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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Chirality Medal, Società Chimica Italiana Japan
  • 1999 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Kenji Mori was affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research contributions spanned the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Insect Science, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientific work covered several main topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors, Insect Pheromone Research and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Adrenal Hormones and Disorders.

Their publication record included papers in diverse scholarly venues, notably:

  • CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Tetrahedron
  • Scientific Reports
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • Belitung Nursing Journal

Frequent collaborators in their work included Chang Yeol Yang, Sota Oguro, Kei Omata, Yuta Tezuka, and Yoshikiyo Ono.

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Kenji Mori involved topics ranging from pheromone synthesis to medical interventions, including:

  • "Pheromone synthesis. Part 265: Synthesis and stereochemical composition of two pheromonal compounds of the female Korean apricot wasp, Eurytoma maslovskii" (2020) in Tetrahedron
  • "Identification and field bioassays of the sex pheromone of Eurytoma maslovskii (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)" (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • "Transvenous Radiofrequency Ablation of Adrenal Gland: Experimental Study" (2022) in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
  • "Transvenous Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for an Aldosterone-Producing Tumor of the Left Adrenal Gland: A First in Human Case Report" (2023) in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
  • "Nakagami parametric image for evaluation of the degree of thermal denaturation inside porcine liver induced ex vivo by radiofrequency ablation" (2023) in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Kenji Mori received the Chirality Medal from Società Chimica Italiana in 2010, recognizing their work conducted in Japan. They were also honored with the Ernest Guenther Award by the American Chemical Society in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of optically active pheromones

    Kenji Mori

  • 3‐Boryl‐2,2′‐bithiophene as a Versatile Core Skeleton for Full‐Color Highly Emissive Organic Solids

    Atsushi Wakamiya;Kenji Mori;Shigehiro Yamaguchi

  • Brassinolide and homobrassinolide promotion of lamina inclination of rice seedlings

    Kojiro Wada;Shingo Marumo;Nobuo Ikekawa;Masuo Morisaki

  • Revision of the absolute configuration of a-factor : The inducer of streptomycin biosynthesis, basing on the reconfirmed (R)-configuration of (+)-paraconic acid

    Kenji Mori

  • Structures of supported vanadium oxide catalysts. 1. Vanadium(V) oxide/titanium dioxide (anatase), vanadium(V) oxide/titanium dioxide (rutile), and vanadium(V) oxide/titanium dioxide (mixture of anatase with rutile)

    Makoto Inomata;Makoto Inomata;Kenji Mori;Kenji Mori;Akira Miyamoto;Toshiaki Ui

  • Synthesis of optically active forms of sulcatol : The aggregation pheromone in the scolytid beetle, Gnathotrichus sulcatus

    K. Mori

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding ent‐cassa‐12,15‐diene synthase, a putative diterpenoid phytoalexin biosynthetic enzyme, from suspension‐cultured rice cells treated with a chitin elicitor

    Eun-Min Cho;Atsushi Okada;Hiromichi Kenmoku;Kazuko Otomo

  • Structural specificity for biological activity of trichostatin A, a specific inhibitor of mammalian cell cycle with potent differentiation-inducing activity in Friend leukemia cells.

    Minoru Yoshida;Yutaka Hoshikawa;Koshi Koseki;Kenji Mori

  • Synthesis of optically active 2-ethyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.4]nonane (chalcogran), the principal aggregation pheromone of pityogenes chalcographus (l.)

    Kenji Mori;Mitsuru Sasaki;Shigeharu Tamada;Toshio Suguro

  • Stereoselective synthesis of optically active forms of δ-multistriatin, the attractant for european populations of the smaller european elm bark beet

    Kenji Mori;Hiroko Iwasawa

  • A simple synthesis of (S)-(+)-sulcatol, the pheromone of gnathotrichus retusus, employing baker's yeast for asymmetric reduction

    Kenji Mori

  • Comparisons of various biological activities of stereoisomers of methyl jasmonate

    Yasunori Koda;Yoshio Kikuta;Takeshi Kitahara;Tsunehiro Nishi;Tsunehiro Nishi

  • Gypsy moth field trapping and electroantennogram studies with pheromone enantiomers

    J.R. Miller;K. Mori;W.L. Roelofs

  • Synthesis of trichostatin a, a potent differentiation inducer of friend leukemic cells, and its antipode

    Kenji Mori;Koshi Koseki

  • Synthesis of exo-brevicomin, the pheromone of western pine beetle, to obtain optically active forms of known absolute configuration

    K. Mori

  • Synthesis of optically active forms of frontalin : The pheromone of dendroctonus bark beetles

    K. Mori

  • Synthesis of optically active forms of ipsenol, the pheromone of IPS bark beetles

    K. Mori

  • Activity of drimane antifeedants and related compounds against aphids, and comparative biological effects and chemical reactivity of (-)- and (+)-polygodial.

    Y. Asakawa;G. W. Dawson;D. C. Griffiths;J. Y. Lallemand

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Reactions using New Chiral Phosphinite-Oxazoline Ligands Derived from D-Glucosamine.

    Koji Yonehara;Tomohiro Hashizume;Kenji Mori;Kouichi Ohe

  • Absolute configuration of (−)-4-methylheptan-3-ol, a pheromone of the smaller european elm bark beetle, as determined by the synthesis of its (3R,4R)-(+)- and (3S,4R)-(+)-isomers

    K. Mori

  • Field responses of stink bugs to the natural and synthetic pheromone of the Neotropical brown stink bug, Euschistus heros (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

    M. Borges;F. G. V. Schmidt;E. R. Sujii;M. A. Medeiros

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasutomo Takeuchi
Yasutomo Takeuchi Utsunomiya University
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Zvi Mendel
Zvi Mendel Agricultural Research Organization
John A. Pickett
John A. Pickett Cardiff University
Hiroyuki Koshino
Hiroyuki Koshino Tokyo University of Agriculture
Miklós Tóth
Miklós Tóth Cornell University
Takao Yokota
Takao Yokota Teikyo University
Coby Schal
Coby Schal North Carolina State University

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