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Tohru Tsuchiya, Associate Professor
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The Tsuchiya Lab studies the evolution of photosynthesis, its reaction mechanisms, and ways to alter photosynthetic functions. Photosynthesis is a reaction closely tied to problems humanity faces, such as food, the environment, and energy. Undergraduates are assigned to the Earth and Life Environment course for their graduation research (for graduate students, the Earth and Life Environment course of the Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies).
Toyoho Ishimura, Professor
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Ishimura Lab (Environmental Earth Science Lab) specializes in environmental analysis using stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of calcium carbonate. Building on paleontology and geochemistry, the lab's recent focus is its "fish research": clarifying fish migration routes in detail to help conserve fishery resources. The foundation of its research is analytical techniques and instrument development, and the lab collaborates with research institutions in many fields in Japan and abroad. Undergraduate students are assigned to the Earth and Life Environment Division and work on their graduation research (for graduate students, the Earth and Life Environment Division of the Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies).
Tetsu Kogiso, Professor
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Kogiso Lab aims to read the composition, dynamics, and chemical evolution of Earth's interior from the various rocks brought up from within the Earth. Its main methods are high-pressure, high-temperature experiments and synchrotron X-ray analysis. Undergraduate students are assigned to the Earth and Life Environment Division and work on their graduation research (for graduate students, the Earth and Life Environment Division of the Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies).
Mamoru Kato, Associate Professor
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Kato Lab works in solid earth science, particularly seismology. In its recent papers, the lab tests phenomena said to be earthquake precursors, as well as rules long cited as empirical laws, against data. Undergraduate students are assigned to the Earth and Life Environment Division and work on their graduation research (for graduate students, the Earth and Life Environment Division of the Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies).
Dai Watanabe, Professor
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The Biological Information Science Lab studies neural circuits to understand how the brain works and how the mind functions. The lab examines how neurons connect to one another, their electrical activity, and how these properties change over time (plasticity). By decoding and manipulating the signals exchanged within neurons and between them, the lab explores how information processing gives rise to brain function. The lab is recruiting graduate students and states that applicants are welcome regardless of their undergraduate field.
Mitinori Saitou, Professor
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The Functional Micromorphology Lab studies how germ cells, the precursors of sperm and eggs, are formed. The lab has developed technologies to generate, from mouse ES cells and iPS cells, primordial germ cell-like cells that can give rise to sperm and eggs and ultimately to healthy offspring. Currently, the lab is working to recreate the process of germ cell formation in the test tube using cynomolgus monkeys, which are close to humans, and human iPS cells. The lab is recruiting graduate students and states that enthusiasm is what matters, regardless of undergraduate field or prior experience.
Takashi Hiiragi, Special Invited Professor
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The Developmental Biology Lab (Hiiragi Group) uses early mammalian embryos as a model to study the mechanisms of "self-organization," in which a collection of cells spontaneously forms an ordered shape. In early mouse embryos, gene activity varies greatly from cell to cell, yet embryos of nearly the same form are produced every time. The lab tackles this question by combining biology with physics and mathematics, while developing its own microscopy and computational analysis technologies.
Akiyuki Taruno, Professor
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The Molecular and Cellular Physiology Lab studies how the human body senses changes in its internal and external environment and keeps its own state constant. Much about the senses remains unexplained, and sensory cells that have not yet been discovered are thought to exist. Using mammals as subjects, the lab aims to clarify the principles of new senses and apply them to medicine and physiology. The lab was newly established in January 2026 as a lab of the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
Naoki Watanabe, Professor
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Neural and Cellular Pharmacology (Watanabe Lab) studies molecules at work inside cells by directly observing them one molecule at a time. Cells sense their surroundings and rapidly reorganize their cytoskeleton, which allows them to proliferate, change shape, and migrate. The lab has shown that fluorescent molecules deep inside cells can be observed one molecule at a time, and has investigated how signals inside cells and the actions of drugs are connected at the molecular level. Methods for observing the movement of molecules inside cells only emerged in this century, and the lab is also committed to training researchers who will develop the potential of these methods.
Seishi Ogawa, Professor
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Tumor Biology (Pathology II) studies the mechanisms of diseases, including cancer, from a genetic perspective. Because disease arises from the interaction between inherited genes and the environment, the lab believes it is important to understand its genetic basis and molecular mechanisms. The lab conducts large-scale genetic analysis using next-generation sequencers, as well as functional analysis using mouse models of disease. The lab welcomes graduate students interested in genome analysis, bioinformatics, and molecular biology, regardless of clinical experience in cancer.
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