On 2nd April 2018, Professor Tsutomu Suzuki, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, wins a The 26th Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award.
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Biological role of RNA modifications
UTokyo Research: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utokyo-research/research-news/chemical-modification-in-RNA-changes-genetic-code.html
Othre researches:
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utokyo-research/research-news/unexpected-modification-to-support-maturation-of-transfer-RNA.html
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/utokyo-research/research-news/first-step-to-deciphering-a-non-universal-genetic-code.html
Suzuki Lab: http://rna.chem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html