Nobuaki Kono, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Phone:

+81-235-29-0526

Email:

ciconia [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp

Address:

Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University

403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

5322 Endo, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0882, Japan

Work experience

April 2025

Lecturer (part-time), Tokyo Metropolitan University

April 2023 - Current

Associate Professor (Principal Investigator)

Graduate School of Media and Governance; Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

April 2022 - March 2023

Project Associate Professor (Principal Investigator)

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

April 2018 - March 2022

Project Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

November 2021

Lecturer (part-time), Hokkaido University

November 2020 - March 2021

Lecturer (part-time), Nara Institute of Science and Technology

April 2014 - March 2015

Project Assistant Professor

Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

April 2012 - March 2014

Project researcher

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

April 2012 - October 2013

JSPS Research Fellow (PD)

April 2010 - March 2012

JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)

April 2015 - March 2018

Project Research Associate

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Education

2008

B.A.
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies

SFC, Keio University

Japan

2010

M.A.
(Master of Media and Governance)

Systems Biology Program

SFC, Keio University

Japan

2012

Ph.D.
Systems Biology Program

SFC, Keio University

Japan

Research grants

JSPS KAKENHI

2024-2030

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering) as PI

2021-2025

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) as PI

2020-2024

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B) as Co-investigator

2014-2016

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) as PI

Developing Techniques to Control the Mechanical Properties of Natural Protein Materials via Integrated Omics Mapping

Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of spider silk biosynthesis for the realization of various mechanical properties

The new strategy for radioresistance in cancer associated with p53 mutation using targeted alpha therapy

Artificially Controlled Replication Machinery for Bacterial Genome Design

Others

2021-2023

ホクト生物科学振興財団助成

2021-2022

上原記念生命科学財団助成

2019-2023

住友財団基礎科学研究助成

2019-2020

中辻創智社

オミクス解析による変形菌の個体認識シグナル探索

(Co-investigator: Mana Masui)

細胞増殖を動的に制御するゲノム構造体の理解

分子生態学的アプローチによるクモ造網行動で用いる多様な糸タンパクの合成機構解明

クモ造網行動における糸の作り分け機構の分子生物学的理解

Awards

2023 Apr. 若手科学者賞令和5年度科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰
2022 Jun. Editor-in-Chief Prize 2022 Development, Growth & Differentiation
2021 Mar. 若手賞日本ゲノム微生物学会
2020 Jun. Wiley Prize 2020 Development, Growth & Differentiation
2020 Feb. 科学技術奨励賞山形県
2019 Feb. ポスター賞日本ゲノム微生物学会
2018 Jun. 日本若手アカデミー賞日本学術会議・若手アカデミー
2010 Jul. Travel Award BOSC 2010
2008 Dec. Student Bursary GIW
2008 Mar. 優秀学生顕彰大賞（学術）日本学生支援機構
2007 Mar. SFC Award 慶應義塾大学SFC
2006 Mar. SFC Award 慶應義塾大学SFC