KATAOKA Yuka

College of Humanities and Sciences Department of ChemistryResearch Assistant

Field Of Study

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Biochemistry

Career

  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    日本大学文理学部, 化学科, 助手
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
    日本大学文理学部, ポスト・ドクトラル・フェロー(PD)
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
    日本学術振興会特別研究員(DC1)
  • Jul. 2018 - Sep. 2018
    ニューヨーク州立大学ビンガムトン校, 交換研究員
  • Jun. 2017 - Sep. 2017
    ニューヨーク州立大学ビンガムトン校, 交換研究員

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
    Gunma University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, 理工学専攻物質・生命理工学領域
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2016
    Gunma University, 大学院理工学府, 理工学専攻物質・生命理工学教育プログラム
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2014
    Gunma University, 工学部, 応用化学・生物化学科

Paper

  • Aptamer-based biosensors for wastewater surveillance of influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, and norovirus: A comprehensive review
    Yilei Wang; Mohan Amarasiri; Wakana Oishi; Masayasu Kuwahara; Yuka Kataoka; Hiroki Kurita; Fumio Narita; Rong Chen; Qian Li; Daisuke Sano
    Water Research, Mar. 2025
  • Lantern-type G-quadruplex fluorescent sensors for detecting divalent metal ions
    Tomoko Wariishi; Yuka Kataoka; Tomoaki Nakamura; Yuuya Kasahara; Masataka Kuroda; Satoshi Obika; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Analytical Biochemistry, Jul. 2024
  • Cellular uptake of 2‐aminopyridine‐modified peptide nucleic acids conjugated with cell‐penetrating peptides
    Nikita Brodyagin; Yuka Kataoka; Ilze Kumpina; Dennis W. McGee; Eriks Rozners
    Biopolymers, Dec. 2021
  • Bifunctional Aptamer Drug Carrier Enabling Selective and Efficient Incorporation of an Approved Anticancer Drug Irinotecan to Fibrin Gels
    Hiroto Fujita; Yuka Kataoka; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Applied Sciences, Dec. 2020
  • Effects of Modifying Thioflavin T at the N3-Position on Its G4 Binding and Fluorescence Emission
    Yuka Kataoka; Hiroto Fujita; Tamaki Endoh; Naoki Sugimoto; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Molecules, Oct. 2020
  • Modified DNA Aptamers for C-Reactive Protein and Lactate Dehydrogenase-5 with Sub-Nanomolar Affinities
    Hirotaka Minagawa; Yuka Kataoka; Hiroto Fujita; Masayasu Kuwahara; Katsunori Horii; Ikuo Shiratori; Iwao Waga
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Apr. 2020
  • A high affinity modified DNA aptamer containing base-appended bases for human β-defensin
    Hirotaka Minagawa; Yuka Kataoka; Masayasu Kuwahara; Katsunori Horii; Ikuo Shiratori; Iwao Waga
    Analytical Biochemistry, Apr. 2020
  • Fluorescence Polarization-Based Rapid Detection System for Salivary Biomarkers Using Modified DNA Aptamers Containing Base-Appended Bases
    Hirotaka Minagawa; Akihisa Shimizu; Yuka Kataoka; Masayasu Kuwahara; Shintaro Kato; Katsunori Horii; Ikuo Shiratori; Iwao Waga
    Analytical Chemistry, Dec. 2019
  • In situ condensation of an anti-cancer drug into fibrin gel enabling effective inhibition of tumor cell growth
    Masayasu Kuwahara; Hiroto Fujita; Yuka Kataoka; Yasuyo Nakajima; Masanobu Yamada; Naoki Sugimoto
    Chemical Communications, 2019
  • High-Contrast Facile Imaging with Target-Directing Fluorescent Molecular Rotors, the N3-Modified Thioflavin T Derivatives
    Yuka Kataoka; Hiroto Fujita; Arina Afanaseva; Chioko Nagao; Kenji Mizuguchi; Yuuya Kasahara; Satoshi Obika; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Biochemistry, Dec. 2018
  • Specific Light-Up System for Protein and Metabolite Targets Triggered by Initiation Complex Formation
    Hiroto Fujita; Yuka Kataoka; Remi Nagano; Yasuyo Nakajima; Masanobu Yamada; Naoki Sugimoto; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Scientific Reports, Nov. 2017
  • Novel One-Tube-One-Step Real-Time Methodology for Rapid Transcriptomic Biomarker Detection: Signal Amplification by Ternary Initiation Complexes
    Hiroto Fujita; Yuka Kataoka; Seiji Tobita; Masayasu Kuwahara; Naoki Sugimoto
    Analytical Chemistry, Jul. 2016
  • Real-Time Monitoring of G-Quadruplex Formation during Transcription
    Tamaki Endoh; Ambadas B. Rode; Shuntaro Takahashi; Yuka Kataoka; Masayasu Kuwahara; Naoki Sugimoto
    Analytical Chemistry, Jan. 2016
  • Minimal Thioflavin T Modifications Improve Visual Discrimination of Guanine-Quadruplex Topologies and Alter Compound-Induced Topological Structures
    Yuka Kataoka; Hiroto Fujita; Yuuya Kasahara; Toshitada Yoshihara; Seiji Tobita; Masayasu Kuwahara
    Analytical Chemistry, Dec. 2014

Books and other publications

  • 進化を続ける核酸化学 : ゲノム編集、非二重らせん、核酸医薬
    片岡由佳, 桒原正靖, Contributor, PartⅡ 研究最前線(5章)化学修飾を導入した核酸アプタマー開発の進展
    化学同人, Oct. 2021
    9784759814019

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Novel Thioflavin T derivatives: application to biosensing and nucleic acid aggregation
    Yuka Kataoka
    FIBER FUTURE COLLEGE 73, Feb. 2021, Invited
  • N3-Modified thioflavin T derivatives for specific target detections
    Yuka Kataoka; Hiroto Fujita; Arina Afanaseva; Chioko Nagao; Kenji Mizuguchi; Yuuya Kasahara; Satoshi Obika; Masayasu Kuwahara
    A3若手ミーティング, Feb. 2019, Invited

Affiliated academic society

  • Apr. 2016 - Present
    American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Jun. 2015 - Present
    日本分析化学会
  • Dec. 2013 - Present
    日本化学会
  • Aug. 2016
    日本核酸化学会