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Motoko Ikeda, Professor
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The Resource Entomology Lab studies the structure and replication mechanisms of insect-specific viruses at the molecular and cellular levels. Using the gene functions of both viruses and insects, the lab seeks to clarify how the insect species and body tissues that viruses prefer are determined, and how insects evade viral attack. Through this research, the lab aims to contribute to the development of technologies for producing useful substances and controlling insect pests.
Chieka Minakuchi, Associate Professor
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The Pest Control Lab focuses on the unique biological systems of insects and on their defense mechanisms against other species and foreign substances. Using physiological, biochemical, molecular biological, and morphological methods, the lab conducts basic research to clarify insect characteristics, including life history, physiology, and communication mechanisms. Based on the knowledge gained from basic research, the lab aims to find the weaknesses of pests and put them to use in pest control. Ultimately, the lab aims to contribute to building a symbiotic environmental system in which humans and other organisms, including insects, can coexist.
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.
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