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Insect Science and New Industry Creation Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture
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A center that tackles biodiversity loss and insect-borne infectious diseases through insect science.
AboutAbout the lab
Integrating insect science to tackle societal problems.
The Insect Science and New Industry Creation Research Center integrates insect science at Kyushu University and conducts research on the loss of biodiversity and the spread of insect-borne infectious diseases.
The center has units for insect taxonomy, environmental and medical entomology, and new industry creation, and works with insect specimens, mosquitoes, ticks, silkworms, and more.
In addition to the Faculty of Agriculture, faculty members from various other departments, such as the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Engineering, take part.
Key terms
- Public health insects
- A general term for insects and other arthropods that affect human health. Blood-sucking arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks are a problem because they transmit infectious diseases.
- DNA barcoding
- A method of identifying species, such as insects, using DNA nucleotide sequences as clues.
- Bioresources
- Biological strains and materials that are collected and maintained for use in research.
ResearchResearch themes
The Insect Science and New Industry Creation Research Center was established to address the loss of biodiversity and the spread of insect-borne infectious diseases, and conducts research through units for insect taxonomy, environmental and medical entomology, and new industry creation. By advancing insect taxonomy and promoting integration across disciplines, it aims to become a research and education hub for comprehensively understanding the structure and function of Earth's ecosystems.
*Illustrative imageInsect taxonomy and the use of specimens
Using the insect specimens that Kyushu University has accumulated over many years, the center advances insect taxonomy by combining morphological information with DNA barcoding and nucleotide sequence data. It also studies how to discover new resources attached to the specimens.
*Illustrative imageResearch on insects that transmit infectious diseases
The center studies public health insects that transmit infectious diseases, such as mosquitoes and ticks, and the pathogens they carry. Its aims include isolating and identifying new pathogens, analyzing the functions of public health insects and pathogens, and establishing control methods.
*Illustrative imageIndustrial use of silkworms
Based on the silkworm bioresources that Kyushu University has collected and maintained for many years, the center studies technologies for producing biomaterials in insect factories, advanced use of industrial proteins, and the industrial use of insect biological resources.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Insect Science and New Industry Creation Research Center consist of faculty members dedicated to the center, faculty members who join from other departments of the university, and administrative staff.
- Center Director and ProfessorYoshihiro Kusakabe
- Center Full-Time ProfessorJae Man Lee
- Center Full-Time Associate ProfessorNorihisa Uehara
- Center Full-Time Assistant ProfessorKohei Kakino
- ProfessorNoriho Kamiya
- ProfessorHitoshi Takada
- ProfessorFujio Tsumori
- Associate ProfessorTsugu Fujii
- Associate ProfessorHiroaki Kado
- Associate ProfessorKazuya Saito
- Associate ProfessorKun Qian
- Assistant ProfessorMasato Hino
- Assistant ProfessorRyotsu Masuda
- Center Full-Time ProfessorSatoshi Kamitani
- Center Full-Time Assistant ProfessorKota Ogawa
- Center Full-Time Assistant ProfessorSadao Yagi
- ProfessorYoshihisa Abe
- ProfessorKunio Araya
- ProfessorMidori Tsuda
- Associate ProfessorTakatoshi Ueno
- Associate ProfessorTakuji Tachi
- Associate ProfessorMunetoshi Maruyama
- Associate ProfessorToshiharu Mita
- LecturerKazunori Matsuo
- Center Full-Time Associate ProfessorRyusuke Fujita
- ProfessorChisa Aoki
- ProfessorShu Yasui
- Assistant ProfessorHiromi Nishi
- Assistant ProfessorShingo Hosoishi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “03 Museum insect specimen drawer - Muzeum Gornoslaskie, Bytom, Poland” Marek Ślusarczyk (Tupungato) Photo portfolio / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Insect taxonomy and the use of specimens: “CSIRO ScienceImage 1332 Pinned Insect Specimens” division, CSIRO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Research on insects that transmit infectious diseases: “Mosquito biting finger - 2” KKPCW / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Industrial use of silkworms: “Soaking the cocoons and reeling the silk (Sericulture by Liang Kai, 1200s)” Attributed to Liang Kai / Public domain (cropped)
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