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Tatsuya Hayashi, Associate Professor
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The Micropaleontology and Paleoceanography Lab studies the taxonomy, evolution, and paleoecology of fossil diatoms in Asia during the Cenozoic (from about 66 million years ago to the present), and how these relate to changes in climate and the environment. The lab also works to reconstruct the history of Cenozoic climate and environmental change through multifaceted research using marine and lake sediments. Recently, the lab has been studying the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation about 2.7 million years ago, examining the links among climate, continental ice sheets, and the ocean in the North Atlantic region.
Yoshihisa Abe, Professor
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The Biosystematics Lab mainly studies gall wasps, researching insect biogeography, speciation, and interactions among organisms such as symbiosis and parasitism. As a foundation for this work, the lab also conducts research that identifies biodiversity through phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy. The lab also studies the ecology of the invasive leafminer flies and their control using natural enemies, as well as the conservation of the endangered butterfly Shijimiaeoides divinus (Ooruri-shijimi). Prof. Abe received the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology Award in 2016 for research on leafminer flies and their parasitoid wasps.
Takuji Tachi, Associate Professor
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The Insect Systematics Lab conducts research in taxonomy and phylogenetics, a branch of the study of insect biodiversity. In particular, the lab carries out systematic research on tachinid flies (family Tachinidae, order Diptera), which parasitize other insects. In recent years, the lab has also worked on DNA barcoding to distinguish blow flies (family Calliphoridae) and flesh flies (family Sarcophagidae), which are pests of public health concern, and is conducting collaborative research on the relationship between viruses and flies.
Rikai Sawafuji, Lecturer
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From the standpoint of physical anthropology and bioarchaeology, the Biomolecular Archaeology Lab uses ancient DNA and proteins to study the evolution and lives of people in the past. The lab extracts DNA and proteins from past remains to clarify aspects such as people's diet, health (physiological condition), and living environments. Its main targets are materials from Japan, from the Paleolithic period to the Edo period, and it also works with materials from overseas, such as Peru. The lab's website says it welcomes people who want to learn ancient molecule methods starting in graduate school, even if their undergraduate background is in a different field, such as the humanities.
Takumi Tsutaya, Associate Professor
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The Physical Anthropology Lab (Biological Anthropology Lab) reconstructs and describes the lifeways and life histories of many different kinds of "us," including past humans and extant great apes. The lab aims to clarify how differences in culture and the natural environment affect lifeways, and how differences between individual lifeways connect to evolution and society. It applies stable isotope analysis, which can reconstruct the history of diet and of breastfeeding and weaning, and proteomic analysis, which can estimate physiological condition and more, to samples such as bones, teeth, feces, and hair. In April 2026, the lab moved to the Institute for Advanced Study at Kyushu University, and Associate Professor Takumi Tsutaya also serves as a faculty member of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society.
Misako Mishima, Professor
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The Plant Systematics Lab mainly researches plant polyploidy and speciation, and gall formation in plants. In parallel, it also carries out practical research on methods of disclosure at university museums and on science communication, incorporating a user kansei studies perspective. Professor Misako Mishima's primary appointment is at the University Museum, and she supervises graduate students as a faculty member of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society.
Masaru Matsumoto, Professor
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The Tropical Plant Pathology Lab focuses on the invisible world of microorganisms on Earth and studies "the roles and applications of microbes in protecting the global environment." Its work centers on finding and diagnosing soil pathogens in the environments where tropical crops are grown, developing diagnostic technologies, and analyzing the genetic diversity of soil microbes. The lab also develops microbe-based biopesticides and technologies that turn waste materials such as discarded used paper into agricultural resources, and works on conserving the endangered plant Asparagus kiusianus (hamatamaboki). Prof. Matsumoto's primary appointment is at the Center for Tropical Agriculture Research, and he supervises graduate students of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society.
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