VAVRICKA Jr. Christopher John

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

• X. Zhu, L. Zhang, L. Jiang, H. Chen, Y. Tang, X. Yang, P. Bao, C. Liao, J. Li, C.J. Vavricka, D. Ren, Z. Chen, Y. Guo, & Q. Han, The Aedes aegypti mosquito evolves two types of prophenoloxidases with diversified functions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (3) 2413131122, (2025).
• 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.