Shigeru Deguchi

Shigeru Deguchi

Director, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Deep-sea-inspired chemistry
  • Baroplastic
  • Nanoemulsion
  • Molecular self-assembly
  • Biomimetics
  • Nanobiotechnology

PERSONAL HP

CONTACT

Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience,
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan
TEL: 046-867-9679
E-mail:

EDUCATION

1996
Ph.D., Kyoto University
1994-1995
Sweden Visiting Fellow, Lund University, Sweden (supported by Japan-Sweden Foundation)
1992
MEng, Kyoto University
1990
BEng, Kyoto University

PREFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-present
Director, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, JAMSTEC
2019-present
Group Leader, Deep-Sea Nanoscience Research Group, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, JAMSTEC
2007-present
Adjunct Professor, Toyo University
2004-present
Visiting Researcher, Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University
2007-2021
Adjunct Professor, Yokohama City University
2014-2019
Director, R&D Center for Marine Biosciences, JAMSTEC
2014-2019
Group Leader, Frontier Research Group, R&D Center for Marine Biosciences, JAMSTEC
2014-2016
Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
2009-2014
Team Leader, Institute of Biogeosciences, JAMSTEC
2005-2009
Group Leader, Extremobiosphere Research Center, JAMSTEC
2001-2005
Sub Leader, Frontier Research System for Extremophiles, JAMSTEC
1999-2001
Research Scientist, Frontier Research Program for Deep-Sea Extremophiles, JAMSTEC
1997-1998
Overseas Research Fellow, Lund University, Sweden (supported by Japan Science and Technology Corporation)

HONORS

2022
Honorable Mention, The 12th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition (Nikon Instruments Inc.)
2021
First Prize in Video category, The RMS Scientific Imaging Competition 2021 (Royal Microscopical Society)
2017
Oleo Science Award (Japan Oil Chemists' Society)
2011
Ichimura Prize in Technology – Meritorious Achievement Prize (New Technology Development Foundation)
2008
Takagi Award (Society of Non-Traditional Technology)
2007
Osawa Award (Fullerenes and Nanotubes Research Society)
2006
Young Scientist Award (Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, The Chemical Society of Japan)
2006
Nano Tech Weekly Award (Society for Nano Science and Technology)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Deguchi, S., Degaki, H., Taniguchi, I. & Koga, T. Deep-sea-inspired chemistry: A hitchhiker’s guide to the bottom of the ocean for chemists. Langmuir 39, 7987-7994 (2023).
  2. Tsudome, M., Tachioka, M., Miyazaki, M., Uchimura, K., Tsuda, M., Takaki, Y. & Deguchi, S. An ultrasensitive nanofiber-based assay for enzymatic hydrolysis and deep-sea microbial degradation of cellulose. iScience 25 (8), 104732 (2022).
  3. Kubota, T., Kobayashi, T., Nunoura, T., Maruyama, F. & Deguchi, S. Enantioselective utilization of D-amino acids by deep-sea microorganisms. Front. Microbiol. 7:511 (2016).
  4. Deguchi, S. & Ifuku, N. Bottom-up formation of dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions from hydrothermal homogeneous solutions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 6409-6412 (2013).
  5. Deguchi, S., Shimoshige, H., Tsudome, M., Mukai, S., Corkery, R. W., Ito, S. & Horikoshi, K. Microbial growth at hyperaccelerations up to 403,367 × g. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108, 7997-8002 (2011).
  6. Deguchi, S., Mukai, S., Tsudome, M. & Horikoshi, K. Facile generation of fullerene nanoparticles by hand-grinding. Adv. Mater. 18, 729-732 (2006).
  7. Deguchi, S., Tsujii, K. & Horikoshi, K. Cooking cellulose in hot and compressed water. Chem. Commun. 2006, 3293-3295.
  8. Deguchi, S., Alargova, R. G. & Tsujii, K. Stable dispersions of fullerenes, C60 and C70, in water. Preparation and characterization. Langmuir 17, 6013 -6017 (2001).
  9. Deguchi, S. & Lindman, B. Novel approach for the synthesis of hydrophobe modified polyacrylamide. Direct N-alkylation of polyacrylamide in dimethyl sulfoxide. Polymer 40, 7163-7165 (1999).
  10. Akiyoshi, K., Deguchi, S., Moriguchi, N., Yamaguchi, S. & Sunamoto, J. Self-aggregates of hydrophobized polysaccharides in water. Formation and characteristics of nanoparticles. Macromolecules 26, 3062-3068 (1993).

SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Deguchi, S., Comparative in situ microscopic observation of cellulose and chitin in hydrothermal conditions. In: Extreme Biomimetics, Ehrlich, H. Ed. Springer: Cham, 2017; pp 119-133.
  2. Deguchi, S., Kinoshita, K., Kubota, T., Aqua extrema and vita incognita deep below the waves. in Aqua incognita: Why ice floats on water and Galileo 400 years on, Lo Nostro, P., Ninham, B. W. Ed. Connor Court: Ballarat, 2014; pp 240-255.
  3. Deguchi, S., Mukai, S., Optical reactors for microscopic visualization of chemical processes in sub- and supercritical water. in Near-critical and supercritical water and their applications for biorefineries, Fang, Z., Xu, C. Ed. Springer Science+Business Media: Dordrecht, 2014; pp 133–156.
  4. Deguchi, S., Light scattering at high temperature and high pressure: Black smoker. in Fundamentals and Applications of Light Scattering, Shibayama, M., Sato, T., Iwai, T, Kimura, Y. Ed. Kodansha: Tokyo, 2014; pp 304–316 (in Japanese).
  5. Deguchi, S., Horikoshi, K., Expanding limits for life to a new dimension: Microbial growth at hypergravity. in Polyextremophiles: Life under multiple forms of stress, Seckbach, J., Oren, A., Stan-Lotter, H. Ed. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2013; pp 467-481.

SELECTED PATENTS

  1. Deguchi, S., Ifuku, N., Equipment for Manufacturing Emulsion, Japanese Patent No. 6124485, registered on April 14, 2017 (Application No. 2016-101005, filed on May 20, 2016)
  2. Deguchi, S., Tsudome, M., Nagaki, K., Todaka, N., Kurosawa, Y., Method for assaying enzymatic activity, Japanese Panten No. 6004515, registered on Sept. 16, 2016 (Unexamined Patent Application No. 2013-169163, published on Sept. 2, 2013, Application No. 2012-34045, filed on Feb. 20, 2012)
  3. Deguchi, S., Ifuku, N., Method for Manufacturing Emulsion, Japanese Patent No.5943455, registered on June 3, 2016 (Unexamined Patent Application No. 2013-39547, published on Feb. 28, 2013, Application No. 2011-179679, filed on Aug. 19, 2011)
  4. Deguchi, S., Kinoshita, K.、Radical polymerization process and apparatus for performing the process, Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-174688 (filed on Aug. 29, 2014)
  5. Deguchi, S., Tsudome, M., Ito, S., Horikoshi, K., Solid cellulosic culture mediumu and process for producing the same, Japanese Patent No. 4665184, registered on Jan. 21, 2011 (Application No. 2006-510551, filed on Feb. 28, 2006)

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2023-present
Auditor, Division of Colloid Surface Cehmistry, Chemical Society of Japan
2019-present
Member, Directive Committee, Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science
2019-present
Member, Marine Open Innovation Project Strategy Promotion Committee, Shizuoka Prefecture
2018-present
Ordinary Member of Council, The International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists
2018-present
Member, IMO Follow Underwater Noise Study Group, Japan Ship Technology Research Association
2017-present
Director, Biomimetics Network Japan
2016-present
Editorial Board, Accounts of Materials and Surface Research
2015-present
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports
2008-present
Editorial Board, Water: A Multidisciplinary Research Journal
2021-2022
President, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Chemical Society of Japan
2018-2019
Executive Committee Chair, The Okinawa Colloids 2019

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