Niigata University, Japan
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
2002 Master of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
2005 Doctor of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2002 Teaching Assistant (Molecular Enzymology Lab., Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
2003-2005 Research Assistant (Molecular Enzymology Lab., Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
2005-2007 Research Fellow (21st COE Program, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University and
Molecular Enzymology Lab., Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University)
2007 Research Fellow (Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of System Biology, The Technical
University of Denmark)
2008-2010 Assistant Professor (Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of System Biology, The Technical
University of Denmark)
2010-2014 Assistant Professor (Food Glycoscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Niigata University)
2015- Associate Professor (Food Glycoscience Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University)
HONOR
Research Encouragement Prize. The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience (Japan, 2017).
Nakai H.
"Enzymatic syntheses of functional oligosaccharides"
Research Topic Award. The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (Japan, 2017).
Hirano R., Sugimoto N., Eguchi S., Nara M., Katayama T., Kitaoka M., Nakai H., Kurihara S.
"Development of next generation prebiotic galactosyl-¥â-1,4-rhamnose that is exclusively utilized by probiotic bacteria and suppression of growth of Clostridium difficile causing pseudomembranous colitis"
Research Encouragement Prize. Nagase Science and Technology Foundation (Japan, 2016).
Nakai H.
"Screening of novel carbohydrate phosphorylase by metagenomics and chemoenzymatic synthesis of functional oligosaccharides"
Invention Discovery Encouragement Prize. Ando Foundation (Japan, 2016).
Nakai H.
"Development of functional oligosaccharides useful for enhancing human health maintenance"
21st Century Hope Prize. Niigata International Food Award Foundation (Japan, 2014).
Nakai H.
"Development of functional oligosaccharides useful for enhancing human health maintenance"
Research Encouragement Prize. Intelligent Cosmos Academic Foundation (Japan, 2013).
Nakai H.
"Development of functional oligosaccharides useful for enhancing human health maintenance"
Research Encouragement Prize. Amano Enzyme (Japan, 2012).
Nakai H.
"Construction of oligosaccharide library useful for enhancing human health maintenance"
Poster Award. Plant Polysaccharide and Applied Glycoscience Workshop (Japan, 2010).
Nakai H., Baumann M.J., Petersen B.O., Westphal Y., Schols H.A., Dilokpimol A., Abou Hachem M., Lahtinen S.J., Duus J.¨ª., Svensson B.
"Chemoenzymatic synthesis of novel oligosaccharides by reverse phosphorolysis"
Poster Award. Plant Polysaccharide and Applied Glycoscience Workshop (Japan, 2010).
Glaring M.A., Baumann M.J., Abou Hachem M., Nakai H., Nakai N., Sigurskjold B.W., Blennow A., Svensson B.
"Is low starch affinity characteristic of carbohydrate binding modules of family 45 (CBM45) and other starch binding domains featuring in starch metabolism regulatory contexts ?"
Best Poster Award. Carbohydrate Bioengineering meeting (Germany, 2007).
Nakai H., Tanizawa S., Okuyama M., Mori H., Chiba S., and Kimura A.
"Starch binding function of C-terminal region of plant α-glucosidase"
Best Poster Award. Plant Polysaccharide Workshop (UK, 2004).
Nakai H., Tanizawa S., Saburi W., Son M., Ito T., Matsubara K., Yamamoto T., Okuyama M., Mori H., Chiba S., Sano Y. and Kimura A.
"Identification of starch binding site existing in C-terminal region of plant α-glucosidases"
Topics Prize. Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (Japan, 2004).
Nakai H., Tanizawa S., Okuyama M., Mori H., Chiba S., and Kimura A.
"Starch binding function of C-terminal region of plant α-glucosidase"
MEMBERSHIPS
The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience; The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry; The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research
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