Yoshihiro Shimizu
- Organization:
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
- Email:
yshimizu@riken.jp
- Lab Website:
- Research Interest:
Establishment of the method for valuable protein production by using the PURE system, construction of the self-replication model of the cell-free protein synthesis system, development of the cell-free protein synthesis system on micro devices.
Dr. Yoshihiro Shimizu is a Team Leader in RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR). He developed a reconstituted cell-free protein synthesis system (PURE system) in his Ph.D. research in the University of Tokyo. After supporting the commercialization of the PURE system in a startup company, he became an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo and continued his research for the development of applied techniques using the PURE system. In 2010, he started his own research group in RIKEN which aims to further apply the cell-free system for the field of synthetic biology and proteomics study.
