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Hara Lab
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A food and life science lab that treats the pre-disease state ("mibyo") through the power of diet.
AboutAbout the lab
Approaching health science from the perspective of food.
The Hara Lab uses the methods of food science and life science to tackle the health problems of a rapidly aging, low-birthrate society.
The lab searches for functional ingredients in foods and natural products and clarifies how they act on the body.
It aims to restore the "mibyo" stage, in which a person is not ill but not well, through the power of diet before relying on medication.
The goal is to apply these results to disease prevention and to improving quality of life (QOL).
Key terms
- Functional ingredients
- Components of food that not only supply nutrition but also act on the body's condition
- Mibyo (pre-disease state)
- A state in which the body's condition is starting to deteriorate, though not to the point of being diagnosed as a disease
- Healthy life expectancy
- The period during which a person can live independently in daily life without needing nursing care or similar support
NewsLab news
A master's student won an Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology
An undergraduate student won a Topics Award at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
Published the results of a joint study showing that electrolyzed hydrogen water may enhance the effectiveness of anticancer drugs
Functional Food Factors, which includes a co-authored chapter on autophagy research in food functional science, has been published
A presentation by the Hara Lab won a poster award at the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology 2025 International Meeting (JAACT2025)
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on developing methods to evaluate the functionality of foods. Because how food ingredients act on the body is still not well understood scientifically, the lab approaches the question from both food science and life science, aiming to contribute to extending healthy life expectancy in a super-aged society.
*Illustrative imageHow plant compounds protect cells
Plants such as olive pomace and leaves and moringa leaves contain compounds that protect cells from damage. Using cultured cells, the lab examines their antioxidant activity and their effects in protecting cells from stress caused by damaged proteins.
*Illustrative imageCellular cleanup and preventing aging
Autophagy, the process by which cells break down their own old components and rebuild them, is considered one of the keys to preventing aging. The lab is organizing approaches to preventing aging, including the relationship with exosomes, the small vesicles released from cells.
MembersFaculty
The Hara Lab consists of faculty members, a Lecturer (research faculty), doctoral and master's students, students in the graduation research and specialized lab seminars, and e-School students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTaichi Hara
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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: “Garlic bulbs and cloves” Ivar Leidus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How plant compounds protect cells: “121474 kfar jet - olive oil production PikiWiki Israel” שלמה רודד / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Cellular cleanup and preventing aging: “Kalamunggay (Moringa oleifera), Philippines” Obsidian Soul / CC0 (cropped)
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