Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University; completed master’s program, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.

Completed doctoral program, Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Achieved current position after serving as a postdoctoral fellow, JSPS; a Research Assistant, Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University; and as a Research Assistant and Lecturer, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University

1. Reaction intermediates in the heme degradation reaction by HutZ from Vibrio cholera
   T. Uchida, S. Sekine, N. Dojun, A. Lewis-Ballester, I. Ishigami, T. Matsui, S. Yeh, K. Ishimori
   Dalton Trans. (2017) 46, 8104-8109.
2. Unique coupling of mono- and dioxygenase chemistries in a single active site promotes heme degradation
   T. Matsui, S. Nambu, C. W. Goulding, S. Takahashi, H. Fujii, M. Ikeda-Saito
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (2016) 113, 3779-84.
3. Artificial Hydrogenases based on Cobaloximes and Heme Oxygenase
   M. Bacchi, E. Veinberg, M. J. Field, J. Niklas, T. Matsui, D. M Tiede, O. G. Poluektov, M. Ikeda-Saito, M. Fontecave V. Artero
   ChemPlusChem (2016) 81, 1083-1089.
4. Charge-state-distribution analysis of Bach2 intrinsically disordered heme binding
   T. Suenaga, M. Watanabe-Matsui, H. Shima, T. Matsui, M. Ikeda-Saito, K. Igarashi, K. Murayama
   J. Biochem. (2016) 160, 291-298.
5. A new way to degrade heme: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzyme MhuD catalyzes heme degradation without generating CO”
   Nambu, S., Matsui, T., Goulding, C. W., Takahashi, S., and Ikeda-Saito, M.
   J. Biol. Chem. (2013) 288, 10101-10109.

The Chemical Society of Japan, the Japanese Biochemical Society, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Biology B (General Education), Biochemistry IIA (AMC)