Suga Lab. / Member / Christopher J. Hipolito

Postdoctoral Fellow

City/country of origin: Saitama
Hobbies: Music, kendo and watching sports games
Places You Like: Kamogawa liver in Kyoto
Where for a big vacation: Hot spring
What are your strong points?: Perseverance and optimism
Music: what is some intense music for intense lab work?: Morning Glory (Oasis)
What are people in the lab doing?: Discussion or desk works
What was surprising about the suga lab: Everyone approaches to the research freely
Original motivation towards science?: Good results get me really excited
A few words for future lab mates: Welcome!
Science is…….: Enjoying the process of turning the unknown into the known

2017-2021: B.S., Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
2021-2023: M.S., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
2023-2026: Ph.D., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University

"Design Strategy of Antibody Pairs for Biepitopic Antigen-Templated Chemical Reaction Depending on the Tertiary Structure of the Antigen.": K. Nishiyama; H. Akiba; Y. Tsutsui; H. Kamada; H. Ohno; Chem-Eur J, 31, (2025)
"A Proximity-Induced Fluorogenic Reaction Triggered by Antibody-Antigen Interactions with Adjacent Epitopes.": K. Nishiyama; H. Akiba; S. Nagata; K. Tsumoto; H. Kamada; H. Ohno; Angew Chem Int Edit, 62, (2023)
"Development of a 1:1-binding biparatopic anti-TNFR2 antagonist by reducing signaling activity through epitope selection.": H. Akiba; J. Fujita; T. Ise; K. Nishiyama; T. Miyata; T. Kato; K. Namba; H. Ohno; H. Kamada; S. Nagata; K. Tsumoto; Communications Biology, 6, (2023)