| Name of your university | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Full name | SODE Koji |
| Year of birth | 1959 |
| Current appointment (position and institution) | Faculty of Technology, Department of Biotechnology |
| Address | 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588 |
| Telephone | +81-42-388-7027 |
| Fax | +81-42-388-7027 |
| sode@cc.tuat.ac.jp | |
| URL | http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~tanpaku/ |
| Fields of general research | Development of Biomolecules for analytical application |
| Fields of specialization | Protein engineering, Biosensor, Molecular imprinting |
| Subject of research work and/or titles of lecture and discussion | Development of enzyme for food analyses and its application for food quality control biosensors |
| Research reports (papers and reviews) within recent 5 years |
“Towards the use of molecularlｙ imprinted polymers contatining imidazoles and bivalent metal complexes for the detection and degradation of organophosphotriester pesticides” T.Yamazaki et al., Anal.Chim.Acta, 435, 209-214(2001) “Increasing the Hydrophobic Interaction Between Terminals W-motifs Enhances the Stability of Salmonella typimurium Sialidase ? A General Strategy for the Stabilization of b-Propeller Protein Fold-“ Arief Budi Witarto and Koji Sode Protein Eng., 14(11), 891-896 (2001) “Development of a flow injection analysis (FIA) enzyme sensor for fructosyl amine monitoring” K.Ogawa et al., Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 373, 211-214 (2002) “The application of cytochromes as the interface molecule to facilitate the electron transfer for PQQ glucose dehydrogenase employing mediator type glucose sensor” Junko Okuda, Junko Wakai and Koji Sode Anal.Lett. 35(9), 1465-1478 (2002) |
| Research theme of doctor course students in your laboratory | Development of biosensors using protein engineering enzyme and molecular imprinting catalyst |
| French researchers You collaborated with | Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis MARTY, Perpignan University |