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Ryo Ikunishi is currently a researcher in the Production Technology Department of Mitsui Chemical Crop & Life Solutions
(Japan) after he completed the Applied Life Science Program at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. His
research focuses on how oversized ubiquinones are catalytically reduced by mitochondrial respiratory complex I, and also
contributes to a better understanding of molecular mechanisms of the inhibitory actions of varying inhibitors in the enzyme.
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