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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.
Hideki Shibata, Professor
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The Molecular Cell Regulation Lab uses cultured animal cells to study how proteins maintain cellular homeostasis and respond to the environment. Focusing on calcium-binding proteins, the lab aims to elucidate protein-protein interaction networks and the control systems they form. Diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders arise from the breakdown of the systems that control cells, including proliferation, motility, and survival and death. By elucidating intracellular control mechanisms at the molecular level, the lab aims to apply its findings to identifying drug targets, developing early diagnostic markers, and analyzing food components that may help prevent disease.
Kiyotaka Kiyotaka, Professor
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The Cell Biochemistry Lab studies the physiological and pathological roles of transglutaminase, an enzyme that cross-links proteins to bond them together. Using cultured cells and animal models, the lab investigates how the epidermis of the skin forms, fibrosis in which tissue becomes hardened, and blood coagulation. The lab also establishes mice and medaka as disease model organisms and analyzes them. The lab accepts fourth-year students from the Department of Applied Biosciences in the School of Agricultural Sciences to carry out their graduation research.
Daita Nadano, Associate Professor
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The Molecular Biological Regulation Lab studies how the mechanism by which proteins are synthesized in higher animals (translation) is regulated. Focusing on ribosomes, which make proteins in cells, the lab examines their links to proliferation, differentiation, and death in mammals. The lab also studies the relationship between a protein called bystin, which is produced in large amounts in cancer cells, and the process of ribosome formation. The lab's research introduction page also lists the analysis of higher-order biological regulation in mammals (including cancer research) and the analysis of response mechanisms in epithelial tissue.
Chihiro Sato, Professor
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The Glycoscience Lab studies the structure and function of glycans that cover the surface of cells. Glycans are said to be the third chain of life after proteins and nucleic acids, and they mediate the exchange of information inside and outside cells. The lab focuses on polysialic acid, a chain of linked sialic acids, and investigates its roles in nervous system and brain function and its links to psychiatric disorders. The lab also carries out basic research to apply its findings to agriculture, medicine, and pharmacy.
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