SCDJ Award for Young Scientists

2023

  • Yota Suzuki (Saitama University)
    “Development of Supramolecular Analytical Reagents Exploiting Cyclodextrin Cavities as Reaction Fields”
  • Keisuke Yoshikiyo (Shimane University)
    “Research on the Function of Cyclodextrin to Promote Oil Assimilation”

2022

  • Hajime Shigemitsu (Osaka University)
    “Development of bright circularly polarized luminescent molecules based on cyclodextrins”

2021

  • Yoshinori Arisaka (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
    “Cyclodextrin-Based Supramolecular Biointerfaces for Regulating Cellular Responses”
  • Risako Onodera (Kumamoto University)
    “Development of Therapeutics for Intractable Diseases Using Cyclodextrin Derivatives as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”

2020

  • Shoji Fujiwara (Kanagawa University)
    “Development of Cyclodextrin Chemical Sensor with Advanced Molecular Recognition”
  • Hiroshi Masai (The University of Tokyo)
    “Concerted Functionalities between Rotaxane Structures with Methylated Cyclodextrins and d-π Systems in Organometallic Compounds”

2019

  • Atsushi Tamura (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
    “Studies on Pharmaceutical Applications of Cyclodextrin-Containing Polyrotaxanes”

2018

  • Noriko Ogawa (Aichi Gakuin University)
    “Evaluation of Intermolecular Interaction between Poorly Water Soluble Drug Free Form and Cyclodextrins for Pharmaceutical Formulation”

2017

  • Kazuaki Kato (The University of Tokyo)
    “Development of Polyrotaxane Materials Based on Cyclodextrins”

2016

  • Daisuke Iohara (Sojo University)
    “Formation of Hydrophilic Fullerene Nanoparticles by Using Cyclodextrins: Their Photosensitizing and Antioxidant Activity”
  • Taishi Higashi (Kumamoto University)
    “Improvement of Pharmaceutical Properties of Protein Drugs Utilizing Cyclodextrin Supramolecules”

2015

  • Naoko Ikuta (Kobe University)
    “Studies on R(+)-α-Lipoic Acid-Cyclodextrin Complex and Its Applications”
  • Yuya Egawa (Josai University)
    “Sugar-responsive Supramolecular Structures Using Boronic Acid-modified Cyclodextrins for Insulin Delivery Systems”

2014

  • Kenjirou Higashi (Chiba University)
    “Design of Novel Complexes Using Intermolecular Spaces between Cyclodextrins”

2013

  • Koki Wada (Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd.)
    “Development of Pharmaceutical Grade 2-Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and Establishment of its Determination Method in Biological Samples”

2012

  • Keiichi Motoyama (Kumamoto University)
    “Potential Use of Methylated Cyclodextrin Derivatives as Therapeutic Agents for Endotoxin Shock and Cancers”

2011

  • Hiroaki Kitagishi (Doshisha University)
    “Methylated Cyclodextrin-Porphyrin Supramolecular Complexes as Hemoprotein Functional Models”
  • Yoshinori Takashima (Osaka University)
    “Structural Control and Creation of Function by Using Supramolecular Complexes Based on Modified Cyclodextrins”

2010

  • Jun Terao (Kyoto University)
    “Syntheses of Permethylated CD-Based Polyrotaxanes and Its Application to Molecular Electronics”
  • Daisuke Tanaka (CycloChem Co., Ltd.)
    “Characteristic Improvements of Coenzyme Q10 by Use of gamma-Cyclodextrin”

2009

  • Hiroyasu Yamaguchi (Osaka University)
    “Dynamic Control and Functionalization of Supramolecular Complexes Based on Cyclodextrins”

2008

  • Jun Sumaoka (The University of Tokyo)
    “Molecular Recognition of Nano-scale Guest by Molecularly Imprinted Cyclodextrin Polymer in Water”
  • Akihito Hashidzume (Osaka University)
    “Studies on the Interaction between Polymer Side Chain and Cyclodextrins”

2007

  • Toshiyuki Kida (Osaka University)
    “Studies on Construction and Inclusion Ability of Novel Sugar Host Molecules by Modification of Cyclodextrin Skeleton”

2006

  • Tetsuo Kuwabara (University of Yamanashi)
    “Study on Modified Cyclodextrins as Molecule-responsive Color Change and Formation of Supramolecular Entities”
  • Yuichi Tozuka (Gifu Pharmaceutical University)
    “Nanoparticle Formation of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients by Co-grinding with Cyclodextrins”

2004

  • Iwao Suzuki (Tohoku University)
    “Higher-order Functionalization of Cyclodextrins: Improvement of molecular Recognition Ability and Application to Interfacial Chemistry”

2003

  • Takashi Hayashita (Tohoku University)
    “Desin of Cyclodextrin Complex Sensors for Ion and Molecule Recognition in Water”
  • Tomohiro Endo (Hishi University)
    “Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Large-ring Cyclodextrins, and Crystal Structures of epsiron- and iota-Cyclodextrin”

2002

  • Hidetoshi Arima (Kumamoto University)
    “Development of New Drug Delivery System Using Cyclodextrins”
  • Munetake Kunishima (Kobe Gakuin University)
    “Substrate-Specific Amidation of Carboxylic Acids Utilizing Cyclodextrin”

2001

  • Hatsuo Yamamoto (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
    “Construction of Cyclodextrin Polysulfonates Library Leading to High-Functionalized Derivatives”

2000

  • Katsunori Teranishi (Mie University)
    “The Simple Regiospecific Functionalization of Cyclodextrin and the Synthesis of Chemiluminescent Cyclodextrin Molecules”
  • Miyuki Narita (Akita University)
    “Molecular Sensing Systems Based on Fluorescent Cyclodextrins”

1999

  • Tetsumi Irie (Kumamoto University)
    “Improvement of Pharmaceutical Properties of Peptide and Protein Drugs by Bioadaptable Cyclodextrins”
  • Hideyuki Sumiyoshi (Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd.)
    “Study of the Production and the Application of Cyclodextrins and Their Derivatives”

1998

  • Hiroshi Ikeda (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
    “Artificial Enzymes Using Modified Cyclodextrins and Their Structural Studies”
  • Katsuhiko Mikuni (Bio Research Corporation of Yokohama)
    “Continuous Production of Cyclodextrins and Their Uses”

1997

  • Keiko Takahashi (Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics)
    “Molecular Recognition with Modified Cyclodextrins”
  • Tsukasa Ikeda (Hiroshima University)
    “Studies on Enzyme Models, Molecular Recognitions and DNA Intercalators Using Modified Cyclodextrins”