Akio Kitao | WRHI – Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative

Biography

Awarded B.Sc, M.Sc, & D.Sc. from Kyoto University mentored by Profs Nobuhiro Go and Fumio Hirata. 1993-2002 Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, 1998-1999 Monbusho-Aided Research Fellow at Gerhard Wagner Group, Harvard Medical School, 2002-2003 Research Scientist, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, 2003-2017 Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, 2017-Present Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology. Research Area: Computational Biology, Biophysics, Theoretical Chemistry.

Expectations for WRHI

I would expect international collaborations in broad research areas through WRHI.

Short CV
Awards
Selected Publications

2017-	Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2003-2017	Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
2002-2003	Research Scientist、Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
1998-1999	Monbusho-Aided Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
1993-2002	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University

2019	Dissociation process of a MDM2/p53 complex investigated by parallel cascade selection molecular dynamics and the Markov state model. DP Tran, A Kitao, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123 (11), 2469-2478 (2019).
2015	Gate-controlled proton diffusion and protonation-induced ratchet motion in the stator of the bacterial flagellar motor. Y Nishihara, A Kitao, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (25), 7737-7742 (2015).
2013	Parallel cascade selection molecular dynamics (PaCS-MD) to generate conformational transition pathway. R Harada, A Kitao. The Journal of chemical physics 139 (3), 035103 (2013).
2011	Screw motion regulates multiple functions of T4 phage protein gene product 5 during cell puncturing. W Nishima, S Kanamaru, F Arisaka, A Kitao, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133 (34), 13571-13576 (2011).
2009	Principal component analysis of native ensembles of biomolecular structures (PCA_NEST): insights into functional dynamics. LW Yang, E Eyal, I Bahar, A Kitao, Bioinformatics 25 (5), 606-614 (2009).
2006	Switch interactions control energy frustration and multiple flagellar filament structures. A Kitao, K Yonekura, S Maki-Yonekura, FA Samatey, K Imada, K Namba, N Go, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (13), 4894-4899 (2006).
1998	Energy landscape of a native protein: Jumping‐among‐minima model. A Kitao, S Hayward, N Go, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 33 (4), 496-517 (1998).
1991	The effects of solvent on the conformation and the collective motions of protein: normal mode analysis and molecular dynamics simulations of melittin in water and in vacuum. A Kitao, F Hirata, N Gō, Chemical physics 158 (2-3), 447-472 (1991).