RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science 2 articles published in JoVE Chemistry Preparation of Polyoxometalate-based Photo-responsive Membranes for the Photo-activation of Manganese Oxide Catalysts Akira Yamaguchi1,5, Toshihiro Takashima2, Kazuhito Hashimoto1,6, Ryuhei Nakamura3,4 1Department of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 2Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, 3Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 4Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 5Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 6National Institute for Materials Science Here, we present a protocol to prepare charge transfer chromophores based on a polyoxometalate/polymer composite membrane. Genetics Peptide-derived Method to Transport Genes and Proteins Across Cellular and Organellar Barriers in Plants Jo-Ann Chuah1, Yoko Horii1, Keiji Numata1 1Enzyme Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Existing methods for the modification of plants have limited applicability. The novel peptide-derived technology proposed here promises both simplicity and efficiency in the introduction of exogenous protein or genes into the desired intracellular compartments of intact plants.
