The Yamashita-Morimoto Group
@Institute of Science Tokyo

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2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
Department of Chemistry,
School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo
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East 1 Building, room 41, 44, 45




Photo gallery of OrganoElement Chemisty Lab.

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Five undergrad students and six master students attended a graduation ceremony at Nagoya University. Kaiya and Ishikawa won the award from the manager of Tokai Branch, The Chemical Society of Japan. We celebrated an acceptance of a communication by Yagi and Kisu. We had a farewell party for leaving members. (2019.03.25)









We celebrated an acceptance of a communication by Yutaro Ishikawa (2nd year master student), Shin-ya Nema (former master student), and Kohei Hayashi (former bachelor student) to Org. Lett. for publication. (2019.03.01)

We celebrated an acceptance of a communication by Kanon Kaiya (2nd year master student) to Organometallics for publication. Together with that, we simultaneously toasted for the acceptance of a communication by Yuhei Katsuma and Seiji Akiyama to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. in 2018.11.15. (2019.01.19)

Prof. Peter Junk (James Cook University, Australia) visited our lab as a visiting professor (1 month). All the lab. members had a discussion with prof. Junk. (2019.01.08)

We enjoyed "year-end party". (2018.12.26)

Prof. Tetsuaki Fujihara (Kyoto University) visited our lab. and gave a lecture. Some of grad students and staff members had a discussion about their research with prof. Fujihara. (2018.12.18)

We had a CREST project meeting with Nakao group (Kyoto U) and Sakaki group (Kyoto U). (2018.11.27)

Prof. Paul Hayes (University of Lethbridge, Canada) visited our lab. Together with prof. Joost Reek who visited prof. Yashima, we had a joint seminar. Some of grad students and staff members had a discussion about their research with prof. Hayes. (2018.11.16)

Prof. Yamashita taught a short course about NMR spectroscopy for grad students in Nara Women's University. (2018.11.07)

Former students, Asanuma, Katsuma, Nakayama, Takamori, and Takizawa visited our lab. (2018.11.03)

We attended a lecture by prof. Holger Braunschweig (Universität Würzburg, Germany) hosted by prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi. Some of grad students and staff members had a discussion about their research with prof. Braunschweig. (2018.10.29)


We attended a lecture by prof. Douglas Stephan (University of Toronto, Canada) hosted by prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi. (2018.10.25)

We had a CREST project meeting with Yamaguchi group (U Tokyo), Sugahara group (Osaka U), Shintani group (Osaka U), and Mitsudome group (Osaka U). (2018.10.20)

Noguchi and Kobayashi visited our lab. and we celebrated an acceptance of their research paper. (2018.10.13)

We attended a lecture by prof. Martin Oestreich (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) hosted by prof. Shigehiro Yamaguchi. (2018.10.11)

Dr. Masaru Utsunomiya (Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.) taught a short course about industrial organic chemistry for graduate students. (2018.10.05)

One undergrad student (LEE, G30 program) attended a graduation ceremony at Nagoya University. We went out for lab. trip to see the research lab. of DENSO corporation. (2018.09.27)

JST [Innovative Catalysts] PREST-CREST joint mini-symposium for homogeneous catalyst was organized by prof. Yamashita. (2018.09.12)

Five grad students (Akiyama, Ishikawa, Kurumada, Yagi, Kuno, Nanba) presented their research at the 29th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry. Ishikawa and Kurumada got a poster award. (2018.09.08)

中野助教誕生日会。(2018.08.28)

We had a celebration party for undergrad students on their success for the entrance exam of grad school and job hunting. (2018.08.27)

Prof. Shingo Ito (Nanyang Tech. U.) visited our lab. and gave a lecture. (2018.08.10)

Akiyama (D1) got a poster award in Wakate-no-kai for structural organic chemistry. (2018.08.10)

Happy birthday for Ito-san!! (2018.07.07)

We had a welcome party for Dr. Nakano. (2018.07.05)

Dr. Rebecca Melen (Cardiff U, UK) visited our lab. and gave a lecture. (2018.06.26)

We had a joint seminar with Prof. Rainer Streubel (University of Bonn, Germany) and Sasamori group (Nagoya city university). We also enjoyed drinking together. (2018.06.20)

We had a party to encourage the undergrad students who are going to take entrance exam of grad school. (2018.06.19)

Kurumada (second year master student, M2) contributed oral presentation and Komori (M2), Kuno (M1), and Nanba (M1) presented poster in the symposium on the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Nagoya University. (2018.06.07)

We had a BBQ party with former students at Shonai Ryokuchi Park. (2018.05.19)









Prof. Tomohiro Agou (Ibaraki University) visited our lab. and gave a lecture. Some of grad students had discussion about their research with Prof. Agou. (2018.05.12)


A part of the lab. was renovated as an office. (2018.05.06)

A communication by Yuhei Katsuma (former master student, graduated on March, 2018) was accepted (on 2018.03.21) to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. for publication.(We celebrated it on 2018.04.14)

We enjoyed welcome party for new members. (2018.04.13)

An article by Shin Nakayama (former master student, graduated on March, 2018) was accepted to Organometallics for publication. "Publications" was updated. "Photo" was updated. (2018.04.04)