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Kyoto University Ogata Lab (Microbial Ecology, Evolution, and Bioinformatics)
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A lab that uses bioinformatics to study giant viruses and marine microbes.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading the worlds of microbes and viruses through large-scale life data
The Ogata Lab (Microbial Ecology and Evolution) analyzes large-scale life data to understand the diversity, biological functions, and evolution of life, from the molecular level to the global environment.
Its main tool is theoretical and computational science approaches, namely bioinformatics.
Research centers on the functions and evolution of giant viruses, and on the functions of marine microbial ecosystems and their effects on the environment.
The lab is also active as a core member of the international Tara Oceans project.
Undergraduate students are accepted from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Graduate students can join from two programs: the Department of Biological Sciences in the Graduate School of Science and the Department of Emergent Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Key terms
- Bioinformatics
- A field that uses computers to analyze large amounts of life data, such as genes, in order to study how living systems work.
- Giant virus
- A virus that is as large as a bacterium and has a large number of genes.
- Biological carbon pump
- The process by which marine organisms take up atmospheric carbon dioxide and carry it to the deep sea.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts research with bioinformatics as its main tool, analyzing large-scale life data to elucidate the diversity of life, the emergence of biological functions, and evolution, from the molecular level to the global environment.
*Illustrative imageFunctions and Evolution of Giant Viruses
Using amoebae as hosts, the lab has isolated new giant viruses and shown that diverse giant viruses exist even at a single site.
*Illustrative imageMarine Microbial Ecosystems and the Environment
Using genetic data from plankton in the world's oceans, the lab investigates the principles governing how microbial ecosystems behave, and how ecosystems and the environment influence each other. It also studies the mechanism of the biological carbon pump and observation by remote sensing.
MembersFaculty
The Ogata Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, doctoral and master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroyuki Ogata
- Associate ProfessorHisashi Endo
- Assistant ProfessorYusuke Okazaki
- Program-Specific Assistant ProfessorLingjie Meng
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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: “Cryoelectron microscopy of the Giant Mimivirus - journal.pbio.1000092.g005” Xiao C, Kuznetsov YG, Sun S, Hafenstein SL, Kostyuchenko VA, et al. (2009) / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Functions and Evolution of Giant Viruses: “Giant virus Megavirus with its associated virophage Zamilon” Sarah Duponchel and Matthias G. Fischer / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Marine Microbial Ecosystems and the Environment: “Analyse en laboratoire des carottes sédimentaires réalisées dans la lagune de Thau dans le cadre du projet Paleocore (Ifremer )” Thomas Pellissier (Ifremer, Pôle communication et médiation Mediterranée - Outre-Mer, Centre Méditerranée - Zone Portuaire de Brégaillon - CS La Seyne-sur-Mer Cedex) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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