Researchers

KAWASHITA Norihito

KAWASHITA Norihito
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Energy and Materials / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/KN002913

Education and Career

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2022 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Energy and Materials Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2022 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering Department of Life Science Lecturer
  • Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2017 , Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Assistant Professor
  • Jun. 2007 - Mar. 2017 , Osaka University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Assistant Professor
  • Oct. 2005 - Jun. 2007 , Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases Specially Appointed Reserch Associate

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences , Virology
  • Life sciences , Pharmaceuticals - chemistry and drug development
  • Life sciences , Pharmaceuticals - analytical and physicochemistry

Research Interests

Computational Chemistry, Protein-protein interaction, Molecular Design, hereditary disease, Infectious Diseases

Published Papers

  1. Evolutionary and structural basis of SLAMF1 utilization in morbilliviruses-Implications for host range and cross-species transmission.
    Ayumu Hyodo; Fumio Seki; Kento Fukuda; Kaede Tashiro; Yuki Kitai; Yukiko Akahori; Hideko Watabe; Hiroshi Katoh; Rikuto Osaki; Daisuke Takaya; Norihito Kawashita; Hideo Fukuhara; Satoshi Ikegame; Tomoki Yoshikawa; Park Eunsil; Shigeru Morikawa; Ryoji Yamaguchi; Benhur Lee; Katsumi Maenaka; Tsuyoshi Shirai; Kaori Fukuzawa; Shigenori Tanaka; Makoto Takeda
    PLoS pathogens  21  (6)  , e1012990-, Jun. 2025 
  2. Expanding the Genetic and Clinical Spectrum of SCN1A-Related Hemiplegic Migraine: Analysis of Mutations in Japanese
    Daisuke Danno; Haruka Tada; Itsuki Oda; Norihito Kawashita; Makito Hirano; Shigekazu Kitamura; Shoji Kikui; Makoto Samukawa; Keisuke Yoshikawa; Yoshiyuki Mitsui; Yoshitaka Nagai; Takao Takeshima; Kazumasa Saigoh
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences  26  (4)  , 1426-1426, 8, Feb. 2025 
  3. The host tropism of current zoonotic H7N9 viruses depends mainly on an acid-labile hemagglutinin with a single amino acid mutation in the stalk region
    Tomo Daidoji; Hiroki Sadakane; Kotaro Garan; Norihito Kawashita; Yasuha Arai; Yohei Watanabe; Takaaki Nakaya
    PLOS Pathogens  20  (10)  , e1012427-e1012427, 22, Oct. 2024 

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Books etc

  1. Recent Advances of the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method: Enhanced Performance and Applicability , Yuji Mochizuki; Shigenori Tanaka; Kaori Fukuzawa , FMO Drug Design Consortium, 5 WG on Protein-Protein Interactions, pp.150-157. , Springer , 5, Jan. 2021

MISC

  1. Keap1環状ペプチド阻害剤の探索を指向した機械学習モデルの構築 , Tomoki Odaira; Akari Fujikawa; Norihito Kawashita , 第53回構造活性相関シンポジウム , Sep. 2025
  2. Search for inhibitors of PPI between measles virus hemagglutinin and SLAM receptors , 大崎碧斗; 宮岸澄真; 大野修; 田中蒼太; 竹田誠; 加藤文博; 田中成典; 川下理日人; 田雨時; 高谷大輔; 福澤薫 , 日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・予稿集(Web) , 72nd , 2025
  3. Functional analysis of mumps virus HN protein focusing on its carbohydrate-binding site , 増田彩夏; 宮川柊兵; 大野修; 加藤大志; 細木美香; 竹田誠; 川下理日人; 田中成典; 田雨時; 高谷大輔; 福澤薫 , 日本ウイルス学会学術集会プログラム・予稿集(Web) , 72nd , 2025

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Patents

  1. インフルエンザウイルスに由来する抗原ペプチド、及び抗インフルエンザウイルス抗体を選択する方法 , 生田 和良, 纐纈 律子, 山下 明史, 川下 理日人, 柚木 幹弘, 奥野 良信, 井手野 祥次, 久原 基樹

Awards & Honors

  1. Oct. 2016, 日本化学会情報化学部会, JCAC論文賞
  2. 2009, Poster Award at the 32th Symposium on Chemical Information and Computer Science
  3. 2009, 第32回情報化学討論会ポスター賞

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Progressive research on genetic testing for hereditary gastrointestinal tumors and fundamental research on next-generation medical genetics , Kindai University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development of novel free energy change prediction method independent of entropy change , Kindai University
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Modeling for Prediction of Serious Adverse Events Probabilities of Drug Candidates , Osaka University

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