Macromolecular Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry
Synthetic Chemistry
Polymer Synthesis
Glycotechnology
Keywords: Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Glycoconjugates, Glycoclusters, Glycodendrimers, Glycopolymers, Biopolymers, Bioactive Natural Products

Graduate School
Hokkaido University, (Doctor later, Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate school of Science), Mar. 1995 (Completed).
Seikei University, (Doctor prophase, Department of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering), Mar. 1992 (Completed).

Undergraduate school
Seikei University, (Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering), Mar. 1990 (Graduated).

Degree
Ph. D. (Science), Hokkaido University, Mar. 1995.

Visiting Scholar (From Apr. 1992 to Feb. 1994)
Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University

Postdoctoral Fellow (From Apr. 1995 to Aug. 1995)
Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

Research Assistant (From Sep. 1995 to Dec 2000)
Department of Functional Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University

Associate Professor (From Jan. 2001 to Mar. 2011)
Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

Visiting Associate Professor (From Oct. 2003 to Jan. 2004)
Department of Chemistry, Duke University

Principal Investigator (From Apr. 2014 to Mar. 2017)
Saitama Leading Edge Project (grant-in-aid from Saitama prefecture)

Professor (From Apr. 2011 to present)
Division of Material Science, Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

Director (From Apr. 2011 to Mar. 2014 and From Apr. 2017 to present)
Intellectual Property Department, Comprehensive Open Innovation Center, Saitama University

Director of the Center (From Apr. 2017dea to Mar. 2024)
Comprehensive Open Innovation Center, Saitama University

Department Dean (From Apr. 2015 to Mar. 2017)
Department of Functional Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University

Vise Director of the Organization (From Apr. 2024 to present)
Research Organization, Saitama University

Director (From Apr. 2024 to present)
Research Promotion Office, Research Organization, Saitama University

Structural Analysis I
Organic Chemistry of Materials
Glycotechnology
Synthetic Study of Functional Molecules
Chemistry of Glycoconugates
Probability Statistics I
Polymer Science
Basic Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry I
Polymer Chemistry II

Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (Feb. 1997)
The Inoue Foundation for Science

Poster Award (Aug. 1999)
The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research

Research Award for Young Scientists (Mar. 2005)
GlycoTOKYO

• K. Nishikawa*, K. Matsuoka, E. Kita, N. Okabe, M. Mizuguchi, K. Hino, S. Miyazawa, C. Yamasaki, J. Aoki, S. Takashima, Y. Yamakawa, M. Nishijima, D. Terunuma, H. Kuzuhara, and Y. Natori, “A Therapeutic Agent with Oriented Carbohydrates for Treatment of Infections by Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia Coli O157:H7”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, pp. 7669-7674, 2002.  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.112058999]
• K. Matsuoka*, M. Terabatake, A. Umino, Y. Esumi, K. Hatano, D. Terunuma, and H. Kuzuhara, “Carbosilane Dendrimers Bearing Globotriaoses: Syntheses of Globotriaosyl Derivative and Introduction into Carbosilane Dendrimers”, Biomacromolecules 7, pp. 2274-2283, 2006.  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm060368+]
• K. Matsuoka*, H. Arai, H. Oka, T. Koyama, and K. Hatano, “Synthetic Assembly of Bi-Fluorescence-Labeled Glycopolymers as Substrates for Assaying α-Amylase by Resonance Energy Transfer”, ACS Macro Lett. 1, pp. 266-269, 2012.  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/mz200135y]
• A. Kumari, T. Koyama, K. Hatano, and K. Matsuoka*, “Synthetic Assembly of Novel Avidin-biotin-GlcNAc (ABG) Complex as an Attractive Bio-probe and its Interaction with Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA)”, Bioorg. Chem. 68, pp. 219-225, 2016.  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2016.08.002]
• K. Matsuoka*, Y. Suzuki, T. Koyama, K. Hatano, and T. Matsushita, “Fluorogenic Glycopolymers Available for Determining the Affinity of Lectins by Intermolecular FRET”, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 30, #127024, 2020.  [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127024]
• Y. Ishimaru, T. Moteki, M. Suzuki, T. Koyama, T. Matsushita, K. Hatano, and K. Matsuoka*, “Preparation of a Water-soluble Glycopolymer bearing Porphyrin Skeletons and Its Biological Properties”, ACS Omega 8, pp. 37451-37460, 2023.  [https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c05581]
• J. Nakada, T. Matsushita, T. Koyama, K. Hatano, and K. Matsuoka*, “Synthetic Assembly of α-O-Linked-type GlcNAc using Polymer Chemistry Affords Sugar Clusters, which Effectively Bind to Lectins”, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 99, #129616, 2024.  [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2024.129616]
• K. Miyairi, T. Matsushita, T. Koyama, K. Hatano, and K. Matsuoka*, “Preparation of Fluorogenic Glycopolymers having Mannose Moieties that can be Used for Determining the Affinity of Lectins by means of Intermolecular FRET”, J. Mol. Struct. 1306, #137896, 2024.  [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.137896]