Laboratory news

• Toshifumi Asano won the Student Poster Award at the Banyu Fukuoka Symposium. (October 2020)

• A research paper (J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 11458-11473) was introduced in the Organic Chemistry Portal.

• A new students has been jointed to our group. (May 2020)

• Toshifumi Asano and Yusaku Yoshiwara have been as JSPS Fellowship Researchers. (April 2020)

• Our paper was chosen as the 4th place in the Impact Factor category of Kumamoto University Top 10 Researchers 2019. (February 2020)

• Takuto Yoshimitsu recieved the Student Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (November 2019)

• Yusaku Yoshiwara recieved the Student Poster Award at the Banyu Fukuoka Symposium and was invited to the Banyu Sapporo Symposium. (May 2019)

• Toshifumi Asano received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (April 2019)

• A paper by Yusaku Yoshiwara and Shunsuke Kotani (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15877-15881) was selected for the Synfact of the Month. (April 2019)

• Midori Sakamoto and Toshifumi Asano were awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony. (March 2019)

• Yusaku Yoshiwara received the Best Presentation Award at the Joint Kyushu Convention of Chemistry Branches. (June 2018)

• Yusaku Yoshiwara received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (April 2018)

• Dr. Yasushi Shimoda has jointed to our group. (April 2018)

• Professor Masaharu Sugiura has been promoted to Professor of Sojo University. (April 2018)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani was awarded the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Encouragement Award. (March 2018)

• Toshifumi Asano received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (November 2017)

• Yuki Hashimoto received the Toyama Student Poster Award at the Synposium on Reaction and Syntheses. (November 2017)

• Nathan Alim received the Best Discussion Award at the Banyu Fukuoka Symposium. (June 2017)

• Yasuhiko Ashikari received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (December 2016)

• A paper by Dr. Yasuhiko Ashikari and Dr. Masaharu Sugiura (J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 8830-8835) was introduced on the Organic Chemistry Portal. (August 2016)

• Mr. Takuya Hanamure received the Best Presentation Award. (July 2016)

• Hiroki Kikumoto received the Presentation Award. (July 2016)

• Yasuhiko Ashikari received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (March 2016)

• Kazuki Osakama and Miyuki Moritani were awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony as excellent academic achievements. (March 2015)

• Kazuki Osakama's paper (Org. Lett. 2016,18, 236) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (February 2016)

• Kosuke Kai received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (November 2015)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani was selected as a recipient of the 2015 Research Achievement Award at Kumamoto University. (November 2015)

• The paper by Wakoto Ishikawa, Nobuyuki Kuboyama, and Masaharu Sugiura (Synthesis 2015, 47, 2265) was selected as a special topic article. (July 2015)

• Yasuhiko Ashikari received the Excellence Award in the training camp of the Kyushu Pharmaceutical Science Research and Education Association. (July 2015)

• Nobuyuki Kuboyama receieved the poster award at Molecular Chirality 2015. (June 2015)

• Yasuhiko Ashikari and Kosuke Kai were awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony as excellent academic performance. (March 2015)

• A paper by Kenji Kukita and Shunsuke Kotani (J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 4817) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (October 2014)

• Nathan Alim's activity was introduced in "International Exchange" of Kumamoto University Communication No.53. (June 2014)

• A paper by Kenji Kukita and Shunsuke Kotani (J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 4817) was selected as a featured article. (May 2014)

• Mai Ito was awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony as a person with excellent academic performance. (March 2014)

• Hirono Nozaki was awarded the Director of Education Award at the graduation ceremony as an excellent academic performer. (March 2014)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani's paper (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13798, Joint research with Dr. Masamichi Ogasawara, Hokkaido University) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (January 2014)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani received the Research Planning Award of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. (December 2013)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani received the Kyushu Yamaguchi Branch Encouragement Award from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. (November 2013)

• Shiki Miyazaki received the Poster Award of the Kyushu Yamaguchi Branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the Joint Kyushu Convention of Chemistry Branches. (July 2013)

• A paper by Yasushi Shimoda and Dr. Shunsuke Kotani (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3461) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (May 2013)

• Kazuki Osakama has been  a Research Fellow (DC1). (April 2013)

• Shohei Aoki received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (March 2013)

• Yasushi Shimoda received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (March 2013)

• Yasushi Shimoda was awarded the Director of Education Award at the graduation ceremony as an excellent academic performer. (March 2013)

• Midori Sakamoto was awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony as an excellent academic performer. (March 2013)

• Hirono Nozaki received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (December 2012)

• Yusuke Omaru received the poster award at the Chemical Society of Japan West Japan Convention. (November 2012)

• Our laboratory was introduced in Kumamoto University Communication No.46. (October 2012)

• Kazuki Osaka received the Poster Award at the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Area of the Organic Synthetic Chemistry Association at the Banyu Fukuoka Symposium. (May 2012)

• Takeru Kashiwagi has been a Research Fellow (DC2). (April 2012)

• Yasushi Shimoda and Shohei Aoki received the Student Excellence Presentation Award  at the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (March 2012)

• Kazuki Osakama received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (December 2011)

• Tomonori Ichibakse's paper was introduced in SYNFACTS. (July 2011)

• Kazuki Osakama was awarded the Dean's Award at the graduation ceremony as an excellent academic performer. (March 2011)

• Takeru Kashiwagi received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Arera. (December 2010)

• Tomonori Ichibakase received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Symposium on Reactions and Syntheses. (November 2010)

• Yongson Oh won the poster award at the Chemical Society of Japan West Japan Convention. (November 2010)

• Yongson Oh received the poster award at the Joint Kyushu Convention of Chemistry Branches. (July 2010)

• We won the 2nd place in the volleyball tournament. (July 2010)

• We won the 3rd place in the softball tournament. (May 2010)

• Yasushi Shimoda was a Research Fellowship (DC1). (April 2010)

• A paper by Norimasa Sato and Yuko Sonoda (Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 478) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (March 2010)

• Dr. Shunsuke Kotani's presentation was selected as a highlight lecture of the Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. (February 2010)

• Shohei Aoki received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (December 2009)

• We won the 3rd place in the softball tournament. (May 2009)

• Tomonori Ichibakase has been a JSPS Research Fellowship (DC1). (April 2009)

• A paper by Norimasa Sato (Chem. Commun. 2008, 4309) was introduced in SYNFACTS. (January 2009)

• Yasushi Shimoda Received the Excellent Presentation Award at the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan at Kyushu Area. (December 2008)

• Tomonori Ichibakase received the poster award at the seminar on synthetic organic chemistry. (September 2008)

• The paper by Hideaki Tokuoka and Shunsuke Kotani (Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2005, 16, 2391) was selected as the Top-50 most cited articles in 2005-2008. (July 2008)

• We won the 2nd place in the softball tournament. (May 2008)

• Shunsuke Kotani was awarded the President's Award at the graduation ceremony. (March 2008)