化学特別講義Ⅴ

化学専攻と工学系化学３専攻（応用化学専攻、化学システム工学専攻、化学生命
工学専攻）が連携し、理工の枠を超えた教育と国際性豊かな人材育成を目指し、
外国人招聘教授や国内の専門家による最先端化学に関する講義を行う。
講師や日程など詳細については、決まり次第化学科掲示板等にて周知する。

The Department of Chemistry and the three chemistry-related departments at
the Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Applied Chemistry,
Department of Chemical System Engineering, and Department of Chemistry and
Biotechnology) jointly provide lectures on cutting-edge fields of
chemistry, with the goal of transcending the boundary between science and
engineering to enhance education and foster young researchers with global
perspectives. Lectures will be given by invited professors from abroad and
specialists from Japan.
Information about lecturer and schedule will be announced on the billboard in Department of Chemistry.

Many of the most powerful weapons against bacterial infections were invented by bacteria
themselves. Bacteria hold the blueprints for thousands of antibiotics in their genomes.
The biosyntheses of these essential medicines involve elegant and powerful enzymatic
chemistries that allow the preparation of architecturally complex natural products.
Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products (also
called RiPPs) are one particular family of bacterial natural products that has gained
intensive interest for the powerful potential of their biosynthetic enzymes. RiPP
enzymes are versatile biocatalysts that are being exploited for the discovery and
development of the next generation of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents. This lecture
series will deal with the history, enzymology, and application of RiPP enzymes in new
therapeutic development.