Education and Experience

Education Mar.1998 Doctor of Philosophy in agriculture, Gifu University Experience May.1998 Postdoctoral fellow, Ottawa University (Canada) Apr.2000 Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Kyoto University Apr.2003 Research Fellow of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Shizuoka University (Amano enzyme co. ltd.) Apr.2004 Assistant, Asahi University Apr.2007 Assistant professor, Asahi University Apr.2010 Incumbent

Publications

Myco Umemura, Yutaka Makimura, Masae Itoh, Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshiki Mine, Seiji Mitani, Ichiro Simizu, Hisashi Ashida, Kenji Yamamoto. One-step synthesis of efficient binding-inhibitor for influenza virus through multiple addition of sialyloligosaccharides on chitosan. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2010 81(2):330-4. Umemura M, Itoh M, Makimura Y, Yamazaki K, Umekawa M, Masui A, Matahira Y, Shibata M, Ashida H, Yamamoto K. Design of a sialylglycopolymer with a chitosan backbone having efficient inhibitory activity against influenza virus infection. J Med Chem. 2008 51(15):4496-503. Makimura Y, Asai Y, Sugiyama A, Ogawa T. Chemical structure and immunobiological activity of lipid A from Serratia marcescens LPS. J Med Microbiol. 2007 56(11):1440-6. Makimura Y, Asai Y, Taiji Y, Sugiyama A, Tamai R, Ogawa T. Correlation between chemical structure and biological activities of Porphyromonas gingivalis synthetic lipopeptide derivatives. Clin Exp Immunol. 2006 146(1):159-68. Makimura Y, Watanabe S, Suzuki T, Suzuki Y, Ishida H, Kiso M, Katayama T, Kumagai H, Yamamoto K. Chemoenzymatic synthesis and application of a sialoglycopolymer with a chitosan backbone as a potent inhibitor of human influenza virus hemagglutination. Carbohydr Res. 2006 341(11):1803-8.

Academic Society

Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research

Date of birth：　Jan. 25, 1971
Place of birth： Nara, Japan