All about “To B or not to B” in Nucleic Acids Chemistry

Naoki Sugimoto received Ph.D. in 1985 from Kyoto University, Japan. After
postdoctoral work at University of Rochester, NY in USA, he joined Konan University,
Kobe, Japan in 1988 and was a full professor from 1994 to 2024. From 2003 to 2024, he
was also a director of Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER)
at Konan University and now is a Distinguished Professor of Konan University. He was a
first chairman of Forum on Biomolecular Chemistry (FBC) from 1998 to 2001, and a
chairman of Division of Biofunctional Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)
from 2011 to 2013. He was a president of the Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry
(JSNAC) from 2017 to 2020. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Nucleic Acids
Research and Scientific Reports, and so on. He received the Dr. Masao Horiba’s Award
in 2004, Distinguished Scientist Award from ICA (International Copper Association),
New York, USA in 2005, Hyogo Science Award from Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 2006,
the CSJ Award for Creative Work in 2007, the Honorable Speaker for Applied Chemistry
Lecture Series from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, Contribution Award from
the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC) in 2014, The Imbach-Townsend
Award from IS3NA (International Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic
Acids), San Diego, USA in 2018, The CST Award (Top Award) in 2020, the Ikehara
Award (Top Award) from Japan Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry (JSNAC) in 2024
and so on. His research interests focus on Biophysical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Bio-nano
engineering, Molecular design, Biofunctional Chemistry, and Biotechnology. He has
published more than 500 scientific papers, reviews, and books.