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Takashi Yoshida, Professor
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The Marine Molecular Microbiology Lab studies microorganisms living in oceans and lakes: phages, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic microalgae. Combining ecology, physiology and biochemistry, and molecular biology, the lab investigates microbial diversity, survival strategies, and interactions with other organisms. The lab also aims to make use of novel genetic resources found in microorganisms. Undergraduates join the Marine Biological Science course in their third year and are assigned to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Shigeki Sawayama, Professor
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The Marine Environmental Microbiology Lab aims at microbe-based manufacturing, environmental restoration, and an understanding of the marine biosphere. With the aim of returning research results to society, the lab works on producing materials such as biofuels with microorganisms, reducing carbon dioxide, and purifying water. The lab also studies microorganisms living in extreme marine environments, such as hydrothermal vent fields on the deep seafloor around the world. Undergraduates join the Marine Biological Science course in their third year and are assigned to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Tatsuya Sugawara, Professor
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The Marine Bioproduction and Utilization Lab searches marine algae, invertebrates, and microorganisms for functional substances useful for health and daily life. In collaboration with research institutions in Japan and abroad, the lab studies new functions and uses of components expected to help with allergies, obesity, skin beauty, and more. Using methods of cell biology and molecular biology, the lab also investigates how these components work and how they are absorbed in the body. Undergraduates join the Marine Biological Science course in their third year and are assigned to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Masato Kinoshita, Associate Professor
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The Marine Biological Function Lab studies the functions of genes, proteins, and metabolites in marine organisms. Its work ranges from developing genetic modification techniques suited to aquatic organisms and methods for identifying peptides, to breeding fish species important to fisheries and promoting health through food components. The lab has two groups: the Kinoshita group, which works on fish, and the Asai group, which investigates the health-promoting functions of foods derived from marine organisms. Undergraduate students are assigned to the Marine Biological Science course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year. (Graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture.)
Kentaro Yoshida, Professor
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The Plant Genetics Lab studies the universality of genetic mechanisms and the diversity of organisms, using plants, especially wheat, as its material. It investigates groups of genes involved in agriculturally important traits, adaptation to the environment, and interactions with pathogens, as well as changes in genomes and chromosomes. From a genetics perspective, the lab also studies speciation, the emergence of new crop species, and the evolution of allopolyploids, with the aim of applying the results to crop breeding. Undergraduate students are assigned to the Advanced Bioscience course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year. (Graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture.)
Takashi Araki, Professor
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The lab studies the various responses that plants show to their internal and external environments. Using two model plants, Arabidopsis thaliana and the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, the lab uncovers these mechanisms at the molecular level and aims to discover principles common to all land plants. At the graduate level, the lab is the Molecular and Metabolic Regulation Lab (Araki Lab) of the Graduate School of Biostudies. Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Biological Science Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (the graduate school is the Graduate School of Biostudies, Division of Integrated Life Science).
Toshiyuki Sakai, Associate Professor
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The lab studies how cultivated plants arose and evolved. Using a wide variety of cultivated plants from around the world collected through fieldwork, the lab analyzes genome sequences with bioinformatics. Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Biological Science Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (the graduate school is the Graduate School of Agriculture, Division of Applied Biosciences).
Yoshitaka Takano, Professor
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The lab studies the interactions between plants and pathogens. Worldwide, 10-15% of food is lost every year to diseases caused by pathogens, but plants also have a variety of countermeasures against them. Targeting filamentous fungi (molds), bacteria, and viruses, the lab investigates what this battle actually looks like using the methods of molecular biology and cell biology, aiming to develop new crop protection technologies. Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Biological Science Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (the graduate school is the Graduate School of Agriculture, Division of Applied Biosciences).
Kenji Matsuura, Professor
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The Insect Ecology Lab studies the mechanisms and evolution of insect societies, using termites as its main study organism. Societies of social insects such as ants, bees, and termites feature conflict and the mechanisms that resolve it, soldiers that defend the nest, agriculture, and hygiene management using antimicrobial substances. Founded in 1923 as the first lab in Japan dedicated to the study of insect ecology, the lab values research in which students observe with their own eyes and form their own questions. Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Bioscience Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
Takaaki Daimon, Professor
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The Insect Physiology Lab studies the mechanisms behind insects' diverse biological phenomena using methods such as molecular genetics, physiology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology. Insects are deeply involved with humans as agricultural pests and as carriers of infectious diseases, and coexisting with them requires solving “mysteries” such as form, color, metamorphosis, diapause, reproduction, and behavior. The lab is located on the North Campus, in a building other than the Faculty of Agriculture Main Building (the former Pesticide Research Facility). Undergraduates are assigned to the Advanced Bioscience Course in their third year, and to this lab within the course in their fourth year (graduate students belong to the Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture).
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