应元素有机化学国家重点实验室席真教授邀请，日本甲南大学 Naoki Sugimoto 教授访问重点实验室并于7月8日（周一）下午16:00在石先楼二楼报告厅作学术报告，详细信息如下：

报  告 人：Prof. Naoki Sugimoto

报告题目：“To B or not to B” in Nucleic Acids Chemistry

报告时间：2024年7月8日（周一）下午16:00

报告地点：石先楼二楼学术报告厅

报告人简介：

Naoki Sugimoto received Ph.D. in 1985 from Kyoto University, Japan. After postdoctoral work at University of Rochester, NY in USA, he joined Konan University, Kobe, Japan in 1988 and was a full professor from 1994 to 2024. From 2003 to 2024, he was also a director of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER) at Konan University and now is a Distinguished Professor of Konan University. He was a first chairman of Forum on Biomolecular Chemistry (FBC) from 1998 to 2001, and a chairman of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) from 2011 to 2013. He was a president of the Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry (JSNAC) from 2017 to 2020. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Nucleic Acids Research and Scientific Reports, and so on. He received the Dr. Masao Horiba’s Award in 2004, Distinguised Scientist Award from ICA (International Copper Association), New York, USA in 2005, Hyogo Science Award from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 2006, the CSJ Award for Creative Work in 2007, the Honorable Speaker for Applied Chemistry Lecture Series from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, Contribution Award from the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) in 2014, The Imbach-Townsend Award from IS3NA (International Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids), San Diego, USA in 2018, The Chemical Society of Japan Award (Top Award) in 2020, and so on. His research interests focus on Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Bio-nano engineering, Molecular design, Biofunctional Chemistry, and Biotechnology. He has published more than 500 scientific papers, reviews, and books.