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ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5650-4732
Scopus Author ID: 36562133600
Google Scholar Profile: E44nwkIAAAAJ
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Biography
Dr. Yudai Matsuda received his B.Sc. in 2010 and M.Sc. in 2012 from The University of Tokyo under the direction of Professor Ikuro Abe. After a short period of experience in industry, he moved back to The University of Tokyo as a Project Researcher (2012-2013) and was then appointed as an Assistant Professor at the same university (2013-2015). Meanwhile, he obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2015 from The University of Tokyo. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree, he moved to the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Denmark to work with Professor Thomas O. Larsen as a Postdoc (2015-2017) and subsequently again worked as a Project Researcher at The University of Tokyo (2017-2018). He joined the City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor in April 2018, and was then Promoted to Associate Professor in July 2024. His research interests include biosynthesis, genome mining-directed discovery, and biosynthetic engineering of natural products.
Research Interest:
Natural products exhibit a wide range of biological activities and have been an attractive and rich source of compounds for drug discovery, providing many important pharmaceuticals. Recent advances in genome sequencing technologies and the development of various molecular biological tools have allowed access to many microbial genomes and provided opportunities to “bioengineer” natural products. By utilizing these state-of-the-art technologies, the Matsuda lab aims to further expand the diversity of natural products and seek to design metabolic pathways to afford useful compounds, which could potentially serve as future drug leads. The group’s current research topics include:
1. Elucidation of the biosynthesis of complex/bioactive natural products
2. Genomics-driven discovery and derivatization of natural products
3. Generation and evolution of “unnatural” natural product pathways
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output
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Biosynthesis of Depsides, Depsidones, and Diphenyl Ethers from Fungi and Lichens
Ji, Q. & Matsuda, Y., Feb 2025, In: Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14, 2, e202400451.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Concise Synthesis of Cyctetryptomycin A and B Enabled by Zr‐Catalyzed Dimerization
Yu, L. (Co-first Author), Ogawa, H. (Co-first Author), Li, S. (Co-first Author), Cheung, T. L., Liu, W., Yan, D., Matsuda, Y., Kobayashi, Y., Guo, Z., Ikeda, K., Hamlin, T. A., Yamazaki, K., Qian, P.-Y. & Nakamura, H., 10 Jan 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64, 2, 11 p., e202414295.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) -
Global genome mining in fungi using FunBGCeX
Matsuda, Y., 28 May 2025, (Online published) Genomics-Guided Natural Products Discovery. Elsevier Inc., (Methods in Enzymology).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
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Involvement of a Noncanonical Polyketide Synthase–Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Hybrid in the Biosynthesis of Sterol-C4-methyl Oxidase Inhibitor PF1163A
Ji, Q., Wei, X., Liu, S. & Matsuda, Y., 10 Jan 2025, In: Organic Letters. 27, 1, p. 36-40Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)33 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) -
mHMG-DTI: A Drug-Target Interaction Prediction Framework Combining Modified Hierarchical Molecular Graphs and Improved Convolutional Block Attention Module
Yang, Z., Li, Y., Matsuda, Y. & Song, L., 2025, Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: PAKDD 2025 Workshops, ADUR, FairPC, GLFM, PM4B and RAFDA, Sydney, NSW, Australia, June 10–13, 2025, Proceedings. Yuan, S., Malliaros, F. & Zheng, X. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Singapore, p. 191-202 Chapter 14. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15835).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
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REG-Small Scale: Global genome mining-guided discovery of fungal ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationallymodified peptides (RiPPs)
MATSUDA, Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & WANG, W.-G. (Co-Investigator)
1/06/25 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: Global Genome Mining in Fungi for the Discovery of Hidden Families of Biosynthetic Enzymes and Associated Natural Products
MATSUDA, Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: Global Genome Mining for Unexploited Bioactive Natural Products in Filamentous Fungi
MATSUDA, Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: Multimodal Hong Kong: Documenting Sensory Cultural Heritage through Soundscape and Smellscape.
Lindborg, P. M. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), Aletta, F. (Co-Investigator), Liew, K. (Co-Investigator), MATSUDA, Y. (Co-Investigator) & XIAO, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: Broadening the Chemical Space of Fungal Meroterpenoids and the Enzymatic Repertoire for Their Biosynthesis
MATSUDA, Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/22 → …
Project: Research
Prizes
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CSCI Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2024/25
MATSUDA, Y. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists 2023
MATSUDA, Y. (Recipient), Oct 2023
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Stanford's top 2% most highly cited scientists 2022
MATSUDA, Y. (Recipient), Nov 2022
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
MATSUDA, Y. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
Press/Media
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18 CHEM colleagues are recognised as Top 2% of the world’s most cited scholars by the Stanford-Elsevier indicators 2022
LEE, C. S., LEUNG, M. Y. K., ZHANG, H., JEN, A., CHI, Y., LEHN, J.-M., LO, K. W. K., LUO, J., FAN, Z., ZHU, Z., YE, R., TAN, C., MATSUDA, Y., CHEN, X., LAM, K. S. P., TAM, F. Y. N. & XU, Z.
26/10/22
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