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Akira Kitamura, Associate Professor
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The Cell and Molecular Functional Science Lab studies how proteins move and assemble inside cells. Proteins work after folding correctly, but when folding fails they can clump together and form aggregates. Because these aggregates are linked to neurodegenerative diseases, the lab investigates how they form and how they affect cells. Taking advantage of the fact that light does little harm to living organisms, the lab is pioneering methods to measure molecules inside living cells.
Kiminori Nakamura, Professor
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The Innate Immunity Lab studies how innate immunity works in the mucosa of the gut. Paneth cells in the small intestine, when stimulated by infection, release antimicrobial peptides that kill microbes. The lab investigates how these antimicrobial peptides work and how they maintain the relationship with microbes in the gut. It aims to clarify the causes and pathology of infectious diseases and intractable immune diseases from the perspective of innate immunity.
Xiang Li, Professor
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The Soft Matter Structural Physics Lab studies soft materials such as gels and polymer solutions. Even the bodies of living things, seen at the nano scale, are made of countless strands (polymers) packed together. The lab examines the nanostructure inside materials from how light, X-rays, or neutrons scatter when they hit them. Combining rheology and spectroscopy as well, it works to clarify the mechanisms behind the observed physical properties.
Koichi Fujiwara, Professor
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The Biological Data Science Lab studies methods for building useful AI from small amounts of data (small data). Rare events and data that are costly to collect cannot be obtained in large quantities. The lab therefore develops machine learning algorithms and mathematical models that also incorporate the experience and knowledge of experts. Working across two universities, Hokkaido University and Nara Institute of Science and Technology, the lab applies this research to the development of medical AI, medical devices, and production systems.
Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Professor
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The Physical Ethology Lab studies the information-processing mechanisms of living things, mainly in single-celled organisms. The lab confirms through experiments the high information-processing ability of organisms, and seeks to explain its mechanisms from the viewpoint of the laws of motion and dynamics of matter. It has gradually become clear that even single-celled organisms without brains show a certain kind of decision-making when placed in complex situations. Combining theory, experiments, and field observation, the lab draws on biology, mathematics, physics, and information science.
Kuniharu Ijiro, Professor
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The Biomolecular Device Lab studies materials that combine DNA or proteins with metal nanoparticles. DNA binds to specific partners, and proteins can recognize target substances. Metal nanoparticles, on the other hand, exhibit a phenomenon called localized surface plasmon resonance when illuminated, and their behavior changes depending on how they assemble. The lab works on combining the two to create materials with unprecedented functions.
Koji Yamada, Associate Professor
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The Polymer Environmental Science Lab studies fluorescent dyes whose glow changes depending on their surrounding environment. The research spans photochemistry, analytical chemistry, and organic chemistry, and the dyes are made by organic synthesis. Using these dyes, the lab creates sensing materials that can detect a variety of external stimuli with high sensitivity and in a simple way. The lab also works on developing teaching materials and other items that use these dyes.
Masaru Inatsu, Professor
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The Meteorology Lab studies cloud physics, snow and ice meteorology, disasters and environmental problems in cold regions, and weather forecasting. It combines observation, numerical simulation, and data analysis to investigate the mechanisms behind meteorological phenomena. The lab deals with phenomena that appear on weather maps, such as extratropical cyclones and fronts, as well as small-scale phenomena such as cumulonimbus clouds and lightning discharges. The lab was newly established in 2017 and is actively adopting new methods such as machine learning.
Shoshiro Minobe, Project Professor
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The Ocean and Climate Physics Lab studies the motions of the atmosphere and ocean that shape Earth's climate. It examines phenomena at a range of scales, from regional to ocean-basin to global, and from day-to-day weather changes to climate changes over about a hundred years. The lab analyzes satellite observation data and the results of large-scale numerical simulations to discover new phenomena and explain their mechanisms. It also pursues interdisciplinary research with other fields, such as mathematical science and biogeochemistry.
Masato Furuya, Professor
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The Space Geodesy Lab studies changes in Earth's shape, gravity, and rotation. Its tools are space geodetic techniques such as GPS/GNSS, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), satellite laser ranging, and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). The lab considers what these tools can do and applies them to earthquakes, volcanoes, and tectonics; to the atmosphere, oceans, terrestrial water, and snow and ice; and even to the Moon and Mars. Its research is not limited by region: the whole world, from the Arctic to the equator, is its subject.
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