Detailed Information

Research Field/Keywords for Research Field

• Biochemistry

Education

• 1983/03, Graduated
• 1985/03, Master Course, Completed
• 1988/03, Doctor Course, Completed

Employment Experience

• 1988/04 - 1994/11 Research Associate, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University
• 1994/12 - 2007/03 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University
• 2007/04 - 2008/12 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University
• 2009/01 - 2010/03 Professor, Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University
• 2010/04 - 2012/03 Professor, Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, Saga University
• 2010/04 - 2014/03 Organization for General Education, Saga University
• 2010/04 - 2017/09 Professor, Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University
• 2011/04 - 2017/09 Director, Admission Center, Saga University
• 2013/06 - 2019/03 Guest Professor Tokyo University of Science Research Institute for Science and Technology
• 2017/10 - 2019/09 Director of Education and Student Affairs / Vise President, Saga University
• 2019/10 -  *  President, Saga University

Field of Specialization

• Bio-related chemistry

Membership in Academic Societies

• American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Japan Society for Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry, The Japanese Biochemical Society, The Japanese peptide Society, The Chemical Society of Japan, American Peptide Society, American Chemical Society

Original Articles

• Coadministration of the FNIII14 peptide synergistically augments the anti-cancer activity of chemotherapeutic drugs by activating pro-apoptotic Bim;　2016/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLoS One, 11, e0162525
  AUTHOR;　T. Iyoda, Y. Nagamine, Y. Nakane, Y. Tokita, S. Akari, K. Otsuka, M. Fujita, K. Itagaki, Y. Takizawa, H. Orita, T. Owaki, J. Taira, R. Hayashi, H. Kodama, F. Fukai
  
• 「多面的・総合的評価」に向けた佐賀大学の入試改革;　2016/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 26, 23-28
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Promotion of cell adhesion by low-molecular-weight hydrogel by Lys based amphiphile;　2015/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Mater. Sci. Eng. C, 47, 345-350
  AUTHOR;　T. Suga, S. Osada, T. Narita, Y. Oishi, H. Kodama
  
• Antitumor activities of Au(I) complexed with bisphosphines in HL-60 cells;　2014/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Inorg. Biochem., 137, 109-114
  AUTHOR;　R. Hayashi, K. Nakatsui, D. Sugiyama, T. Kitajima, N. Oohara, M. Sugiya, S. Osada, H. Kodama
  
• Development of Potent Antagonists for Formyl Peptide Receptor 1 Based on Boc-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-D-Leu-Phe-OH;　2014/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Bioorg. Med. Chem., 22, 3824-3828
  AUTHOR;　R. Hayashi, T. Kitajima, H. Mizuguchi, M. Fujimoto, A. Yamaguchi, S. Koga, Y. Koga, S. Osada, H. Kodama
  
• Tenascin-C-derived peptide TNIIIA2 highly enhances cell survival and Platelet-derived Growth Factor (PDGF)-dependent cell proliferation through potentiated and sustained activation of integrin α5β1;　2014/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Biol. Chem., 289, 17699-17708
  AUTHOR;　R. Tanaka, Y. Seki, Y. Saito, S. Kamiya, M. Fujita, H. Okutsu, T. Iyoda, T. Takai, T. Owaki, H. Yajima, J. Taira, R. Hayashi, H. Kodama, T. Matsunaga, F. Fukai
  
• Raman Optical Activity of a Cyclic Dipeptide Analyzed by Quantum Chemical Calculations Combined with Molecular Dynamics Simulations;　2014/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 6767-6774
  AUTHOR;　H. Urago, T. Suga, T. Hirata, H. Kodama, M. Unno
  
• A formyl peptide substituted with a conformationally constrained phenylalanine residue evokes a selective immune response in human neutrophils;　2013/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Bioorg. Med. Chem., 21, 3, 668-675
  AUTHOR;　R. Hayashi, M. Miyazaki, S. Osada, H. Kawasaki, I. Fujita, Y. Hamasaki, H. Kodama
  
• The cell adhesion and proliferation activities of a peptide derived from human tenascin-C are dependent on two Ile residues;　2012/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Bioorg. Med. Chem., 20, 15, 4608-4613
  AUTHOR;　R. Hayashi, S. Miura, Y Saito, S. Osada, T. Iyoda, F. Fukai, H. kodama
  
• Structural requirements essential for elastin coacervation: favorable spatial arrangements of valine ridges on the three-dimensional structure of elastin-derived polypeptide (VPGVG)n;　2011/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Pept. Sci., 17, 11, 735-743
  AUTHOR;　I. Maeda, Y. Fukumoto, T. Nose, Y. Shimohigashi, T. Nezu, Y. Terada, H. Kodama, K. Kaibara, K. Okamoto
  
• Fluoroalkene modification of mercaptoacetamide-based histone deacetylase inhibitors;　2010/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Bioorg. Med. Chem., 18, 605-611
  AUTHOR;　S. Osada S. Sano, M. Ueyama, Y. Chuman, H. Kodama, K. Sakaguchi
  
• Apoptotic death of hematopoietic tumor cells through potentiated and sustained adhesion to fibronectin via VLA-4.;　2010
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Biol. Chem., 285, 7006-7015
  AUTHOR;　Y. Saito, T. Owaki, T. Matsunaga, M. Saze, S. Miura, M. Maeda, M. Eguchi, R. Tanaka, J. Taira, H. Kodama, S. Goto, Y. Niitsu, H. Terada, F. Fukai
  
• Modifications on amphiphilicity and cationicity of unnatural amino acid containing peptides for improvement of antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria.;　2010
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　J. Pept. Sci., 16, 607-612
  AUTHOR;　J. Taira, Y. Kida, H. Yamaguchi, K. Kuwano, Y. Higashimoto, H. Kodama
  
• Trans-Bilayer Ion Conduction by Proline Containing Cyclic Hexapeptides and Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions for The Ion Conducting Properties;　2010
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 83, 683-688
  AUTHOR;　J. Taira, S. Osada, R. Hayashi, T. Ueda, M. Jelokhani-Niaraki, H. Aoyagi, H. Kodama