-Smart Evaporator-

2025

Quantitative analysis of D/L-serine and D/L-proline in serum by isotope-coded derivatization using an original chiral resolution labeling reagent

Makoto Ozaki, Yasunari Yamada, Tsunehisa Hirose, Motoshi Shimotsuma, Akari Ikeda, Takahiro Kawase, Ai Tsuji, Shozo Tomonaga, Miyuki Matsui, Takefumi Kuranaga, Hideaki Kakeya
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Open, Available online December 02, 2025

Proteomics-based monitoring of heatstroke recovery identifies molecular signatures of organ stress

Jiayi Jin, Sing Ying Wong, Kenta Kondo, Toshiaki Iba & Nobuhiro Hayashi
Communications Medicine volume 5, Article number: 382, Published September 01, 2025

Effect of Corona Block Structure on Telodendrimer Micelles: Probing Exchange Kinetics by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Qing Yu, Richard M. England, Anders Gunnarsson, Kevin Treacher, Robert Luxenhofer, Marianne B. Ashford
Biomacromolecules 2025, 26, 12, 8752-8762 (Article), Published November 19, 2025

Exploring Hydrophilic and Lipophilic Components of Ceterach officinarum Willd. in Calcium Oxalate Crystal Transformation for Renal Protection

Roberta De Bellis, Luca Giorgi, Mariano Stornaiuolo, Carmen Formisano, Andrea Gorassini, Mauro Formica, Eleonora Macedi, Tatjana Stefanovic, Laura Chiarantini
Pharmacological Research – Natural Products, Available online July 3, 2025

The critical role of PSAC channel in malaria parasite survival is driven home by phenotypic screening under relevant nutrient levels

Irene Molina, Ryan Mansell, Rui Liang, Benigno Crespo, Margarita Puente, Virginia Franco, Sara Viera, Isabel Camino, Anas Saadeddin, Peter Bellotti, Annie Leung, Sam Henning, Shan Sun, Mikayla Herring, Celia Lopez, Carmen Cuevas, Peter Pogány, Beatriz Urones, Leigh Baxt, Esther Fernández, Jacob Geri, Laura Kirkman, Björn F.C. Kafsack, Lydia Mata-Cantero
Cell Chemical Biology, Published online May 23, 2025

2024

Controlling the Formation of Polyhedral Block Copolymer Nanoparticles: Insights from Process Variables and Dynamic Modeling

Edgar Avalos, Takashi Teramoto, Yutaro Hirai, Hiroshi Yabu, and Yasumasa Nishiura
ACS Omega 2024, 9, 15, 17276–17288

Synthesis and Cell-Based Evaluation of Umifenovir Analogues as Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Agents

Hiroaki Tanaka, Seiya Miyagi, Tomoko Morita, Hiroaki Ishii, Natsuki Mori, Kaho Oishi, Takemasa Sakaguchi, Toyonobu Usuki
Helvetica Chimica Acta: Volume 107, Issue 2

Optimization of bacterioruberin production from Halorubrum ruber and assessment of its antioxidant potential

Chi Young Hwang, Eui-Sang Cho, Sungjun Kim, Kyobum Kim & Myung-Ji Seo
Microbial Cell Factories volume 23, Article number: 2 (2024)

2023

Rhabdastrellosides A and B: Two New Isomalabaricane Glycosides from the Marine Sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata, and Their Cytotoxic and Cytoprotective Effects

Anastasia B. Kozhushnay, Sophia A. Kolesnikova, Ekaterina A. Yurchenko, Ekaterina G. Lyakhova, Alexander S. Menshov, Anatoly I. Kalinovsky, Roman S. Popov, Pavel S. Dmitrenok, and Natalia V. Ivanchina
Mar. Drugs 2023, 21(11), 554

Production and purification of ⁴³Sc and ⁴⁷Sc from enriched [⁴⁶Ti]TiO₂ and [⁵⁰Ti]TiO₂ targets

Shelbie J. Cingoranelli, Jennifer L. Bartels, Pavithra H. A. Kankanamalage, C. Shaun Loveless, David A. Rotsch & Suzanne E. Lapi
Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 22683 (2023)

A Novel Carotenoid-Producing Bacterium, Paenibacillus aurantius sp. nov., Isolated from Korean Marine Environment

Chi Young Hwang, Sung Man Seo, Eui-Sang Cho, Young-Do Nam, So-Lim Park, Seong-Il Lim and Myung-Ji Seo
Microorganisms 2023, 11(11), 2719

Peroxide-Initiated Hydrophosphinylation of gem-Difluoroalkenes

Andrew J. Intelli, Ryan T. Lee, and Ryan A. Altman
J. Org. Chem. Published online 22 September 2023

Stability of Δ⁹– and Δ⁸-tetrahydrocannabinol acetate in e-liquid during storage period (First report)

Ryoya Tozaka, Katsumi Tachi, Yukako Hayashi, Yukari Tsumura 
Published online 20 April 2023 in J-STAGE
* The title and abstract are in English, but the article is in Japanese.

Production, Characterization, and Assessment of Permanently Cationic and Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Use in the Delivery of Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines

Dylan Kairuz, Nazia Samudh, Abdullah Ely, Patrick Arbuthnot and Kristie Bloom 
Pharmaceutics 2023, 15(4), 1173

Bioactive peptide-bearing polylactic acid fibers as a model of the brain tumor-stimulating microenvironment

Wan-Ying Huang, Akihisa Otaka, Satoshi Fujita & Tetsuji Yamaoka
Polymer Journal (2023)

2022

Investigation of the Effect of Turn Residues on Tetrapeptide Aldol Catalysts with β-Turn Propensity

Albert Y. Liu, Xavier A. Calicdan, Gene N. Glover, Xue Luo, Gage T. Barroso, Brooke K. Hoppe, Kelsey M. Boyle, and Leah S. Witus
ACS Omega 2022

Deuterium Isotope Fractionation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Meteorites as an Indicator of Interstellar/Protosolar Processing History 

Heather V. Graham, Jamie E. Elsila, Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford and Jose C. Aponte
Life 2022, 12(9), 1368

Genomic and physiological analysis of C₅₀ carotenoid-producing novel Halorubrum ruber sp. nov.

Chi Young Hwang, Eui-Sang Cho, Won Jong Rhee, Eunjung Kim & Myung-Ji Seo
Journal of Microbiology (2022)

Dry mixing of cathode composite powder for all-solid-state batteries using a high-shear mixer

Eiji Hayakawa, Hideya Nakamura, Shuji Ohsaki, Satoru Watano
Advanced Powder Technology, Volume 33, Issue 8, August 2022, 103705

Electrodialytic Universal Synthesis of Highly Pure and Mixed Ionic Liquids

Md. Aminul Haque, Kei Toda, and Shin-Ichi Ohira
ACS Omega 2022

Solid electrolyte/graphite composite particle for an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery

Motoshi Iwao, Risa Sakurai, Hideya Nakamura, Eiji Hayakawa, Shuji Ohsaki, Satoru Watano
Advanced Powder Technology Volume 33, Issue 7, July 2022, 103633

Comparison of Benzo［a］pyrene-Degrading Activities between Olleya sp. ITB9 Isolated from Tokyo Bay and Other Type Strains of the Genus Olleya

NAOTO URANO, AYA MATSUSHIMA, SHIONE YAMAMOTO, RINTARO ENDO, MASAMI ISHIDA, MASAHIKO OKAI, TOSHINORI TAKEI, MASACHIKA TAKASHIO
Biocontrol Science, 2021 Volume 26 Issue 4 Pages 217-219
* The RAPID EXTEST Single Flex G2 concentrator mentioned in this publication is an older model of the Smart Evaporator.

2021

Fragmentation patterns of protonated benzothiazole sulfenamides by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

Chae EunSon, Sung-SeenChoi
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry Volume 471, January 2022, 116761

IsoChichibabin desmosine-¹³C₃,¹⁵N₁ synthesis and quantitative LC-MS/MS analysis of desmosine and isodesmosine in human skin

Mika Hirose, Toyoaki Kobayashi, Nao Tanaka, Ayame Mikagi, Hiroshi Wachi, Yuki Mizutani, Toyonobu Usuki
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Volume 52, 15 December 2021, 116519

Mechanisms of specific systemic response in wheat plants under different locally acting heat stimuli

Maxim Mudrilov, Maria Ladeynova, Ekaterina Berezina, Marina Grinberg, Anna Brilkina, Vladimir Sukhov, Vladimir Vodeneev
Journal of Plant Physiology Volumes 258–259, March–April 2021, 153377

2020

In situ formation of photoactive B-ring reduced chlorophyll isomer in photosynthetic protein LH2

Yoshitaka Saga, Yuji Otsuka, Daichi Funakoshi, Yuto Masaoka, Yu Kihara, Tsubasa Hidaka, Hiroka Hatano, Hitoshi Asakawa, Yutaka Nagasawa & Hitoshi Tamiaki
Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 19383 (2020)

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Electrical and Photosynthetic Activity and the Content of Phytohormones Induced by Local Stimulation of Pea Plants

Maria Ladeynova, Maxim Mudrilov, Ekaterina Berezina, Dmitry Kior, Marina Grinberg, Anna Brilkina, Vladimir Sukhov and Vladimir Vodeneev
Plants 2020, 9(10), 1364

Performance of Two Different Techniques to Concentrate Samples for Bioaerosol Quantification

Hyeon-Ju Oh , Taewon T. Han and Gediminas Mainelis
Atmosphere 2020, 11(5), 504

Ion Mobility – Mass Spectrometry Methods for Studying Membrane Proteins.

Sarah M. Fantin.
DEEP BLUE(University of Michigan). 2020

2019

Extraction of strawberry leaves with supercritical carbon dioxide and entrainers: antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content, and inhibitory effect on uric acid production of the extract.

Sato, T., Ikeya, Y., Adachi, S. I., Yagasaki, K., Nihei, K. I., & Itoh, N.
Food and BioproductsProcessing. 2019

Novel  ¹⁸F-labeled α-methyl-phenylalanine derivative with high tumor accumulation and ideal pharmacokinetics for tumor specific imaging.

Hanaoka, H., Ohshima, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Suzuki, H., Ishioka, N. S., Higuchi, T., … & Tsushima, Y. 
Molecular pharmaceutics. 2019

“PROCESS FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED DESMOSINE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF.”

Usuki, T. Usuki, Toyonobu.
U.S. Patent Application No. 15/810,634. 2019

Development of Methods to Evaluate Several Levels of Uranium Concentrations in Drainage Water Using Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Technique.

Matsuyama, T., Izumoto, Y., Ishii, K., Sakai, Y., & Yoshii, H.
Frontiers in Chemistry, 7. 2019

Identification of the Designer Steroid Androsta‐3, 5‐diene‐7, 17‐dione in a Dietary Supplement.

Lorenz, L. M., Toomey, V. M., Lanzarotta, A. C., Flurer, R. A., & Falconer, T. M.
Drug Testing and Analysis. 2019

2018

Characterization of 3‐Acetyl Chlorophyll a and 3‐Acetyl Protochlorophyll a Accommodated in the B800 Binding Sites of Photosynthetic Light‐Harvesting Complex 2 in the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodoblastus acidophilus.

Saga, Y., & Miyagi, K.
Photochemistry and photobiology, 94(4), 698-704. 2018

Safety Assessment of Bangle (Zingiber purpureum Rosc.) Rhizome Extract: Acute and Chronic Studies in Rats and Clinical Studies in Human.

Kato, E., Kubo, M., Okamoto, Y., Matsunaga, Y., Kyo, H., Suzuki, N., … & Fukuyama, Y. 
ACS Omega, 3(11), 15879-15889. 2018

2017

Effect of temperature and pressure on the extraction of strawberry receptacles with a mixture of supercritical carbon dioxide and entrainers.

Sato, T., Fukuda, F., Nihei, K. I., & Itoh, N. 
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 130, 23-29. 2017

Synthesis of desmosine-containing cyclic peptide for the possible elucidation of elastin crosslinking structure

Keita Ogawa, Takahiro Hayashi, Yong Y. Lin, Toyonobu Usuki
Tetrahedron Volume 73, Issues 27–28, 6 July 2017, Pages 3838-3847

2015

Determination of trace amounts of bismuth in steel by ICP-MS through a cascade-preconcentration and separation method.

Okano, G., Igarashi, S., Ohno, O., Yamamoto, Y., Saito, S., & Oka, Y. 
ISIJ International, 55(1), 332-334. 2015

Self-assembled artificial viral capsid decorated with gold nanoparticles.

Matsuura, K., Ueno, G., & Fujita, S. 
Polymer Journal, 47(2), 2015