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Affiliation: Director, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Degree: PhD(Nov, 1996, Kyoto University (Superviser: Prof. Junzo Sunamoto))

Researcher number: 40344296
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0527-9824
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801009742606282
Researcher ID: B-8362-2008
researchmap Member ID: B000308429

External link: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/cebn/e/member/deguchi_shigeru.html

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2019 - Present

Director, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Dec, 2007 - Present

Adjunct Professor, Toyo University
Apr, 2004 - Present

Visiting Researcher, The Bio-Nano Flectronics Research Centre, Toyo University
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2021

Adjunct Professor, Yokohama City University
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2019

Director, Research and Development Center for Marine Biosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Mar, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Materials Science
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2014

Team Leader, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2009

Group Leader, Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2005

Sub Leader, Frontier Research System for Extremophiles, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2003

Sub-Leader, Frontier Research System for Extremophiles, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Jan, 1999 - Mar, 2001

Research Scientist, Frontier Research Program for Deep-Sea Extremophiles, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Jan, 1997 - Dec, 1998

JST Overseas Research Fellow, Department of Physical Chemistry 1, Lund University

Education

Apr, 1992 - Sep, 1996

Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Dec, 1994 - Aug, 1995

Department of Physical Chemistry 1, Japan-Sweden Foundation Sweden Visiting Fellow Lund University
Apr, 1990 - Mar, 1992

Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr, 1986 - Mar, 1990

Department of Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr, 1982 - Mar, 1985

28期, Rakusei Senior High School

Major Committee Memberships

Apr, 2024 - Present

Research Area Advisor, JST CREST-PRESTO Research Area "yuCell"
Mar, 2023 - Present

Member, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, the Chemical Society of Japan
Mar, 2023 - Present

Auditor, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, the Chemical Society of Japan
2021 - Present

委員, 日本船舶技術研究協会「水中騒音対策検討プロジェクト」SG会議
2019 - Present

Committee Member, Marin Open Innovation Project Strategic Promotion Committee, Department of Economy, Trade and Industry, Shizuoka Prefecture
2019 - Present

Directive Committee Member, The Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science
2018 - Present

Council Member, The International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists
2017 - Present

Director, Non-Profit Organization Biomimetics Network Japan
Mar, 2011 - Present

Advisor, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, the Chemical Society of Japan
Mar, 2021 - Feb, 2023

President, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, the Chemical Society of Japan
Mar, 2018 - Feb, 2020

Executive Committee Chair, Okinawa Colloids 2019

Major Awards

Apr, 2024

Nagase Science and Technology Award, Specific Degradation Mechanisms of Persistent Biomass by Deep-Sea Microorganisms, Nagase Science Technology Foundation

Shigeru Deguchi
Sep, 2022

Honorable Mention, Emergence and development of structural color during the growth of a marine bacterium (Cellulophaga lytica) on agar, The 12th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition

Mikiko Tsudome, Shigeru Deguchi
Jul, 2021

RMS Scientific Imaging Competition 2021 1st Prize in Video Category, Unearthing Nanostructure Hidden underneath Ice, Royal Microscopical Society

Mikiko Tsudome, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Toshihiro Kanematsu, Koji Iwasaki, Shigeru Deguchi
Sep, 2017

オレオサイエンス賞, 超臨界水中でのコロイド科学, 公益社団法人日本油化学会

出口茂
Apr, 2011

市村学術賞功績賞, セルロースナノファイバーを担体とした有用微生物培養技術の開発, 公益財団法人市村清新技術財団

出口茂
Mar, 2008

高木賞, セルロースナノファイバーを用いた有用生物資源の開拓, 一般社団法人未踏科学技術協会

出口茂
Feb, 2007

大澤賞, ナノ粒子化によるフラーレンの新たな機能発現, フラーレン・ナノチューブ・グラフェン学会

出口茂
Sep, 2006

科学奨励賞, 超臨界水中におけるコロイド科学の開拓, 公益社団法人日本化学会・コロイドおよび界面化学部会

出口茂
May, 2006

週刊ナノテク賞, トップダウン的手法によるフラーレンナノ粒子の生成とその生理活性, ナノ学会

出口茂

Major Papers

Critical role of lattice vacancies in pressure-induced phase transitions of baroplastic diblock copolymers

Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Shigeru Deguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga

Soft Matter, 20, Mar 19, 2024 Peer-reviewed
Deep-sea-inspired chemistry: A hitchhiker’s guide to the bottom of the ocean for chemists

Shigeru Deguchi, Hiroki Degaki, Ikuo Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga

Langmuir, 39(23) 7987-7994, Jun 2, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
An ultrasensitive nanofiber-based assay for enzymatic hydrolysis and deep-sea microbial degradation of cellulose

Mikiko Tsudome, Mikako Tachioka, Masayuki Miyazaki, Kohsuke Uchimura, Miwako Tsuda, Yoshihiro Takaki, Shigeru Deguchi

iScience, 25(8) 104732-104732, Jul, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast authorCorresponding author
Enantioselective utilization of D-amino acids by deep-sea microorganisms

Takaaki Kubota, Tohru Kobayashi, Takuro Nunoura, Fumito Maruyama, Shigeru Deguchi

Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, Apr, 2016 Peer-reviewedLast author
Bottom-up formation of dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions from hydrothermal homogeneous solutions

Shigeru Deguchi, Nao Ifuku

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 52(25) 6409-6412, 2013 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Microbial growth at hyperaccelerations up to 403,627 x g

Shigeru Deguchi, Hirokazu Shimoshige, Mikiko Tsudome, Sada-atsu Mukai, Robert W. Corkery, Susumu Ito, Koki Horikoshi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(19) 7997-8002, May, 2011 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Facile generation of fullerene nanoparticles by hand-grinding

S Deguchi, S Mukai, M Tsudome, K Horikoshi

Advanced Materials, 18(6) 729-+, Mar, 2006 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Cooking cellulose in hot and compressed water

Shigeru Deguchi, Kaoru Tsujii, Koki Horikoshi

Chemical Communications, (31) 3293-3295, 2006 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Stable dispersions of fullerenes, C-60 and C-70, in water. Preparation and characterization

Shigeru Deguch, Rossitza G. Alargova, Kaoru Tsujii

LANGMUIR, 17(19) 6013-6017, Sep, 2001 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Novel approach for the synthesis of hydrophobe modified polyacrylamide. Direct N-alkylation of polyacrylamide in dimethyl sulfoxide

S Deguchi, B Lindman

Polymer, 40(25) 7163-7165, Dec, 1999 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Self-aggregates of hydrophobized polysaccharides in water. Formation and characteristics of nanoparticles

Kazunari Akiyoshi, Shigeru Deguchi, Nobuhiro Moriguchi, Shigehiko Yamaguchi, Junzo Sunamoto

Macromolecules, 26(12) 3062-3068, Jun, 1993 Peer-reviewed

Major Misc.

Molecular design of degradable baroplastics and the material properties

Ikuo Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga, Shigeru Deguchi

Journal of Network polymer, Japan, 45(1) 13-23, Jan 10, 2024 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast author
Sustainable Ocean Utilization through Deep-Sea-Inspired Technologies

Shigeru Deguchi

IPEJ Journal, (682) 3, Oct 1, 2023 InvitedLead authorLast authorCorresponding author
There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom of the Ocean for Polymers

Shigeru Deguchi

高分子, 72(10) 498, Oct 1, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorLast authorCorresponding author
Single–Pass Continuous;Production of;Nanoemulsions by Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry

Yu Kanasaki, Shigeru Deguchi

Chemical Engineering of Japan, 87(5) 219-222, May 5, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast authorCorresponding author
Food Science Research Activities in Food Tech Business: Texturization of Plant Proteins for Meat Analogues

Masanobu Onishi, Shigeru Deguchi

Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan, 19(2) 43-46, Dec 20, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast author
Withコロナ時代の部会ニューノーマルに向けて

出口茂

Colloid & Interface Communication, 46(5) 1-2, 2021 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
深海バイオリソースの外部提供事業

布浦拓郎, 出口茂

バイオサイエンスとバイオインダストリー, 78(3) 243-245, May, 2020 Last authorCorresponding author
大盛会となった「Okinawa Colloids 2019」

出口茂

化学と工業, 73(3) 265, 2020 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
深海研究から生まれた魔法のナノ乳化技術

出口茂

科学と工業, 93(1) 2-7, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
IoPとしての生物

出口茂

高分子, 67(5) 137-239, May, 2018 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author

Major Books and Other Publications

極限環境微生物の先端科学と社会実装最前線

立岡美夏子, 津留美紀子, 出口茂 (Role: Contributor, 深海由来微生物のセルロース分解酵素の機能解析)

株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス, Dec 13, 2023 (ISBN: 9784860438487)
微生物資源の整備と利活用の戦略

布浦拓郎, 長野由梨子, 宮﨑征行, 澄田智美, 出口茂 (Role: Contributor, 海洋研究開発機構（JAMSTEC）における深海微生物株コレクション)

株式会社エヌ・ティー・エス, Sep 25, 2023 (ISBN: 9784860438586)
動物学の百科事典

出口茂 (Role: Contributor, 海洋生物学とバイオミメティクス)

丸善出版, 2018
トコトンやさしいバイオミメティクスの本

出口茂 (Role: Contributor, 深海生物のモノつくり：環境適応と多様性、暗闇のエネルギー産出系)

日刊工業新聞社, 2016
インスツルメンテーションの視点からみたバイオミメティクス〜バイオミメティクス研究および製品開発の動向と今後の展望〜

津留美紀子, 椿玲未, 森直樹, 出口茂 (Role: Contributor, 3D顕微鏡を用いた生物表面の三次元非破壊観察)

株式会社シーエムシー・リサーチ, 2016
Extreme Biomimetics

Shigeru Deguchi (Role: Contributor, Comparative in situ microscopic observations of cellulose and chitin in hydrothermal conditions)

Springer International Publishing, 2016
セルロースナノファイバーの調製、分散・複合化と製品応用

出口茂, 津留美紀子 (Role: Contributor, 微生物の培養担体としてのセルロースナノファイバーの利用)

技術情報協会, 2015
Near-critical and supercritical water and their applications for biorefineries

Shigeru Deguchi, Sada-atsu Mukai (Role: Contributor, Optical reactors for microscopic visualization of chemical processes in sub- and supercritical water)

Springer Science+Business Media, 2014
Aqua incognita: Why ice floats on water and Galileo 400 years on

Shigeru Deguchi, Keigo Kinoshita, Takaaki Kubota (Role: Contributor, Aqua extrema and vita incognita deep below the waves)

Connor Court, 2014
Polyextremophiles: Life under multiple forms of stress

Shigeru Deguchi, Koki Horikoshi

Springer Netherlands, 2013

Major Presentations

165

Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry: A Materials Chemistry Approach to Sustainable Ocean Utilization

Shigeru Deguchi

Quantum Beam Science Festa 2023, Mar 6, 2024 Invited
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Bottom of the Ocean for Chemists

Shigeru Deguchi

Kyoto Winter School 2024 “Towards Holistic Understanding of Life”, Feb 19, 2024, Center for Integrative Medicine and Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University Invited
Advancing Deep-Sea Bioprospecting: Nanofiber-Based Ultrasensitive Assay for Cellulose Degradation

Mikiko Tsudome, Mikako Tachioka, Shigeru Deguchi

MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023, Dec 15, 2023 Invited
Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry for On-Demand Polymer Degradation

Shigeru Deguchi, Ikuo Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Koga

The 9th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science (ACCIS 2023), Dec 13, 2023, The Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science (ASCASS) Invited
おもろい研究のレシピ

出口茂

CREST合同Retreat：Planetary Healthを考える, Dec 7, 2023 Invited
Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry for Sustainable Plastics

Shigeru Deguchi, Ikuo Taniguchi, Tsuoshi Koga

The 6th G’L’owing Polymer Symposium in KANTO (GPS-K 2023), Nov 25, 2023, Kanto Branch, Society of Polymer Science, Japan Invited
深海の恵み：微生物が切り開く未来のバイオ産業

出口茂

令和5年度マリンオープンイノベーションプロジェクト成果発表会, Nov 21, 2023, 一般財団法人マリンオープンイノベーション機構 Invited
Deep-Sea-Inspired Supramolecular Process for Nanoemulsion Formation

Shigeru Deguchi

The 10th Nagoya Biomimetics International Symposium, Nov 17, 2023 Invited
Deep-Sea-Inspired Chemistry for On-Demand Polymer Degradation

Shigeru Deguchi

The 45th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Biomaterials, Nov 7, 2023 Invited
Deep-Sea-Inspired Approaches to the Future of Materials Chemistry

Shigeru Deguchi

第55回 RISMセミナー講演会, Jul 11, 2023 Invited

Professional Memberships

Sep, 2015 - Present

The Biophysical Society of Japan
2014 - Present

The Royal Society of Chemistry
May, 2010 - Present

The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Apr, 2006 - Present

The American Chemical Society
Mar, 1999 - Present

Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, the Chemical Society of Japan
Mar, 1999 - Present

The Chemical Society of Japan
- Present

The Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science
- Present

The International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists

Major Research Projects

Baropolyesters: Precision degradation control by pressure

Oct, 2021 - Mar, 2027
Elucidation of Specific Degradation Mechanisms of Persistent Biomass by Deep-Sea Microorganisms

2024 Research Grant, Nagase Science Technology Foundation, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2025

Shigeru Deguch, Tomomi Sumida, Mikako Tachioka, Mikiko Tsudome
水で分解し資源再生するビニルポリマーによる‘究極のプラスチック循環システム’の開発

Heisei Memorial Research Grant, The Japan Prize Foundation, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2024

Yasuhiro Kohsaka, Mitsumasa Osada, Shigeru Deguchi
Emerging Food Culture in Era of Anthropocene: Multi-Generational Social Learning and Discourse of Quality and Continuity

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jul, 2021 - Mar, 2024
水産物の国際競争に打ち勝つ横断的育種技術と新発想飼料の開発

革新的技術開発・緊急展開事業（うち先導プロジェクト）, 独立行政法人農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構, Oct, 2016 - Mar, 2021

出口茂
海洋酵母由来カロテノイド色素のナノ粒子化と光学特性評価

2021年度共同研究課題, 物質・デバイス領域共同研究拠点, 2021

出口茂
⾯内圧縮インプリントプロセスによる多機能微細表⾯の創成

研究成果最適展開支援プログラム, 科学技術振興機構, Nov, 2019 - Nov, 2020

津守不二夫, 出口茂
食品色素として利用するキノコ由来の青色色素微粒子の作製

2020年度共同研究課題, 物質・デバイス領域共同研究拠点, 2020

出口茂
深海極限環境に発想を得た高温・高圧技術による天然食品素材の高付加価値化

Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through target-driven R&D (A- STEP), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Oct, 2016 - Mar, 2019
海洋生物由来色素のナノ粒子化による高機能化

2019年度共同研究課題, 物質・デバイス領域共同研究拠点, 2019

出口茂

Social Activities

先進企業から見たBlue Economyの魅力

Panelist

Deloitte/TMIP共催, Blue Economyサークル勉強会, Mar 16, 2023

Major Media Coverage

地上にはない環境の特性を利用「深海インスパイアード化学」に迫る

The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Mar 11, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
世界の海洋産業駿河湾呼び込め県、今夏見本市開催へ

The Chunichi Shimbun, Feb 3, 2024 Newspaper, magazine
深海に光、極限環境ヒントに新素材高圧・熱水・低温暗黒…革新的発想の宝庫

朝日新聞社, 朝日新聞, 朝刊26面, Dec 15, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
深海はヒントだらけ！低温、高圧、暗黒… 過酷環境生かし技術開発

朝日新聞社, 朝日新聞デジタル, Dec 5, 2023 Internet
「超臨界」の水でプラ分解海洋機構、廃液出さず

日本経済新聞社, 日経産業新聞, 6面, Nov 16, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
信州大学と海洋研究機構、高温高圧水で樹脂を再利用

日本経済新聞社, 日経電子版, May 22, 2023 Internet
（NextTech2050）樹脂の再利用、高温高圧水で信州大と海洋機構、ビニール系分解

日本経済新聞社, 日経産業新聞, 7面, May 19, 2023 Newspaper, magazine
海洋資源の活用と経済発展をいかに両立していくか? ──『Blue Economyサークル勉強会』を開催

Tokyo Marunouchi Innovation Platform, Apr 13, 2023 Internet
JAMSTEC, Kyoto University, Kyoto Institute of Technology, and Shizuoka University sign joint research agreement to develop plastic that can be broken down under pressure

Japan Science and Technology Agency, Science Japan, Jun 29, 2022 Internet
圧力で分解するプラスチック JAMSTECなど開発着手

日本経済新聞社, 日経電子版, May 18, 2022 Internet