VAVRICKA Jr. Christopher John

Position

Associate Professor

Affiliations

Division of Biotechnology and Life Science, Institute of Engineering
Life Science- Kuroda Team, Institute of Global Innovation Research

Researcher ID

0000-0003-2101-4359

AAU-8080-2021

Email

chris (at) go.tuat.ac.jp

URL

http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~enzyme-engineering/index.html

Professional Career

Oct. 2009-Oct. 2012: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oct. 2012-Mar. 2014: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Associate Professor
Nov. 2014-Oct. 2016: Okayama University, Faculty of Agriculture, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Nov. 2016-Feb. 2020: Kobe University, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Assistant Professor
Mar. 2020-Nov. 2022: Kobe University, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Associate Professor
Dec. 2022-Present: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Associate Professor

Academic Degrees

2009/8 Ph.D. （Biochemistry)(Virginia Tech.)

Research Interests

Enzyme engineering, In silico enzyme design, Biosynthesis, Synthetic biology

Publications

Miura, D., Hayashi, W., Hirano, K., Sasaki, I., Tsukakoshi, K., Kakizoe, H., Asai, S., Vavricka, C.J., Takemae, H. Mizutani, T., Tsugawa, W., Sode, K., Ikebukuro, K.*, Asano, R.* (2024/09) Proximity-unlocked luminescence by sequential enzymatic reactions from antibody and antibody/aptamer (PULSERAA): a platform for detection and visualization of virus-containing spots, ADVANCED SCIENCE, 24, e2403871.