BSc Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Japan
2002-2004
MSc Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
2004-2008
PhD Molecular Science and Material Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
Apr. 2008-Jul. 2008
Postdoctoral fellow, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
Aug. 2008-Mar. 2012
Project Assistant Professor, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
Apr. 2012-Mar. 2013
Project Associate Professor, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
Apr. 2013-Mar. 2016
Associate Professor, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan
Apr. 2016-Mar.2025
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Japan
Jul. 2018-Mar.2025
Associate Professor, Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, Japan
Apr. 2025-present
Professor, Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University, Japan
Publications
Kaneko, S., Fukushima, H., Nakahama, M., Tsuge, K., Ishii, J., Aizawa, Y., Itaya, M., Kondo, A. (2025/09) Versatile Methodology for Efficient Large-sized DNA Delivery Between Microorganisms Without In vitro Purification, Journal of Molecular Biology, 437(17), 169289
Tominaga, M., Kawakami, K., Ogawa, H., Nakamura, T., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2025/5) Production of borneol, camphor, and bornyl acetate using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Metabolic Engineering Communications, 20, e00259
Tominaga, M., Shima, Y., Nozaki, K., Ito, Y., Someda, M., Shoya, Y., Hashii, N., Obata, C., Matsumoto-Kitano, M., Suematsu, K., Matsukawa, T., Hosoya, K., Hashiba, N., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2024/12) Designing strong inducible synthetic promoters in yeasts Nature Communications, 15, 10653
Asama, R., Tominaga, M., Ito, S., Ito, Y., Takemura, K., Sakuraba, S., Katsurada, K., Fukuda, N., Kondo, A., Ishii, J.(2024/07) 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, 104
Matsuyama, C., Seike, T., Okahashi, N., Niide, T., Hara, KY., Hirono-Hara, Y., Ishii, J., Shimizu, H., Toya, Y., Matsuda, F. (2024/03) Metabolome analysis of metabolic burden in Escherichia coli caused by overexpression of green fluorescent protein and delta-rhodopsin, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 137(3), 187-194
Morita, K., Takenaka, M., Tomita, K., Ishii, J., Kawaguchi, H., Murakami, D., Amo, H., Fujii, M., Maruyama, T., Matsumoto, T., Nishino, T., Ogino, C. (2023/11) Nanoscopic lignin mapping on cellulose nanofibers via scanning transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Cellulose, 30: 11357–11367
Sugimura, M., Seike, T., Okahashi, N., Izumi, Y., Bamba, T., Ishii, J., Matsuda F. (2023/11) Improved 2,3-butanediol production rate of metabolically engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae by deletion of RIM15 and activation of pyruvate consumption pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(22): 16378
Yatabe, F., Seike, T., Okahashi, N., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F. (2023/10) Improvement of ethanol and 2,3-butanediol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by ATP wasting. Microbial Cell Factories, 22(1): 204
Arai, T., Wada, M., Nishiguchi, H., Takimura, Y., Ishii, J. (2023/05) Inducer-free recombinant protein production in Trichoderma reesei: secretory production of endogenous enzymes and heterologous nanobodies using glucose as the sole carbon source, Microbial Cell Factories, 22: 103
Takenaka, M., Yoshida, T., Yoshida, E., Ono, S., Horie, S., Vavricka, CJ., Hiratani, M., Tsuge, K., Ishii, J., Hayakawa, Y., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2023/01) Online SFE-SFC-MS/MS colony screening: a high-throughput approach for optimizing (-)-limonene production, Journal of Chromatography B, 1215, 123588
Morita, K., Nishimura, Y., Ishii, J., Maruyama, T. (2022/12) Micelle-like nanoassemblies of short peptides create antimicrobial selectivity in a conventional antifungal drug. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(2): 1432-1440
Otsuka, K., Seike, T., Toya, Y., Ishii, J., Hirono-Hara, Y., Hara, KY., Matsuda, F. (2022/12) Evolutionary approach for improved proton pumping activity of heterologous rhodopsin expressed in Escherichia coli, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 134(6): 484-490
Sano, M., Tanaka, R., Kamata, K., Hirono-Hara, Y., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F., Hara, KY., Shimizu, H., Toya, Y. (2022/11) Conversion of mevalonate to isoprenol using light energy in Escherichia coli without consuming sugars for ATP supply, ACS Synthetic Biology, 11, 3966-3972
Ito, Y., Ishigami, M., Hashiba, N., Nakamura, Y., Terai, G., Hasunuma, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2022/09) Avoiding entry into intracellular protein degradation pathways by signal mutations increases protein secretion in Pichia pastoris, Microbial Biotechnology, 15(9), 2364-2378
Isogai, S., Tominaga, M., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2022/07) Plant flavonoid production in bacteria and yeasts, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 4, 880694
Tominaga, M., Miyazaki, K., Hataya, S., Mitsui, Y., Kuroda, S., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2022/07) Enhanced squalene production by modulation of pathways consuming squalene and its precursor, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 134(1), 1-6
Toya, Y., Hirono-Hara, Y., Hirayama, H., Kamata, K., Tanaka, R., Sano, M., Kitamura, S., Otsuka, K., Abe-Yoshizumi, R., Tsunoda, S., Kikukawa, H., Kandori, H., Shimizu, H., Matsuda, F., Ishii, J., Hara, KY. (2022/07) Optogenetic reprogramming of carbon metabolism using light-powering microbial proton pump systems, Metabolic Engineering, 72, 227-236
Ito, Y., Ishigami, M., Terai, G., Nakamura, Y., Hashiba, N., Nishi, T., Nakazawa, H., Hasunuma, T., Asai, K., Umetsu, M., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2022/06) A streamlined strain engineering workflow with genome-wide screening detects enhanced protein secretion in Komagataella phaffii, Communications Biology, 5, 561
Tominaga, M., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2022/04) (Review) Engineering of Synthetic Transcriptional Switches in Yeast, Life, 12, 557
Morita, K., Seike, T., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F., Shimizu, H. (2022/03) Improvement of 2, 3-butanediol production by dCas9 gene expression system in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 133(3), 208-212
Vavricka, CJ., Takahashi, S., Watanabe, N., Takenaka, M., Matsuda, M., Yoshida, T., Suzuki, R., Kiyota, H., Li, J., Minami, H., Ishii, J., Tsuge, K., Araki, M., Kondo, A., Hasunuma, T. (2022/03) Machine learning discovery of missing links that mediate alternative branches to plant alkaloids, Nature Communications, 13, 1405
Nishi, T., Ito, Y., Nakamura, Y., Yamaji, T., Hashiba, N., Tamai, M., Yasohara, Y., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A. (2022/01) One-step in vivo assembly of multiple DNA fragments and genomic integration in Komagataella phaffii, ACS Synthetic Biology, 11(2), 644-654
Katsurada, K., Tominaga, M., Kaishima, M., Kato, H., Matsuno, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A., Ishii, J.*, Takayama, K. (2021/12) Constitutive cell surface expression of ZZ domain for the easy preparation of yeast-based immunosorbents, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 67(6), 265-268
Yoshida, E., Kojima, M., Suzuki, M., Matsuda, F., Shimbo, K., Onuki, A., Nishio, Y., Usuda, Y., Kondo, A., Ishii, J. (2021/11) Increased carvone production in Escherichia coli by balancing limonene conversion enzyme expression via targeted quantification concatamer proteome analysis, Scientific Reports, 11(1): 22126
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
Shoji, S., Yamaji, T., Makino, H., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2021/05) Metabolic design for selective production of nicotinamide mononucleotide from glucose and nicotinamide, Metabolic Engineering, 65, 167-177
Tominaga, M., Nozaki, K., Umeno, D., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A. (2021/03) Robust and flexible platform for directed evolution of yeast genetic switches, Nature Communications, 12: 1846
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
Ito, Y., Terai, G., Ishigami, M., Hashiba, N., Nakamura, Y., Bamba, T., Kumokita, R., Hasunuma, T., Asai, K., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A.* (2020/12) Exchange of endogenous and heterogeneous yeast terminators in Pichia pastoris to tune mRNA stability and gene expression, Nucleic Acids Research, 48(22), 13000-13012
Nishimura, Y., Ezawa, R., Morita, K., Nakayama, M., Ishii, J., Sasaki, R., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2020/09) In vivo evaluation of the ZHER2-BNC/LP carrier encapsulating an anticancer drug and a radiosensitizer, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(11), 7743-7751
Morita, K., Matsuda, F., Okamoto, K., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Shimizu, H. (2019/10) Repression of mitochondrial metabolism for cytosolic pyruvate-derived chemical production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Microbial Cell Factories, 18, 177
Vavricka, CJ., Yoshida, T., Kuriya, Y., Takahashi, S., Ogawa, T., Ono, F., Agari, K., Kiyota, H., Li, J., Ishii, J., Tsuge, K., Minami, H., Araki, M.*, Hasunuma, T.*, Kondo, A. (2019/05) Mechanism-based tuning of insect 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase for synthetic bioproduction of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, Nature Communications, 10, 2015
Tamano, K., Cox Ⅲ, RS., Tsuge, K., Miura, A., Itoh, A., Ishii, J., Tamura, T., Kondo, A., Machida, M. (2019/04) Heterologous production of free dihomo-ɤ-linolenic acid by Aspergillus oryzae and its extracellular release via surfactant supplementation, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 127, 451-457
Itoh, H., Matsui, M., Miyamura, Y., Takeda, I., Ishii, J., Kumagai, T., Machida, M., Shibata, T., Arita, M. (2018/12) Biosynthesis of Novel Statins by Combining Heterologous Genes from Xylaria and Aspergillus, ACS Synthetic Biology, 7(12), 2783-2789
Ito, Y., Watanabe, T., Aikawa, S., Nishi, T., Nishiyama, T., Nakamura, Y., Hasunuma, T., Okubo, Y., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A.* (2018/11) Deletion of DNA ligase IV homolog confers higher gene targeting efficiency on homologous recombination in Komagataella phaffii, FEMS Yeast Research, 18(7), foy074
Restu, WK., Nishida, Y., Yamamoto, S., Ishii, J., Maruyama, T. (2018/07) Short oligopeptides for biocompatible and biodegradable supramolecular hydrogels. Langmuir, 34, 8065-8074
Ishii, J., Morita, K., Ida, K., Kato, H., Kinoshita, S., Hataya, S., Shimizu, H., Kondo, A., Matsuda, F. (2018/06) A pyruvate carbon flux tugging strategy for increasing 2,3-butanediol production and reducing ethanol subgeneration in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11: 180
Hashi, H., Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A. (2018/04) Modifying expression modes of human neurotensin receptor type 1 alters sensing capabilities for agonists in yeast signaling biosensor, Biotechnology Journal, 13(4), e1700522
Nishimura, Y., Matsui, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2018/03) Metabolic Engineering of the 2-Ketobutyrate Biosynthetic Pathway for 1-Propanol Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Microbial Cell Factories, 17: 38
Nambu-Nishida, Y., Sakihama, Y., Ishii, J., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2018/01) Selection of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae promoters available for xylose cultivation and fermentation, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 125(1), 76-86
A. Prima, Hara, Y. K., A. C. Djohan, Kashiwagi, N., P. Kahar, Ishii, J., Nakayama, H., Okazaki, F., B. Prasetya, Kondo, A., Yopi, Ogino, C. (2017/12) Glutathione production from mannan-based bioresource by mannanase/mannosidase expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bioresource Technology, 245, 1400-1406
Hara, Y. K., Kobayashi, J., Yamada, R., Sasaki, D., Kuriya, Y., Hirono-Hara, Y., Ishii, J., Araki, M., Kondo, A. (2017/11) Transporter Engineering in Biomass Utilization by Yeast, FEMS Yeast Research, 17(7), fox061
Morita, K., Nomura, Y., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F., Kondo, A., Shimizu, H. (2017/09) Heterologous expression of bacterial phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase and Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for improvement of isobutanol production, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 124(3), 263-270
Fukuda, N., Kaishima, M., Ishii, J., Honda, S. (2017/08) Positive detection of GPCR antagonists using a system for inverted expression of a fluorescent reporter gene. ACS Synthetic Biology, 6(8), 1554-1562
Ryo, S., Ishii, J., Matsuno, T., Nakamura, Y., Matsubara, D., Tominaga, M., Kondo, A. (2017/06) Positive feedback genetic circuit incorporating a constitutively active mutant Gal3 into yeast GAL induction system, ACS Synthetic Biology, 6(6), 928-935
Fukutani, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Ozawa, T., Matsunami, H., Yohda, M. (2017/06) Split luciferase complementation assay for the analysis of G protein-coupled receptor ligand response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(6): 1354-1361
Nishimura, Y., Ezawa, R., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2017/01) Affibody-displaying bio-nanocapsules effective in EGFR, typical biomarker, expressed in various cancer cells, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(2), 336-341
Fukuda, N., Kaishima, M., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Honda, S. (2016/12) Continuous crossbreeding of sake yeasts using growth selection systems for a-type and α-type cells, AMB Express, 6: 45
Inokuma, K., Bamba, T., Ishii, J., Ito, Y., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2016/11) Enhanced cell-surface display and secretory production of cellulolytic enzymes with Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sed1 signal peptide, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 113(11), 2358-2366
Kaishima, M., Ishii, J.*, Matsuno, T., Fukuda, N., Kondo, A. (2016/10) Expression of varied GFPs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: codon optimization yields stronger than expected expression and fluorescence intensity, Scientific Reports, 6: 35932
Nakamura, Y., Hashimoto, T., Ishii, J.*, Kondo, A. (2016/10) Dual-color reporter switching system to discern dimer formations of G-protein-coupled receptors using Cre/loxP site-specific recombination in yeast, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 113(10), 2178-2190
Yamamoto, K., Hara, Y.K., Morita, T., Nishimura, A., Sasaki, D., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kizaki, N., Kondo, A. (2016/09) Enhancement of astaxanthin production in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by efficient method for the complete deletion of genes, Microbial Cell Factories, 15(1): 155
Ishii, J., Okazaki, F., Djohan, C. Apridah., Hara, Y.K., Asai-Nakashima, N., Teramura, H., Andriani, A., Tominaga, M., Wakai, S., Kahar, P., Yopi, Prasetya, B., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2016/09) From mannan to bioethanol: cell surface co-display of β-mannanase and βmannosidase on yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9, 188
Shen, L., Nishimura, Y., Matsuda, F., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2016/07) Overexpressing enzymes of the Ehrlich pathway and deleting genes of the competing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for increasing 2-phenylethanol production from glucose, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 122(1), 34-39
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (Review) (2016/05) Current techniques for studying oligomer formations of G-protein-coupled receptors using mammalian and yeast cells, Current Medicinal Chemistry, 23(16), 1638-1656
Hattan, J., Shindo, K., Ito, T., Shibuya, Y., Watanabe, A., Tagaki, C., Ohno, F., Sasaki, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Misawa, N. (2016/04) Identification of a novel hedycaryol synthase gene isolated from Camellia brevistyla flowers andfloral scent of Camellia cultivars, Planta, 243(4), 959-972
Tsuge, Y., Kudou, M., Kawaguchi, H., Ishii, J., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2016/03) FudC, a protein primarily responsible for furfural detoxification in Corynebacterium glutamicum, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100(6), 2685-2692
Hiraoka, R., Funasaki, Y., Ishii, J., Maruyama, T. (2015/12) Rational design of degradable polyanion for layer-by-layer assembly for encapsulation and release of cationic functional biomolecules, Chemical Communications, 51(98): 17447-17450
Hasunuma, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (Review) (2015/12) Rational design and evolutional fine tuning of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for biomass breakdown, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 29: 1-9
Kaishima, M., Ishii, J.*, Fukuda, N., Kondo, A. (2015/11) Gγ recruitment systems specifically select PPI and affinity-enhanced candidate proteins that interact with membrane protein targets, Scientific Reports, 5, 16723
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2015/09) Applications of yeast-based signaling sensor for characterization of antagonist and analysis of site-directed mutants of the human serotonin 1A receptor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 112(9), 1906-1915
Ida, K., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F., Kondo, T., Kondo, A. (2015/04) Eliminating the isoleucine biosynthetic pathway to reduce competitive carbon outflow during isobutanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Microbial Cell Factories, 14: 62
Inokuma, K., Ishii, J., Hara, K.Y., Mochizuki, M., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2015/04) Complete genome sequence of Kluyveromyces marxianus NBRC1777, a nonconventional thermotolerant yeast, Genome Announcements, 3(2), e00389-15
Takenaka, M., Miyachi, Y., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2015/03) The mapping of yeast's G-protein coupled receptor with an atomic force microscope, Nanoscale, 7, 4956-4963
Mohamed suffian, I.F., Nishimura, Y., Morita, K., Nakamura-Tsuruta, S., Al-Jamal, K.T., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2015/02) Mutation of arginine residues to avoid non-specific cellular uptakes for hepatitis B virus core particles, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 13(1): 15
Fukutani, Y., Hori, A., Tsukada, S., Sato, R., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Matsunami, H., Yohda, M. (2015/02) Improving the odorant sensitivity of olfactory receptor-expressing yeast with accessory proteins, Analytical Biochemistry, 471, 1-8
Suzuki, H., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Yoshida, K. (2015/02) Polyamino acid display on cell surfaces enhances salt and alcohol tolerance of Escherichia coli, Biotechnology Letters, 37(2), 429-435
Inokuma, K., Yoshida, T., Ishii, J., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2015/02) Efficient co-displaying and artificial ratio control of α-amylase and glucoamylase on the yeast cell surface by using combinations of different anchoring domains, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99(4), 1655-1663
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2014/11) Construction of a yeast-based signaling biosensor for human angiotensin Ⅱtype 1 receptor via functional coupling between Asn295-mutated receptor and Gpa1/Gi3 chimeric Gα, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 111(11), 2220-2228
Tsuge, Y., Hori, Y., Kudou, M., Ishii, J., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2014/10) Detoxification of furfural in Corynebacterium glutamicum under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98(20), 8675-8683
Kaishima, M., Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2014/09) Desired alteration of protein affinities: competitive selection of protein variants using yeast signal transduction machinery, PLoS ONE, 9(9): e108229
Nishimura, Y., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (Review) (2014/09) Genetic engineering of bio-nanoparticles for drug delivery: a review, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 10(9), 2063-2085
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2014/08) Signaling assays for detection of human G-protein-coupled receptors in yeast, Bio-protocol, 4(16), e1206
Ishii, J., Kondo, T., Makino, H., Ogura, A., Matsuda, F., Kondo, A. (2014/05) Three gene expression vector sets for concurrently expressing multiple genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, FEMS Yeast Research, 14(3), 399-411
Nishimura, Y., Takeda, K., Ezawa, R., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2014/04) A display of pH-sensitive fusogenic GALA peptide facilitates endosomal escape from a Bio-nanocapsule via an endocytic uptake pathway, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 21(1), 11
Nakamura, Y., Takemoto, N., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2014/03) Simultaneous method for analyzing dimerization and signaling of G-protein-coupled receptor in yeast by dual-color reporter system, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 111(3), 586-596
Ishii, J., Oda, A., Togawa, S., Fukao, A., Fujiwara, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2014/02) Microbial fluorescence sensing for human neurotensin receptor type 1 using Gα-engineered yeast cells, Analytical Biochemistry, 446, 37-43
Matsuda, F., Ishii, J., Kondo, T., Ida, K., Tezuka, H,. Kondo, A. (2013/12) Increased isobutanol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by eliminating competing pathways and resolving cofactor imbalance, Microbial Cell Factories, 12: 119
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2013/12) Bright fluorescence monitoring system utilizing Zoanthus sp. green fluorescent protein (ZsGreen) for human G-protein-coupled receptor signaling in microbial yeast cells, PLoS ONE, 8(12), e82237
Matsuda, F., Shirai, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2013/07) Regulation of central carbon metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic inhibitors, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 116(1), 59-64
Nishimura, Y., Mieda, H., Ishii, J., Ogino, Fujiwara, T., Kondo, A. (2013/06) Targeting cancer cell-specific RNA interference by siRNA delivery using a complex carrier of affibody-displaying bio-nanocapsules and liposomes, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 11, 19
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2013/06) Rapid, facile detection of heterodimer partners for target human G-protein-coupled receptors using a modified split-ubiquitin membrane yeast two-hybrid system, PLoS ONE, 8(6), e66793
Hasunuma, T., Okazaki, F., Okai, N., Hara, K.Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (Review) (2013/05) A review of enzymes and microbes for lignocellulosic biorefinery and the possibility of their application to consolidated bioprocessing technology, Bioresourse Technology, 135, 513-522
Nishimura, Y., Takeda, K., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2013/05) An affinity chromatography method used to purify His-tag-displaying bio-nanocapsules, Journal of Virological Methods, 189(2), 393-396
Nishimura, Y., Mimura, W., Suffian, IMF, Amino, T., Ishii, J., Ogino C., Kondo, A. (2013/03) Granting specificity for breast cancer cells using a Hepatitis B core particle with a HER2-targeted affibody molecule, Journal of Biochemistry, 153(3), 251-256
Ishii, J., Yoshimura, K., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A., (2013/03) Reduction of furan derivatives by overexpressing NADH-dependent Adh1 improves ethanol fermentation using xylose as sole carbon source with Saccharomyces cerevisiae harboring XR-XDH pathway, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97(6), 2597-2607
Suga, H., Matsuda, F., Hasunuma, T., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2013/02) Implementation of a transhydrogenase-like shunt to counter redox imbalance during xylose fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97(4), 1669-1678
Kondo, A., Ishii, J., Hara, K.Y., Hasunuma, T., Matsuda, F. (Review) (2013/01) Development of microbial cell factories for bio-refinery through synthetic bioengineering, Journal of Biotechnololgy, 163(2), 204-216
Nishimura, Y., Ishii, J., Okazaki, F., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2012/12) Complex carriers of affibody-displaying bio-nanocapsules and composition-varied liposomes for HER2-expressing breast cancer cell-specific protein delivery, Journal of Drug Targeting, 20(10), 897-905
Fukutani, Y., Ishii, J., Noguchi, K., Kondo, A., Yohda, M. (2012/12) An improved bioluminescence-based signaling assay for odor sensing with a yeast expressing a chimeric olfactory receptor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(12), 3143-3151
Matsuda, F., Kondo, T., Ida, K., Tezuka, H., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2012/11) Construction of an artificial pathway for isobutanol biosynthesis in the cytosol of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bioscience, Biotechnlolgy, and Biochemistry, 76(11), 2139-2141
Ishii, J., Moriguchi, M., Hara, K.Y., Shibasaki, S., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2012/07) Improved identification of agonist-mediated Gα(i)-specific human G-protein-coupled receptor signaling in yeast cells by flow cytometry, Analytical Biochemistry, 426(2), 129-133
Ishii, J., Yoshimoto, N., Tatematsu, K., Kuroda, S., Ogino, C., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2012/05) Cell wall trapping of autocrine peptides for human g-protein-coupled receptors on the yeast cell surface, PLoS ONE, 7(5): e37136
Hara, K.Y., Kim, S., Kiriyama, K., Yoshida, H., Arai, S., Ishii, J., Ogino, C., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2012/05) An energy-saving glutathione production method from low-temperature cooked rice using amylase-expressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biotechnology Journal, 7(5), 686-689
Ryo, S., Ishii, J., Iguchi, Y., Fukuda, N., Kondo, A. (2012/05) Transplantation of the GAL regulon into G-protein signaling circuitry in yeast, Analytical Biochemistry, 424(1), 27-31
Kondo, T., Tezuka, H., Ishii, J., Matsuda, F., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2012/05) Genetic engineering to enhance the Ehrlich pathway and alter carbon flux for increased isobutanol production from glucose by Saccharomyhces cerevisiae, Journal of Biotechnology, 159(1-2), 32-7
Nishimura, Y., Shishido, T., Ishii, J., Tanaka, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2012/01) Protein-encapsulated bio-nanocapsules production with ER membrane localization sequences, Journal of Biotechnology, 157(1), 124-129
Fukutani, Y., Nakamura, T., Yorozu, M., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Yohda, M. (2012/01) The N-terminal replacement of an olfactory receptor for the development of a yeast-based biomimetic odor sensor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 109(1), 205-212
Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Kaishima, M., Kondo, A. (2011/10) Amplification of agonist stimulation of human G-protein-coupled receptor signaling in yeast, Analytical Biochemistry, 417, 182-187
Matsuda, F., Furusawa, C., Kondo, T., Ishii, J., Shimizu, H., Kondo, A. (2011/09) Engineering strategy of yeast metabolism for higher alcohol production, Microbial Cell Factories, 10: 70
Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2011/09) Gγ recruitment system incorporating a novel signal amplification circuit to screen transient protein-protein interactions, FEBS Journal, 278, 3086-3094
Hasunuma, T., Sanda, T., Yamada, R., Yoshimura, K., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2011/01) Metabolic pathway engineering based on metabolomics confers acetic and formic acid tolerance to a recombinant xylose-fermenting strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Microbial Cell Factories, 10(1): 2
Tanino, T., Hotta, A., Ito, T., Ishii, J., Yamada, R., Hasunuma, T., Ogino, C., Ohmura, N., Ohshima, T., Kondo, A. (2010/11) Construction of a xylose-metabolizing yeast by genome integration of xylose isomerase gene and investigation of the effect of xylitol on fermentation, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 88, 1215-1221
Iguchi, Y., Ishii, J., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, A., Izawa, K., Tanaka, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2010/06) Control of signalling properties of human somatostatin receptor subtype-5 by additional signal sequences on its amino-terminus in yeast, Journal of Biochemistry, 147(6), 875-884
Togawa, S., Ishii, J., Ishikura, A., Tanaka, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2010/06) Importance of asparagine residues at positions 13 and 26 on the amino-terminal domain of human somatostatin receptor subtype-5 in signalling, Journal of Biochemistry, 147(6), 867-873
Ishii, J., Fukuda, N., Tanaka, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (Review) (2010/05) Protein-protein interactions and selection: yeast-based approaches that exploit guanine nucleotide-binding protein signaling, FEBS Journal, 277(9), 1982-1995
Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Tanaka, T., Kondo, A. (2010/04) The competitor-introducedGγ recruitment system, a new approach for screening affinity-enhanced proteins, FEBS Journal, 277(7), 1704-1712
Tanaka, T., Masunari, S., Ishii, J., Wakamura, K., Segawa, M., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2010/01) Displaying non-natural, functional molecules on yeast surfaces via biotin-streptavidin interaction, Journal of Biotechnology, 145, 79-83
Nakamura, Y., Ishii, J., Kondo, A. (2009/11) Split-ubiquitin system for analyzing oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptor, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 108(1), S36
Ishii, J., Izawa, K., Matsumura, S., Wakamura, K., Tanino T., Tanaka, T., Ogino, C., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2009/06) A simple and immediate method for simultaneously evaluating expression level and plasmid maintenance in yeast, Journal of Biochemistry, 145(6), 701-708
Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Tanaka, T., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2009/05) Construction of a novel detection system for protein-protein interactions using yeast G-protein signaling, FEBS Journal, 276(9), 2636-2644
Shibasaki, S., Sakata, K., Ishii, J., Kondo, A., Ueda, M. (2008/09) Development of a yeast protein fragment complementation assay (PCA) system using dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) with specific additives, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 80(4), 735-743
Ishii, J., Tanaka, T., Matsumura, S., Tatematsu, K., Kuroda, S., Ogino, C., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2008/05) Yeast-based fluorescence reporter assay of G protein-coupled receptor signalling for flow cytometric screening: FAR1-disruption recovers loss of episomal plasmid caused by signalling in yeast, Journal of Biochemistry, 143(5), 667-674
Fukuda, N., Ishii, J., Tanaka T., Fukuda, H., Ohnishi, N., Kondo, A. (2008/03) Rapid and efficient selection of yeast displaying a target protein using thermo-responsive magnetic nanoparticles, Biotechnology Progress, 24(2), 352-357
Fukuda, N, Ishii, J., Shibasaki, S, Ueda, M, Fukuda, H, Kondo, A. (2007/08) High-efficiency recovery of target cells using improved yeast display system for detection of protein-protein interactions, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 76(1), 151-158
Shibasaki, S., Kawabata, A., Ishii, J., Yagi, S., Kadonosono, T., Kato, M., Fukuda, N., Kondo, A., Ueda, M. (2007/06) Construction of a novel synergistic system for production and recovery of secreted recombinant proteins by the cell surface engineering, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 75(4), 821-828
Ishii, J., Matsumura, S., Kimura, S., Tatematsu, K., Kuroda, S., Fukuda, H., Kondo, A. (2006/07) Quantitative and dynamic analyses of G protein-coupled receptor signaling yeast using Fus1, enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP), and His3 fusion protein, Biotechnology Progress, 22, 954-960