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Nagai Lab
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A lab that studies fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins and microscopy.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying glowing proteins and microscopy.
Nagai Lab (Biomolecular Function Science) lists fluorescent proteins, bioluminescent proteins, microscopy, and green biotechnology as its research themes.
The lab's website describes its work as research that becomes possible only by combining optics, engineering, physics, chemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, plant science, biological engineering, and pharmaceutical sciences.
Professor Takeharu Nagai serves as the head of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Singularity Biology."
The lab is also working on modifying biomolecules that emit light without electric power and introducing them into trees.
Key terms
- Fluorescent protein
- A protein that emits light of a specific color when illuminated.
- Bioluminescent protein
- A protein involved when a living organism produces light by itself.
NewsLab news
A paper by the Project Associate Professor and colleagues on denoising with machine learning was published in Biophysics and Physicobiology
A paper on Gachapin, a fluorescent sensor that visualizes contact between cells, was published in Cell Reports Methods
A review paper on photoswitchable fluorescent proteins was published in Nanoscale
A review paper on self-luminescent systems was published in JACS Au
A doctoral student received the Student Presentation Award of the Biophysical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab names fluorescent proteins, bioluminescent proteins, microscopy, and green biotechnology as the pillars of its research. Its projects include serving as the area head of "Singularity Biology," developing a next-generation cell sorting device, and developing a technological basis for simple at-home diagnosis of infectious diseases.
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The members of Nagai Lab consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, project administrative staff, technical assistants, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- Distinguished ProfessorTakeharu Nagai
- Associate ProfessorMitsuru Hattori
- Assistant ProfessorChieko Goto
- Assistant ProfessorTaishi Kakizuka
- Project Associate ProfessorTetsuichi Wasawa
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