
Assistant ProfessorRirika Asama
Education and Experience
- Mar. 2019
- B.S. Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan
- Mar. 2021
- M.S. Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Japan
- Apr. 2023
- JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
- Mar. 2025
- Ph.D. Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Japan
- Apr. 2025–present
- Project Assistant Professor, Graduate school of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Japan
Awards
- 2025 Best Presentation Award, 5th Annual Research Symposium, Engineering Biology Research Center (EGBRC)
- 2020 Outstanding Presentation Award, 513th Kansai Branch Meeting, JSBBA
Publications
- Asama, R., Tominaga, M., Ito, S., Ito, Y., Takemura, K., Sakurada, A., Katsurada, K., Fukuda, N., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2024/11) Screening of protein-based inhibitors for the intracellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor by. directed evolution using the yeast Gγ recruitment system, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 138(5), 375-381
- Asama, R., Liu, C.J.S., Tominaga, M., Cheng, Y-R., Nakamura, Y., Kondo, A., Wang, H-Y., Ishii, J. (2024/04) Droplet-based microfluidic platform for detecting agonistic peptides that are self-secreted by yeast expressing a G-protein-coupled receptor, Microbial Cell Factories, 23(1), 104
- Isogai, S., Okahashi, N., Asama, R., Nakamura, T., Hasunuma, T., Matsuda, F., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2021/06) Synthetic production of prenylated naringenins in yeast using promiscuous microbial prenyltransferases, Metabolic Engineering Communications, 12, e00169
- Nakamura, Y., Asama, R., Tabata, T., Morita, K., Maruyama, T., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2021/02) Comparative analyses of site-directed mutagenesis of human melatonin MTNR1A and MTNR1B receptors using a yeast fluorescent biosensor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 118(2), 863–876
Reviews & Commentaries
- 浅間梨々花,酵母GPCRバイオセンサを用いた高速な育種開発および事業化に向けた展望, 神戸大学博士学位論文(2025/03)

