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Kazuki Nagashima, Professor
3 student voices
The Interaction Functional Materials Lab (Nagashima Lab) studies electronic materials and devices that actively interact with the outside world. The chemical information carried by molecules in our surroundings is thought to be far richer than physical information such as heat, force, light, and sound. Conventional electronic materials have been sealed off from the external environment to prevent degradation, but collecting chemical information requires contact with the outside. The lab designs, at the atomic and molecular level, materials and devices that combine robustness with the ability to distinguish molecules.
Kosuke Nomura, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Nuclear Theory Lab theoretically studies the structure and reactions of atomic nuclei as quantum many-body systems. A nucleus is a bound system of a few to several hundred nucleons (protons and neutrons) held together by the nuclear force, and it displays the rich phenomena characteristic of many-body systems. In recent years, accelerator experiments have artificially produced short-lived nuclei that do not exist stably in nature (unstable nuclei), greatly broadening the scope of research. Understanding atomic nuclei is also key to solving fundamental physics problems, such as the origin of matter, the synthesis of heavy elements in the early universe, and tests of fundamental symmetries.
Masahiro Matsuo, Professor
1 student voices
The Foundations of Science Lab studies philosophy of science, which asks "What is scientific knowledge?" and "How can scientific knowledge be obtained?" Traditionally, research centered on the philosophy of physics, but the lab is now building a structure that allows philosophy of science to be studied from a broader perspective. The lab aims not to keep its results within philosophy, but to link them to practical problems such as health and environmental risks and discuss them in that context. The lab does not accept undergraduate thesis students; it is a lab where students study in the Science Communication Course of the Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science.
Shishin Kawamoto, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Science and Technology Communication Lab studies the relationship between science and society, aiming to improve it. Expert knowledge is unevenly distributed. Who opens it up, how, to whom, and with whom do they create new knowledge? The lab considers this question in close connection with practice. Centering on fieldwork and using methods such as large-scale questionnaire surveys as needed, the lab seeks to clarify science and technology as a social phenomenon from a broad, historical perspective. Students join this lab from graduate school; it does not accept undergraduate thesis students.
Aiichiro Nagaki, Professor
1 student voices
The Organic Reaction Theory Lab is pioneering the field of "high-speed organic chemistry," which accelerates synthetic chemistry. For over 100 years, organic synthesis has relied on batch reactors, typified by the flask. This lab uses flow microreactors, in which solutions flow through micrometer-scale channels, as its reactors. It establishes reactions and synthetic methodologies that are difficult in flask chemistry, and uses them to create new functional molecules.
Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Professor
1 student voices
The Data Mathematical Science Lab studies the fundamental principles of “state changes,” such as chemical reactions and structural transitions of biomolecules, using mathematical methods. Grounded in real experimental data, the lab aims to create data-driven mathematical science that does not presuppose a model. By analyzing single-molecule observation data and microscope images and checking them against natural phenomena, the lab builds up the mechanisms of the hierarchy of living systems. Together with researchers at other universities, the lab also develops methods for analyzing Raman microscope images and collective cell motion.
Hiroshi Kajihara, Professor
1 student voices
The Diversity Biology Ia Lab studies taxonomy, phylogenetics, and biogeography, mainly of marine invertebrates. About 1.5 million species on Earth are known, but the actual number is said to be 10 to 100 times higher. Through field surveys, collection, and experiments, together with rearing experiments, observation, and analysis in the laboratory, the lab seeks to understand the diverse and complex world of living things. The main work now underway is descriptive taxonomy and molecular phylogenetic analysis of invertebrates.
Masaoki Takagi, Professor
1 student voices
The Field Ornithology Lab studies the ecology, behavior, and evolution of birds across the Japanese archipelago, from Hokkaido to Okinawa Prefecture. Centered on fieldwork, the lab combines acoustics, statistics, molecular biology, and other approaches. The lab values walking the field in person and observing the target species closely. The lab does not feel it must keep pace with every research trend, nor does it get swept along by them; it aims to build up data that will still be valuable 100 years from now.
Tomomi Tsunematsu, Associate Professor
1 student voices
The Tsunematsu Lab aims to clarify the mechanisms that regulate sleep and wakefulness, and the significance of sleep. If we sleep eight hours a day, we spend a third of our lives asleep. Even so, there is still no answer to the fundamental questions of what sleep is for and why we dream. The lab focuses on using mice to clarify why and how the fantastical dreams of REM sleep occur. Launched in April 2023, this new lab uses methods such as large-scale extracellular recording, optical imaging, and optogenetics.
Jianping Gong, Professor
1 student voices
The Soft & Wet Matter Lab studies "gels," the materials that make up living bodies. Apart from bones and teeth, living bodies are made of water-rich soft tissue, that is, gels. By synthesizing functional gels that mimic the structure of biological tissue and examining their properties, the lab tests where the remarkable functions of living things come from. The resulting gels are also intended for application as materials useful in medicine, starting with artificial cartilage.
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