Hironobu Hojo

Description goes hereHironobu Hojo obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from Osaka University in 1994 under the guidance of Prof. Saburo Aimoto on the development of the method for chemical protein synthesis, the thioester method. In 1998, he moved to Tokai University and started to develop a facile method for glycoprotein synthesis by collaboration with Prof. Yoshiaki Nakahara. He moved to the present position, Professor of the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, in 2013 and is developing a chemical approach toward the understanding of the function of post-translationally modified protein.