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Biomolecular Science Lab [Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research]
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A lab that studies fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins and microscopy.
AboutAbout the lab
Research on fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins and microscopy.
The Biomolecular Science lab studies fluorescent proteins, bioluminescent proteins, microscopy, and related topics.
According to the lab's website, it conducts research that only becomes possible by integrating optics, engineering, physics, chemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, botany, bioengineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and more.
The lab accepts graduate students from the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences at Osaka University.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Nagai Lab" as the Biomolecular Function Science research division of the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research.
Key terms
- fluorescent protein
- A protein that emits light of a different color when illuminated.
- bioluminescent protein
- A protein that emits light by itself through a chemical reaction, without needing to be illuminated.
- green biotechnology
- The name for biotechnology that targets plants.
NewsLab news
A Project Associate Professor's paper using machine learning was published in Biophysics and Physicobiology and was also selected for the cover art
A paper on a fluorescent sensor that visualizes cell-cell contact, developed by a former researcher, was published in Cell Reports Methods
A postdoctoral researcher's review on photoswitchable fluorescent proteins was published in Nanoscale
A postdoctoral researcher's review on autonomous bioluminescence systems was published in JACS Au
A doctoral student received a Student Presentation Award and a postdoctoral researcher received a Young Researcher Invited Lecture Award from the Biophysical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The research page is divided into sections including fluorescent proteins, bioluminescent proteins, microscopy, and green biotechnology. The lab's website states that it conducts research that only becomes possible by integrating optics, engineering, physics, chemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, botany, bioengineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and more.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the Biomolecular Science 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 Wazawa
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- Top image: “Co-transfected HPCA-mTFP1 and EYFP-Mem HEK 293 cells” Borys Olifirov / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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