Researchers

SAGA Yoshitaka

SAGA Yoshitaka
Professor
Faculty Department of Science / Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/yoshisaga

Education and Career

Education

  • 1990/04 - 1994/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Faculty of Engineering,
  • 1994/04 - 1996/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Graduate School of Engineering,
  • 1996/04 - 1999/03 , The University of Tokyo, The Graduate School of Engineering,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2017 - Today , Kindai University Department of Chemistry Professor
  • Jun. 2018 - Dec. 2018 , アムステルダム自由大学 客員研究員（兼任）
  • Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2018 , 科学技術振興機構 さきがけ研究者（兼任）
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2017 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science 准教授
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2010 , Kindai University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Science 講師
  • Jan. 2003 - Mar. 2005 , 日本学術振興会 特別研究員（SPD）
  • Apr. 2002 - Dec. 2002 , 日本学術振興会 特別研究員（PD）
  • Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2002 , Ritsumeikan University 総合理工学研究機構 ポストドクトラルフェロー

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Functional solid-state chemistry
  • Life sciences, Functional biochemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Molecular biochemistry
  • Life sciences, Biophysics

Research Interests

生物有機化学, Artificial photosynthesis, Carotenoid, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll

Published Papers

  1. Chlorophyll reconstitution of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes
    Yoshitaka Saga; Shota Kawato; Jiro Harada
    Plant and Cell Physiology  66  (11)  , 1575-1587, 28, Jul. 2025  , Refereed
  2. Spectral Features and Excited State Dynamics of Carotenoid in B800-Depleted Light-Harvesting Complex 2
    Shota Kawato; Chiasa Uragami; Kazuki Inada; Shinichi Sato; Yukihiro Kimura; Hirotaka Kitoh-Nishioka; Hideki Hashimoto; Yoshitaka Saga
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters  16  (25)  , 6364-6371, 16, Jun. 2025  , Refereed
  3. Enzymatic activity of C-20 methyltransferase BchU evaluating its role in bacteriochlorophyll c biosynthetic pathway
    Jiro Harada; Shunsuke Takahashi; Shigeaki Osumi; Yoshitaka Saga; Mitsuaki Hirose; Hirozo Oh-oka; Hitoshi Tamiaki
    Plant and Cell Physiology  66  (11)  , 1693-1709, 31, May. 2025  , Refereed

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Patents

  1. メチル基転移酵素、そのDNA、及び特定部位にメチル基が導入されたポルフィリン型化合物の製造方法 , 民秋 均, 原田 二朗, 佐賀 佳央

Awards & Honors

  1. Mar. 2004, 日本化学会, 第18回若い世代の特別講演会 講演者

Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C), 色素置換による光合成エネルギー移動制御：色素集団と単量体の共存の重要性を理解する , 近畿大学
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Photodecomposition of lignins by solar energy using chlorophylls in plant biomasses , Kindai University
  3. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業 新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 紅色光合成細菌の光収穫タンパク質への異種色素の再構成によるアンテナ機能の制御 , 近畿大学

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