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Satoshi Matsumoto, Professor
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The Observational Seismology and Volcanology Lab actually observes earthquake and volcanic phenomena and uses the data to study what is happening underground. The lab works on the mechanisms of inland earthquakes, the effects of scattering that seismic waves undergo as they propagate, and ultra-high-density observation using fiber-optic cables. The Earthquake and Volcano Observation Research Center, to which lab members belong, also conducts on-site observation, such as installing ocean bottom seismometers and maintaining seismic observation stations following the Kumamoto Earthquake.
Masahiro Machida, Professor
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The Theoretical Cosmic Evolution Lab aims to clarify how planetary systems form and evolve. Stars and planets originate from molecular clouds, which consist of tenuous gas and dust. When a molecular cloud core, a region of especially high density within the cloud, contracts under gravity, a star and a protoplanetary disk form at its center. Newly born stars and disks are embedded in dense gas and are difficult to observe directly, so the lab studies their formation process using numerical simulations. The lab also conducts observations with facilities such as ALMA, and faculty members and students who take different approaches to research work together while discussing their findings with one another.
Ryuji Okazaki, Professor
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The Cosmic Material Evolution Lab investigates how planetary systems form and evolve through analysis of, and experiments on, extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites and cosmic dust. Large bodies such as Earth retain almost no evidence of events in the early Solar System, so the lab precisely analyzes meteorites that came from asteroids and dust scattered by comets. The lab is divided into an analysis group and an experiment group, and each approaches its research differently. The lab also accepts visits from prospective members.
Noriaki Yamauchi, Associate Professor
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The Organic Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry Lab studies when and where organic matter came from, and in what forms it exists today on Earth and in space. Its subjects are the organic matter contained in meteorites and microorganisms that grow in extreme environments such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents and salt pans. The lab also considers how much of this organic matter living organisms can use. For organic matter in meteorites and sediments, the lab considers that new methods of analysis and evaluation are needed.
Tomoaki Kubo, Professor
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The Earth Interior Materials Science Lab uses high-pressure deformation experiments to study dynamic phenomena in the Earth's interior, such as mantle convection and deep-focus earthquakes. The lab likens rocks, minerals, meteorites, and ice to the cells and molecules that make up the Earth and planets, and tries to read the origin and transformation of these bodies from their physical properties. It uses experimental equipment, such as high-temperature, high-pressure synthesis and in situ observation and low-temperature, high-pressure deformation, along with analytical instruments such as microscopes and X-ray diffraction. On the department's website, the lab is introduced under the research field "Earth Interior Materials Science."
Yasuhiro Ito, Professor
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The Earth and Planetary Natural History Lab studies fossils and ancient organisms based on fieldwork. Students in the School of Science's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences can study the paleontology carried out by faculty of the University Museum. Through fieldwork in various parts of Japan and overseas, the lab investigates the ecology of fossil organisms and the mechanisms by which the remains of organisms are preserved as fossils. The University Museum is one of Japan's research hubs for the study of ammonites and of fossils in which even soft parts such as skin and muscle are preserved.
Natsuko Hamamura, Professor
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The Environmental Microbial Ecology Lab studies, at the ecosystem level, how microorganisms in the environment are involved in the purification and behavior of hazardous substances. To comprehensively understand and solve environmental problems, the lab aims to clarify the functions and responses of microbial communities that interact with chemical changes in the environment. In addition to environmental microbiology and geochemistry, the lab incorporates metagenomic analysis, aiming to reveal the whole picture of the interactions between the natural environment and biological activity. The symbiotic microbiomes of wild animals are also a subject of research.
Akiko Satake, Professor
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The Mathematical Biology Lab studies the mysteries of life phenomena using mathematical models and data analysis. Its interests range widely, from mutation, cell-cell interactions, shape, and the adaptive evolution of organisms to changes in human society and the global environment. Research proceeds from directions such as seasonal adaptation and biological rhythms, the genomic mechanisms that produce individual differences, and the evolution of biological form.
Kosuke Teshima, Professor
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The Evolutionary Genetics Lab studies how organisms have evolved, from the perspectives of population genetics, population genomics, and human evolution. To infer past evolution from present-day genome data, the lab works on both data analysis and theoretical research. In addition to examining population history and signatures of adaptive evolution from genomic diversity data, the lab works to elucidate the evolution of human mental functions.
Naoki Matsuo, Professor
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The Behavioral Neuroscience Lab (Matsuo Lab) studies the mechanisms of memory and learning, by which animals record experienced information in the brain and retrieve it when needed. Mainly using genetically modified mice, the lab combines behavioral analysis, molecular and cell biology, optogenetics and chemogenetics, and in vivo brain activity imaging. By "visualizing" and "manipulating" the neuronal populations, synapses, and circuits that carry memory information, the lab explores where in the brain and by what principles memories are represented and read out. The ultimate goal is to explain the mechanisms of the cognitive functions that underlie animal behavior and consciousness in the language of synapses, cells, and circuits.
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