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Hiroyuki Ogata, Professor
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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.
Kiyosei Takasu, Professor
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Many pharmaceuticals and biomedical materials are organic molecules, and developing new drugs and materials requires making new compounds through organic synthesis. The Pharmaceutical Synthetic Chemistry Lab pursues organic chemistry that focuses on what kinds of molecules to design, how to synthesize them, and how to understand their properties. The lab aims to discover and invent new methods of molecular transformation and new molecular structures that contribute to the life sciences.
Hiroshi Naka, Associate Professor
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Organic chemistry is the discipline of understanding the properties, structures, and reactivity of organic molecules, manipulating them at will, and producing new molecules with unprecedented functions. Building on discoveries of new phenomena in organic chemistry, the Pharmaceutical Molecular Chemistry Lab contributes to drug discovery science by developing new technologies for both discovering and manufacturing drugs and by elucidating biological phenomena. Pharmaceuticals are expanding to diverse medium-sized and large molecules such as antibodies, peptides, and nucleic acids, and the lab develops its own methods to synthesize complex, large molecules efficiently and in an environmentally conscious way.
Ikuo Kimura, Professor
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The Metabolic Genome Pharmacology Lab (Kimura Lab) studies how lipid ligands related to nutritional state and sex differences (fatty acids and sex steroid hormones) trigger rapid physiological responses through receptors on the cell membrane, focusing on biological phenomena involved in energy metabolism. The aim is to apply this knowledge to functional foods, supplements, and drug discovery for the treatment and prevention of lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes. The lab's work spans physiological experiments in genetically modified mice, cell experiments, analysis of metabolites by mass spectrometry, genome analysis, and searches for substances that bind to receptors.
Motonari Uesugi, Professor
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Chemical biology is biology that starts from chemistry. Life is ultimately made up of chemical reactions, so conversely, chemistry should make it possible to understand and manipulate biological phenomena. The Chemical Biology Lab, also known as the Uesugi Lab, has been discovering and designing organic compounds that have unique effects on living organisms and human cells, and using them as tools to investigate and manipulate biological phenomena. Its major goal is to open up a new world of bioactive synthetic compounds. By proposing compounds with new uses, new shapes, and new sizes, the lab aims to contribute to future approaches to drug discovery and to cell therapy.
Hiroshi Tsugawa, Professor
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Launched in 2021, the lab pursues systems biology based on omics science centered on mass spectrometry. Combining genetics, biochemistry, mass spectrometry, and information science, the lab studies a wide range of organisms, including animals, microorganisms, and plants, through metabolism, which lies at the heart of life activity.
Haruo Ogawa, Professor
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The lab aims to elucidate, through analysis of protein three-dimensional structures, the molecular mechanisms of biological phenomena that underlie drug discovery. Since the 2026 academic year, the lab has been led by Prof. Ogawa. The goal is not simply to determine three-dimensional structures but to reveal the principles behind their functions. Now that the structures of membrane receptors and transporters can be visualized, "structural pharmacology," which understands drug action at the structural level, has become a reality. The lab actively adopts cryo-electron microscopy and takes on determining the structures of molecules that are difficult to analyze.
Shiori Sekine, Professor
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Mitochondria are not only the cell's largest site of energy production but also organelles that carry out diverse functions, including the synthesis of small molecules such as iron-containing cofactors, heat production in the body, cell death, and immune responses. The lab tackles the fundamental question: "How do mitochondria sense changes in their environment and convert them into cellular responses?" In particular, the lab focuses on "fluctuations of small molecules in the body" and "mitochondrial stress," combining molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics with comprehensive analyses such as proteomics and metabolomics.
Takao Hashiguchi, Professor
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Infectious diseases remain a threat to children around the world. The Division of Virus Control (Hashiguchi Lab) studies viral infectious diseases that affect children. The lab focuses in particular on clarifying how viruses enter cells and how compounds, peptides, glycans, and antibodies block that entry. The research combines virology, structural biology, and computer science.
Yoshinaga Ito, Professor
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It has become clear that the immune system does more than eliminate pathogens: it actively interacts with the body's own tissues and plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis. The Division of Pathogenic Immunology clarifies the physiological role of immune responses against the body's own tissues and the mechanisms of diseases that arise when they break down, with the aim of developing new treatments. The lab views autoimmune diseases and cancer from a unified perspective, as malfunctions of immune responses against the body's own tissues, and confirms in human samples the mechanisms revealed in mouse models.
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