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Overview

Kenji Soda is affiliated with Kansai University in Japan and works primarily within the fields of Medicine and Mathematics. Their research contributions focus on areas such as epidemiology, infectious diseases, and public health, with a significant interest in disease modeling and surveillance.

The scientist's recent publications reflect work on emerging infectious diseases and epidemiological studies, particularly related to COVID-19 and mosquito-borne infections. Notable publications include:

  • "Leveraging multiple data types to estimate the size of the Zika epidemic in the Americas" (2020) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Monitoring and responding to emerging infectious diseases in a university setting: A case study using COVID-19" (2023) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Monitoring and responding to emerging infectious diseases in a university setting: A case study using COVID-19" (2023) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist also has a recent contribution in the field of autonomous vehicle technology and safety, with the paper:

  • "Multi-Frame Vision-Language Model for Long-form Reasoning in Driver Behavior Analysis" (2024) published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Kenji Soda's frequent coauthors include:

  • Xi Chen
  • Richard Feinn
  • David R. Hill
  • Sean M. Moore
  • Rachel J. Oidtman

Key publication venues for Kenji Soda include:

  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

The main research topics investigated by Kenji Soda cover:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Viral infections and outbreaks research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Virology and viral diseases
  • Data-driven disease surveillance
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Autonomous vehicle technology and safety

Their subfields of study include modeling and simulation, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, and automotive engineering.

Best Publications

  • Viremia and Clinical Presentation in Nicaraguan Patients Infected With Zika Virus, Chikungunya Virus, and Dengue Virus

    Jesse Waggoner;Lionel Gresh;Maria Jose Jose Vargas;Gabriela Ballesteros

  • A Cold-Adapted Lipase of an Alaskan Psychrotroph,Pseudomonas sp. Strain B11-1: Gene Cloning and Enzyme Purification and Characterization

    Dong-Won Choo;Tatsuo Kurihara;Takeshi Suzuki;Kenji Soda

  • Natural and edible biopolymer poly‐γ‐glutamic acid: synthesis, production, and applications

    Moon-Hee Sung;Chung Park;Chul-Joong Kim;Haryoung Poo

  • A poly-gamma-glutamate synthetic system of Bacillus subtilis IFO 3336: gene cloning and biochemical analysis of poly-gamma-glutamate produced by Escherichia coli clone cells.

    Makoto Ashiuchi;Kenji Soda;Haruo Misono

  • A new antitumor enzyme, L-lysine alpha-oxidase from Trichoderma viride. Purification and enzymological properties.

    H Kusakabe;K Kodama;A Kuninaka;H Yoshino

  • CYSTEINE SULFINATE DESULFINASE, A NIFS-LIKE PROTEIN OF ESCHERICHIA COLI WITH SELENOCYSTEINE LYASE AND CYSTEINE DESULFURASE ACTIVITIES : GENE CLONING, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL PYRIDOXAL ENZYME

    Hisaaki Mihara;Tatsuo Kurihara;Tohru Yoshimura;Kenji Soda

  • Crystal structure of a D-amino acid aminotransferase: how the protein controls stereoselectivity.

    Shigetoshi Sugio;Gregory A. Petsko;James M. Manning;Kenji Soda

  • Crystal Structure of L-2-Haloacid Dehalogenase from Pseudomonas sp. YL: AN α/β HYDROLASE STRUCTURE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE α/β HYDROLASE FOLD

    Tamao Hisano;Yasuo Hata;Tomomi Fujii;Ji-Quan Liu

  • Synthesis of optically active amino acids from alpha-keto acids with Escherichia coli cells expressing heterologous genes.

    A Galkin;L Kulakova;T Yoshimura;K Soda

  • Properties of L-methionine gamma-lyase from Pseudomonas ovalis.

    Hidehiko Tanaka;Nobuyoshi Esaki;Kenji Soda

  • Isolation of Bacillus subtilis ( chungkookjang ), a poly- γ -glutamate producer with high genetic competence

    M Ashiuchi;T Kamei;D H Baek;S Y Shin

  • Properties of crystalline leucine dehydrogenase from Bacillus sphaericus.

    T Ohshima;H Misono;K Soda

  • ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF SELENOCYSTEINE IN RAT LIVER

    Nobuyoshi Esaki;Takeshi Nakamura;Hidehiko Tanaka;Tetsuya Suzuki

  • Physiological and biochemical characteristics of poly γ-glutamate synthetase complex of Bacillus subtilis

    Makoto Ashiuchi;Chizuko Nawa;Tohru Kamei;Jae Jun Song

  • Purification and Properties of Alanine Dehydrogenase from Bacillus sphaericus

    Toshihisa Ohashima;Kenji Soda

  • The primary structure of thermostable D-amino acid aminotransferase from a thermophilic Bacillus species and its correlation with L-amino acid aminotransferases.

    K Tanizawa;S Asano;Y Masu;S Kuramitsu

  • Purification and properties of a new enzyme, DL-2-haloacid dehalogenase, from Pseudomonas sp.

    K Motosugi;N Esaki;K Soda

  • A versatile bacterial enzyme: l-methionine γ-lyase

    Hidehiko Tanaka;Nobuyoshi Esaki;Kenji Soda

  • Microdetermination of d-amino acids and d-amino acid oxidase activity with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolone hydrazone hydrochloride

    Kenji Soda

  • Thermostable alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus: molecular cloning of the gene, enzyme purification, and characterization

    Kenji Inagaki;Katsuyuki Tanizawa;Bernard Badet;Christopher T. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuyoshi Esaki
Nobuyoshi Esaki Kyoto University
Tatsuo Kurihara
Tatsuo Kurihara Kyoto University
James M. Manning
James M. Manning Northeastern University
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Dagmar Ringe
Dagmar Ringe Brandeis University
Gregory A. Petsko
Gregory A. Petsko Cornell University
Hiroyuki Kagamiyama
Hiroyuki Kagamiyama Osaka Medical College
Edith Wilson Miles
Edith Wilson Miles National Institutes of Health
Toru Nakayama
Toru Nakayama Tohoku University
Shiroh Futaki
Shiroh Futaki Kyoto University

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