Yudai Yamaoki

Career

2016: Completed the Doctoral Program (Ph.D. in Energy Science), Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
2016: Researcher, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University
2020: Assistant Professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University

Research Themes

Elucidating the roles of non-canonical nucleic acid structures in biological phenomena and diseases
Investigating the structure-function relationships of nucleic acids and proteins in living cells

Research Keywords

Nucleic acid structures, structural dynamics, intracellular environment, in-cell NMR, nucleic acid aptamers, ribozymes, G-quadruplexes, triplexes, i-motifs, amyloids, DNA replication, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease

Awards

2023: Research Encouragement Award, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University (FY2022)
2021: JEOL RESONANCE Poster Award, ISMAR-APNMR-NMRSJ-SEST 2021
2019: Young Investigator Presentation Award, Biophysical Society of Japan
2016: Outstanding Poster Award, The 43rd International Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry (ISNAC)
2016: Young Investigator Award, The 27th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS)
2015: Student Award, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University (FY2014)
2014: Excellence Award, The 16th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society of Japan

Hobbies & Interests

Table tennis, jogging, taking walks, listening to the sound of rain, soft and bouncy textures