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Ken Itami

@kenitami.bsky.social

A chemist believing the power of molecules. Synthetic chemistry, molecular nanocarbon science, catalysis, and chemical biology. Be unique, go crazy! kenichiro.itami@riken.jp https://itami-lab.com/?lang=en

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Big news! πŸŽ‰ Our very own Hideya Kono has been awarded the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, recognizing outstanding researchers under 37. Massive congrats, Hideya!

05.02.2026 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
L-Region-selective annulative Ο€-extension through dearomative activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Annulative Ο€-extension (APEX) reaction is a useful aromatic ring-fusion method for synthesis of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from unfunctionalized small PAHs. While APEX reactions in ...

Finally, L-region-selective APEX reaction through dearomative activation. Congrats to Kanami, Wataru, and Hideto!!

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

29.01.2026 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Super excited to hear significant research progress at our year-end presentation! Of course we fully enjoyed the year-end party afterwards!! Thank you all for our great 2025 and let’s make our 2026 even greater!!

27.12.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our very own Hideya Kono will receive Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists!!! Huge congratulations Hideya!!!

www.inoue-zaidan.or.jp/b-01.html?ei...

25.12.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mini ASPiRE happening at Honolulu with @cathleencrudden.bsky.social

19.12.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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German Christmas Night in Itami Lab!! Thank you all!! Sooo fun!

06.12.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Short but very concentrated visit to Tottori University for the lecture and short course. I sincerely thank Nokami-san, Matsuura-san and many other profs and students there for sharing exciting discussions!! Many many thanks for the wonderful hospitality!

29.11.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great pizza party!!! Otsukare party for the Itami Lab Reunion Symposium which was huge success! Many thanks all!!

28.11.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Itami Lab Reunion Symposium, IKOCS, was huge success!!! 140 people gathered in RIKEN! Great lectures, discussion, and party!!! So many thanks for coming and also to current members for dedicated organization! GOAT!

08.11.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mission complete! As a CNRS chemistry ambassador, I did 7 lectures at 7 different places in France in 11 days! 3800 km by trains! It was hard but huge fun to find lots of seeds for future collaboration! Thanks everyone! I will come back!!

24.10.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today we have the pleasure to host Ken Itami in Rennes as a @cnrs.fr ambassador. Fantastic talk! πŸ‘

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20.10.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We welcome Lucas (6 month master course study) and Ayaka (staff scientist) in Itami Lab!! So nice to have you two! Let’s explore crazy chemistry!!!

03.10.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was huge fun!! Many thanks Murakami Lab!!! See you next at RIKEN!!

18.09.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kei Murakami (previous staff) and Yota Sakakibara (previous student) in front of beautiful campus. Super great host!

16.09.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday I fully enjoyed the really exciting discussion and mixing with Murakami Lab, Kwansei Gakuin University. Door to door it took me 6 hours to come but worth it! Today and tomorrow, I will do extensive short course and lecture!

16.09.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Larry!!!

14.09.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CNRS Chemistry welcomes Kenichiro Itami as the Ambassador in Chemical Sciences On 13 October, 2025,Β Kenichiro Itami,Β Chief Scientist and Direc

Extremely excited to be selected as CNRS Ambassador for Chemical Sciences in France!
I expect the upcoming lecture tour to strengthen the ties between French and Japanese science, fostering a spirit of mutual inspiration.Β 

www.inc.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

12.09.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you so much!!! I greatly look forward to seeing you all!

11.09.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomoki’s work making non-emissive [6]CPP fluorescent by simple multiple methyl substitution is now out @chemicalscience.rsc.org ! We hope this simple, yet pronounced β€˜methyl effect’ facilitates the design and application of CPP-based materials in various fields!

pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

11.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A bioactive nanocarbon that targets cross-species protein–protein interactions The quest for bioactive molecules has long been confined to a rather narrow chemical space, limiting the discovery of uncharted chemical structures. Identifying such compounds is essential for uncover...

A bioactive nanocarbon that targets cross-species PPIs.
We discovered a molecular nanocarbon (clionene) that inhibits PPIs in insect diapause and human immune signalings. Very exciting collaboration with Larry Scott @scott61144.bsky.social and Hasegawa lab!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

04.09.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy birthday Prof. Noyori and Dorae-mon!

Don’t miss Noyori’s autobiography β€œResearch should be fresh, simple, and clear”, recently released !

l-i-c.org/ryoji-noyori...

03.09.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Larry!!

18.08.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Could caterpillar guts help to manufacture nanomaterials?

Could caterpillar guts help to manufacture nanomaterials?
Check out the RIKEN research highlight!

www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs...

17.08.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We very much enjoyed the lecture by Bruce Yu from Academia Sinica, Taiwan! Very insightful and exciting!! Thanks Bruce!

08.08.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So great to have two very active players in our lab! Welcome Asim and Ando-kun to Itami Lab!! It was very nice welcome party last night with LOTS of Indian curry!

08.08.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great collaborative paper with Jean Bouffard Lab is out in JACS! From your arenes and molecular nanocarbons, you can make C-H amination products! My favorite examples are double amination of CPP and coronene! Congrats Rikuo, Sajan, and the team!

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

23.07.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A simple, Mg-mediated, 12-fold dearomative esterification of carbon nanobelt, dedicated to Fraser Stoddart in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Huge congrats to Tsubasa, Takehisa & the team! Nice artwork created by Issey Takahashi!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

07.07.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the highlight article!

10.06.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Larry!!!

09.06.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cycloparaazine, a full-azine carbon nanoring - Congratulations , Ken! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PiSky

09.06.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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