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Akihiko Yamagishi

Akihiko Yamagishi

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10834
World Ranking
10731
National Ranking
783

Overview

Akihiko Yamagishi is affiliated with Toho University in Japan and specializes in research spanning physics, astronomy, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output is predominantly focused on planetary science, spectroscopy, and astro and planetary science fields.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics including:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Polar Research and Ecology

The primary fields of study for Yamagishi consist of:

  • Physics and Astronomy

Their subfields of study include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Yamagishi has published various research papers in frequent venues such as:

  • Astrobiology
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Applied Clay Science
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on space biology and radiation exposure, including:

  • DNA Damage and Survival Time Course of Deinococcal Cell Pellets During 3 Years of Exposure to Outer Space, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Molecular repertoire of Deinococcus radiodurans after 1 year of exposure outside the International Space Station within the Tanpopo mission, 2020, Microbiome
  • Space Radiation Dosimetry at the Exposure Facility of the International Space Station for the Tanpopo Mission, 2021, Astrobiology
  • Evolution of Superoxide Dismutases and Catalases in Cyanobacteria: Occurrence of the Antioxidant Enzyme Genes before the Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen, 2021, Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • Mapping of Supramolecular Chirality in Insect Wings by Microscopic Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy: Heterogeneity in Protein Distribution, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Hisako Sato
  • Jun Yoshida
  • Kazuyoshi Takimoto
  • Shin-ichi Yokobori
  • Kensei Kobayashi

Best Publications

  • Comparative complete genome sequence analysis of the amino acid replacements responsible for the thermostability of Corynebacterium efficiens.

    Yousuke Nishio;Yoji Nakamura;Yutaka Kawarabayasi;Yoshihiro Usuda

  • Experimental evidence for the thermophilicity of ancestral life

    Satoshi Akanuma;Yoshiki Nakajima;Shin Ichi Yokobori;Mitsuo Kimura

  • Langmuir-Blodgett films of a clay mineral and ruthenium(II) complexes with a noncentrosymmetric structure

    Yasushi Umemura;Akihiko Yamagishi;Robert Schoonheydt;and André Persoons

  • First-Principles Study of Two-Dimensional Titanium Dioxides

    Hisako Sato;Kanta Ono;Takayoshi Sasaki;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • XRD and HRTEM Evidence for Fixation of Cesium Ions in Vermiculite Clay

    Toshihiro Kogure;Kazuya Morimoto;Kenji Tamura;Hisako Sato

  • First-principles studies on the elastic constants of a 1:1 layered kaolinite mineral

    Hisako Sato;Kanta Ono;Cliff T. Johnston;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • Ultrathin hybrid films of clay minerals

    Robin H. A. Ras;Yasushi Umemura;Cliff T. Johnston;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • Effects of pH and Temperature on the Composition of Polar Lipids in Thermoplasma acidophilum HO-62

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  • Critical regions for assembly of vertebrate nonmuscle myosin II.

    Takashi Nakasawa;Masayuki Takahashi;Fumiko Matsuzawa;Seiichi Aikawa

  • Optical resolution of metal chelates by use of adsorption on a colloidal clay

    Akihiko Yamagishi;Mitsuyuki Soma

  • Interactions of Enantiomeric Ruthenium (II) Complexes with Polynucleotides as Studied by Circular Dichroism, Electric Dichroism Measurements, and Photolysis

    Kyaw Naing;Masayuki Takahashi;Masahiro Taniguchi;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • Fabrication of Hybrid Films of Alkylammonium Cations (CnH2n+1NH3+; n = 4−18) and a Smectite Clay by the Langmuir−Blodgett Method

    Yasushi Umemura;Akihiko Yamagishi;Robert Schoonheydt;André Persoons

  • Designing thermostable proteins: ancestral mutants of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase designed by using a phylogenetic tree.

    Unknown

  • Serial increase in the thermal stability of 3‐isopropylmalate dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis by experimental evolution

    Satoshi Akanuma;Akihiko Yamagishi;Nobuo Tanaka;Tairo Oshima

  • Application of the Langmuir−Blodgett Technique to Prepare a Clay−Metal Complex Hybrid Film

    Kenji Tamura;Hitoshi Setsuda;Masahiro Taniguchi;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • Formation of a clay monolayer at an air–water interface

    Keiichi Inukai;Yuji Hotta;Masahiro Taniguchi;Shinji Tomura

  • Differential localization of non-muscle myosin II isoforms and phosphorylated regulatory light chains in human MRC-5 fibroblasts.

    Takayuki Saitoh;Shuhei Takemura;Kozue Ueda;Hiroshi Hosoya

  • Stability of heterochiral hybrid membrane made of bacterial sn-G3P lipids and archaeal sn-G1P lipids.

    Unknown

  • Ancestral Residues Stabilizing 3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase of an Extreme Thermophile: Experimental Evidence Supporting the Thermophilic Common Ancestor Hypothesis.

    Junichi Miyazaki;Shuichi Nakaya;Toshiharu Suzuki;Masatada Tamakoshi

  • Effects of central metal ions on vibrational circular dichroism spectra of tris-(beta-diketonato)metal(III) complexes.

    Hisako Sato;Tohru Taniguchi;Atsufumi Nakahashi;Kenji Monde

  • Photoconductive properties of organic-inorganic hybrid films of layered perovskite-type niobate.

    Kazuko Saruwatari;Hisako Sato;Tomochika Idei;Jun Kameda

  • On the Parity in Helical Twisting Power of Ru(III) 1,3-Diketonates of C2 Symmetry in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Jun Yoshida;Hisako Sato;Akihiko Yamagishi;Naomi Hoshino

  • A photoactive Photosystem-II reaction-center complex lacking a chlorophyll-binding 40 kilodalton subunit from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp.

    Akihiko Yamagishi;Sakae Katoh

  • Further stabilization of 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, by a suppressor mutation method.

    Takashi Kotsuka;Satoshi Akanuma;Masaaki Tomuro;Akihiko Yamagishi

  • Monte Carlo simulations for the interactions of metal complexes with the silicate sheets of a clay: comparison of binding states between tris(1,10-phenanthroline)metal(II) and tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)metal(II) chelates

    Hisako Sato;Akihiko Yamagishi;Shigeki Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideaki Miyamoto
Hideaki Miyamoto University of Tokyo
Tairo Oshima
Tairo Oshima University of Tokyo
Toshihiro Kogure
Toshihiro Kogure University of Tokyo
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura Hokkaido University
Sakae Katoh
Sakae Katoh Toho University
Kanta Ono
Kanta Ono High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Goro Komatsu
Goro Komatsu International Research School of Planetary Sciences
Sho Sasaki
Sho Sasaki Osaka University
Toshiharu Suzuki
Toshiharu Suzuki Hokkaido University
Takayoshi Sasaki
Takayoshi Sasaki National Institute for Materials Science

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