki KAKEYA, Ph.D.