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Toshio Nishikawa, Professor
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The Bioorganic Chemistry Lab aims to solve unresolved problems of natural products by using the techniques and knowledge of organic synthesis and organic chemistry. Living organisms use trace amounts of low-molecular-weight compounds in their life activities, such as plant and animal hormones and insect pheromones, but the mechanisms of action of many of them remain unknown. Among the secondary metabolites produced by plants and microorganisms are substances, such as antibiotics, that have contributed to human health as medicines and agrochemicals, and the lab also conducts research to clarify their biological functions. Through this research, the lab aims to contribute to human food and health.
Satoshi Yokoshima, Professor
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The Natural Products Chemistry Lab works on developing new reactions and establishing efficient synthetic methods through the synthesis of structurally complex natural organic compounds. Its goal is to realize "powerful synthesis", which can supply as much of a useful organic compound as humanity needs. Research themes are the total synthesis of natural products, the development of new synthetic methodologies, and the design and synthesis of functional compounds aimed at drug discovery. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Natural Products Chemistry Division".
Daisuke Urabe, Professor
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The Integrative Organic Chemistry Lab combines natural products chemistry, computational chemistry, data science, and organic synthesis, and aims to create bioactive molecules. Focusing on naturally derived bioactive natural products, the lab advances its research using three-dimensional structure analysis, transition state calculations, and machine learning. It works on elucidating structures and functions, designing simplified molecules, and developing synthetic routes. Prof. Urabe joined Nagoya University from Toyama Prefectural University in June 2026, and the lab started as a new lab.
Masaki Kita, Professor
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The Natural Products Chemical Biology Lab studies the bioactive substances that govern biological phenomena, starting from natural products chemistry. It takes on substances whose mechanisms of action have not been understood and phenomena that are still unknown at the level of substances, aiming to discover compounds that could become the basis of drugs and agrochemicals and to discover new pharmacological actions. It uses a variety of methods, including organic synthesis, instrumental analysis, identification of biological target molecules, bioactivity assays, and computational science and molecular design.
Keigo Aoi, Professor
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The Polymer Biomaterials Chemistry Lab creates plant-derived, carbon-neutral polymers and develops new methods to synthesize them. Moving away from a petroleum-based society, the lab proposes synthesis methods for environmentally friendly functional polymers made from renewable resources. All of the polymers are studied with applications such as new biomedical polymers and biomaterials in mind.
Hisashi Hemmi, Professor
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The Applied Enzymology Lab aims to clarify how enzymes work at the molecular level, from perspectives such as physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and structural biology. Enzymes are involved in many reactions in living organisms, including the metabolism of food into energy, the synthesis of lipids and hormones, and the replication and expression of genes. The lab searches for enzymes and proteins involved in the synthesis and metabolism of archaeal membrane lipids, in the synthesis and dynamics regulation of vitamins B6 and B9, and in amino acid metabolism, and investigates their functions. The lab also pursues applied research such as analysis and material production using enzymes.
Hideo Nakano, Professor
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The Molecular Biotechnology Lab elucidates the mechanisms of biological phenomena and uses them to build new bioprocesses. Its research proceeds in three directions: antibody discovery using cell-free protein synthesis systems, technology for evolving enzymes in vitro, and peptide tags that promote translation. Many members come from other universities, and many international students are enrolled. Those who wish to join the lab or go on to graduate school here are expected to have an English test score.
Susumu Asakawa, Professor
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The Soil Biochemistry Lab studies how paddy field ecosystems are formed and what biochemical reactions take place in them, from the perspectives of soil microbiology, paddy soil chemistry, and global environmental issues. Paddy fields are home to microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, archaea, filamentous fungi, and protozoa, which influence one another. For example, methane, a greenhouse gas, is produced by methanogenic archaea and broken down by methane-oxidizing bacteria. Using paddy soils collected from across Japan, the lab investigates the dynamics of various microbes and the interactions among them.
Makoto Kimura, Professor
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The Applied Microbiology Lab has studied how fungal genes function, using Fusarium, a type of fungus, as its research material. Professor Makoto Kimura studied how the transcription of biosynthetic genes is activated for trichothecene, a mycotoxin produced by the fungus that causes Fusarium head blight in wheat and barley. Assistant Professor Kazuyuki Maeda conducted basic research toward establishing a solid-state fermentation method that uses coffee grounds as a resource, employing a fermenting fungus with an excellent ability to break down polysaccharides.
Takahiro Shibata, Professor
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The Food Function Chemistry Lab studies how health is impaired by factors such as oxidative stress, and the functionality of food components. The lab investigates how aldehyde compounds derived from lipids and carbohydrates chemically modify biological components such as proteins. The lab also studies how plant-derived food components help regulate bodily functions, focusing on their interactions with proteins.
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