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Ami Tabata, Lecturer
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Advances in medicine are improving survival from cancer, and "how to live life after cancer" has become important. The lab supports cancer survivors, as well as people who have experienced brain injury, mainly from brain tumors, and their families, at all ages from children to adults. It conducts research and education on cancer occupational therapy with a long-term view, from the acute phase through the period after return to society.
Motohiro Nonaka, Professor
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Molecules that make up living organisms, such as nucleic acids, proteins, and glycans, are diverse in both structure and function. The Nonaka Lab, within Molecular Life and Basic Medical Science, aims to develop methods that use phage libraries containing vast numbers of peptide sequences to efficiently pick out important molecules from among diverse molecules and control their functions. By combining phage display with next-generation sequencing, the lab is building a system to comprehensively obtain peptide sequences that bind to target molecules. Third-year undergraduate students are also assigned to the lab.
Jyoji Morise, Associate Professor
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Glycans modify the functions of proteins and lipids and give each cell its individuality. The Glycobiology Lab (Morise Lab) focuses on specific glycans to uncover their roles, while also developing technologies to control the expression of diverse glycan structures. If students find an interesting glycan-related topic, the lab also provides an environment where research can move forward with student-led ideas. The lab collaborates with the Nonaka Lab and Nakagawa Lab in the same field.
Naoki Nakagawa, Associate Professor
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The Developmental Neurobiology Lab (Nakagawa Lab) conducts research aimed at elucidating the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate the formation of neural circuits in the cerebral cortex. The lab focuses on two processes: how the tissue architecture of the cerebral cortex is established during the fetal period, and how circuits are remodeled in response to neural activity during postnatal development. By visualizing and manipulating changes that occur inside neural stem cells and neurons, the lab aims to understand the complex mechanisms of neural circuit formation.
Kentaro Ibuki, Associate Professor
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Unlike bacteria and fungi, viruses cannot multiply without using the functions of host cells. The Basic Medical Science of Pathogen Response Lab (Ibuki Lab) studies the relationship between how viruses replicate and host cell functions, aiming to elucidate how viral infections arise. Currently, the lab focuses on the replication mechanisms and pathogenicity of mosquito-borne viruses and HIV. To curb the spread of infectious diseases, the lab also aims to develop new testing methods that are simple, sensitive, and accurate.
Tetsuya Takakuwa, Professor
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Humans are born 38 weeks after fertilization. The embryonic period, from 3 to 9 weeks after fertilization, is the critical stage when organs are formed. Developmental abnormalities are especially likely to occur during this period, which makes it important for basic research on congenital anomalies. The Morphogenesis and Basic Medical Science Lab (Pathology Lab) studies the embryonic period and the early fetal period. It aims to understand accurate, normal human development and to uncover how congenital diseases arise. Its ultimate goal is to clarify the universal world that all of humanity passes through before birth.
Momoko Nishikori, Professor
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Malignant lymphoma is one of the representative malignant tumors, and its incidence is rising in Japan as well. The Clinical Research and Development Lab focuses on the relationship between malignant lymphoma and the surrounding non-tumor cells. It works to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis, identify the sites of action of existing drugs, and develop new treatments. Because the tumor cells themselves are immune cells, understanding the molecular pathogenesis can sometimes reveal therapeutic targets in unexpected places. The research is conducted jointly with the Department of Hematology.
Hidemasa Matsuo, Associate Professor
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The Clinical Genome Analysis Lab (Matsuo Lab) aims to improve treatment outcomes for hematologic malignancies. It analyzes the genomic abnormalities involved in onset, progression, and response to treatment, and works to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis. Based on these findings, the lab is developing new tests useful for diagnosis and prognosis prediction, as well as new treatments. Students, mainly those with a background in clinical laboratory science, learn genome analysis and molecular biology methods hands-on. The lab conducts joint research with Kyoto University Hospital and with medical institutions across Japan that participate in the Japan Children's Cancer Group.
Ryosuke Kojima, Associate Professor
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The Biomedical Data Science Lab conducts research on applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to real-world problems, with a particular focus on time-series data processing. Much of the data in the world contains information about the flow of time, but because of problem-specific background knowledge and noise, no established techniques exist yet. Through real-world problems, the lab develops techniques to solve them. According to its department page, the lab carries out research and development together with the Big Data Medical Science group (Professor Yasushi Okuno).
Tomohiro Ueno, Associate Professor
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Within the body, life is sustained by networks within and between many different levels of organization. The Advanced Medical Instrumentation Systems Lab aims to clarify such life phenomena, and the progression of disease as their breakdown, by visualizing whole living individuals at high resolution with imaging technologies such as MR microscopy. Using animal models of small fish such as medaka, the lab observes the same individual over time. Its work spans a wide range of challenges, from building disease models to developing instruments and analyzing images.
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