Organization
Research Center for Materials Science Assistant Professor
Title
Assistant Professor
External link
TORII Kenji
Research Interests 4
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Fluorescent sensor
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生物有機化学
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Photochemtry
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Chemical Biology
Research Areas 3
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Life Science / Bioorganic chemistry
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Life Science / Molecular biology
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Nanotechnology/Materials / Chemical biology
Research History 2
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Nagoya University Research Center for Materials Science Assistant Professor
2026.4
Country：Japan
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Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences Department of NanoBiophotonics Postdoctoral Researcher
2024.4 - 2026.3
Country：Germany
Education 3
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The University of Osaka (PhD degree) School of Engineering Division of Applied Chemistry
2021.4 - 2024.3
Country： Japan
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The University of Osaka (master's degree) School of Engineering Division of Advanced Science and Biotechnology
2019.4 - 2021.3
Country： Japan
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Osaka University School of Engineering Division of Applied Science
2015.4 - 2019.3
Country： Japan
Professional Memberships 2
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日本化学会
2021.4
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日本化学会 生体機能関連化学部会
2021.4
Awards 8
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若手海外留学支援金Ⅰ（国内推薦）
2024.3 上原記念生命科学財団 持続可能な生細胞超解像蛍光イメージング法の確立
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Excellent Poster Award
2024.1 The 11th Takeda Science Foundation Symposium on PharmaSciences No-Wash Fluorogenic Labeling of Proteins for Reversible Photoswitching in Live Cell Imaging
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RSC Chemical Biology Poster Award
2022.9
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RSC Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Poster Award
2021.6
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JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (DC1)
2021.4 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
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最優秀賞
2021.3 大阪大学工学研究科生命先端工学専攻物質生命工学コース（修士論文発表会） フルギミドを用いた光スイッチング蛍光分子の開発
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工学賞
2019.3 大阪大学工学部
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Osaka University Kusumoto Prize
2019.3 Osaka University
Papers 4
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Near-Infrared Turn-On Fluorogenic Probe for Versatile Detection of Inorganic Polyphosphates Open Access
Kenji Torii, Rūta Gerasimaitė, Gražvydas Lukinavičius
2026.6
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Torii, K., Hori, Y., Kikuchi, K.
Analytical Chemistry Vol. 95 ( 23 ) 2023
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No-wash fluorogenic labeling of proteins for reversible photoswitching in live cells Open Access
Torii, K., Benson, S., Hori, Y., Vendrell, M., Kikuchi, K.
Chemical Science Vol. 15 ( 4 ) 2023
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Development of photoswitchable fluorescent molecules using arylazopyrazole
Torii, K., Hori, Y., Watabe, K., Kikuchi, K.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 93 ( 7 ) 2020
KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 2
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持続可能な生細胞超解像蛍光イメージング法の確立
2024.4 - 2025.3
上原記念生命科学財団 若手海外留学支援金I (国内推薦)
Authorship：Principal investigator
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Development of photoswitchable fluorescent molecules using fulgimide
Grant number：22KJ2066 2021.4 - 2024.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows