Naoto Hori, PhD


    Assistant Professor
    School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham
    Biodiscovery Institute, BDI-1 Building, Room A08
    University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

    Email: naoto.hori@ nottingham.ac.uk
    ORCID: 0000-0003-0658-8266
    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Je_SISQAAAAJ

Research Interests

  • RNA folding, structures and functions
  • Assembly of RNA-protein complexes
  • Biomolecular condensates
  • Translation system in the cell
  • Machine learning and computational methods to study biomolecules

Education

  • Ph.D. in Biophysics, Kyoto University (Advisor: Prof. Shoji Takada), 2010-2013
  • M.Sc. in Chemistry, Kobe University, 2006-2008
  • B.Sc. in Chemistry, Kobe University, 2002-2006

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, 2023-
  • Nottingham Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, 2020-2023
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin (Advisor: Prof. Dave Thirumalai), 2016-2020
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland (Advisor: Prof. Dave Thirumalai), 2014-2015
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University (Advisor: Prof. Shoji Takada), 2013
  • JSPS Doctoral Research Fellow, 2010-2013
  • Research Associate, Kyoto University, 2009-2010
  • Software Engineer, Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc., 2008-2009

Grants, Honours and Awards

  • 2022-2026, Funding from PRESTO research program, Japan Science and Technology Agency
  • 2020-2023, Nottingham Research Fellowship, University of Nottingham
  • 2017, Education Committee Travel Award, Biophysical Society USA
  • 2010-2013, Research Fellowship for Young Scientist, Japan Society for Promotion of Science
  • 2010-2013, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Service

  • Journal Reviewer
    ACS Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Biophysical Journal, Chem & Bio Engineering, ChemBioChem, Communications Physics, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, FEBS Open Bio, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Heliyon, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, PLOS Computational Biology, PNAS Nexus, RNA, Scientific Reports
  • Topic editor in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Biophysics Summer School (Kyoto, Japan 2011) organiser
  • The 9th Annual CCPBioSim Conference (Leeds, UK 2023) organiser