Yoshimura Lab

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Tackling the mysteries of the body clock and seasonal sensing

The Yoshimura Lab works to understand how the body clock is regulated in vertebrates and how they sense the seasons.
Applying systems biology methods to animals that show clear phenotypes, such as quail and hamsters, the lab investigates the mysteries of the survival strategies that living organisms possess.
Prof. Yoshimura's research has succeeded in identifying the “springtime hormone” through which animals sense spring, and in elucidating the pathway that transmits its signal.
The lab is a group of the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University, where, together with synthetic organic chemists and computational scientists, it is responsible for developing molecules that contribute to better food and health.

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The Yoshimura Lab works to understand how the body clock is regulated in vertebrates and how they sense the seasons. It applies a systems biology approach to animals that show pronounced phenotypes, such as quail and hamsters.

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