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Kohsuke Honda, Professor
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The Molecular Microbiology Lab studies the unique functions of microorganisms that grow even in harsh environments (extreme environments), such as high temperature, strongly acidic or alkaline conditions, and the presence of organic solvents. The lab is elucidating how biomolecules such as the genes and enzyme proteins that support these functions work. The lab also combines these biomolecules artificially with an engineering mindset to realize new biological functions that do not exist in nature and give them industrial value. On the lab's website, it is also introduced under the name "Honda Lab."
Wataru Aoki, Professor
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The Microbial Functional Engineering Lab is working to create innovative biotechnology that will give rise to next-generation industries by expanding synthetic biology. The lab expands the genetic code so that far more than the 20 natural monomers can be polymerized, with the aim of making next-generation peptides and proteins with high stability, specificity, and activity. The lab also develops next-generation omics technologies that measure what could not be measured before, in order to understand life more deeply and comprehensively. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "aoki-lab".
Kazuhito Fujiyama, Professor
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The Fujiyama Lab regards plants and insects as "protein factories" and conducts research aimed at developing new protein production systems. Even when organisms are used as bioreactors to make useful substances, simply producing a substance often does not allow it to function in the body. The lab therefore focuses on the "chains that organisms make" and tries to create host organisms capable of good substance production. Using cultured cells from plants, insects, and animals, the lab examines the structures of glycans attached to medical proteins and develops technologies to change them into the desired structures. The lab is a cooperating division of the Department of Biotechnology in the Graduate School of Engineering.
Hajime Watanabe, Professor
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The Life and Environmental Systems Engineering Lab (Watanabe Lab) aims to clarify the relationship between life and the environment and to apply this to solving environmental problems. Living organisms have a hierarchy of molecules, cells, tissues, individuals, and populations, and this lab studies the relationship between biological systems and the environment at the molecular and individual levels. Through this research, the lab aims to create methods for quantitatively evaluating the effects of the environment.
Masahiro Kino-Oka, Professor
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The Bioprocess Systems Engineering Lab studies technologies for producing cell and tissue products in the fields of regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and drug discovery. Focusing on biological reaction elements such as enzymes and on reaction environments such as cells and tissues, the lab aims to solve health and medical problems by harnessing the power of living organisms. For new industrial fields built on cell manufacturing, the lab aims to practice 'Koto-zukuri', an approach made up of nurturing people, making products, and creating rules, and to contribute to starting new industries through a three-way partnership of industry, government, and academia. Through research and team building, the lab aims for students to acquire knowledge of biochemical engineering and the ability to take action.
Takeshi Omasa, Professor
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The Biochemical Engineering Lab studies industrial applications of biological reactions, building on biochemical engineering, which applies the methods and ways of thinking of chemical engineering to living organisms. Its subjects are manufacturing with animal cells, including biopharmaceuticals such as antibody therapeutics, regenerative medicine products, vaccines, vectors for gene therapy, and stem cells, as well as manufacturing with microorganisms. The lab studies cell engineering, which handles animal cells and microbial cells, and the bioprocesses involved. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name 'Omasa Lab'.
Kazuo Harada, Professor
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The Bioresource Engineering Lab studies the 'power of biology' at the core of biotechnology, centered on metabolomics and imaging mass spectrometry. Bioresource engineering is described as a discipline that finds methods and technologies for exploring the power of biology and evaluating its practical usefulness, and links them to applications. As environmental, food, and energy problems become more serious, there is a growing need for environmentally friendly, sustainable social systems that have biotechnology as their key. The lab's mission is to educate people who will become international leaders in the biotechnology industry.
Hikaru Seki, Professor
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The lab studies plant cells at the molecular and cellular levels, with the aim of elucidating, regulating, and utilizing their functions. By making effective use of plant genetic resources, the lab aims to improve health, increase food production, and protect the environment. Its research rests on three pillars: discovering useful genes, producing useful substances through synthetic biology, and developing genome editing technology for plants. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Seki Lab."
Genji Kurisu, Professor
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The lab is a structural biology lab that seeks to understand biological functions based on the three-dimensional structures of proteins. While respecting the tradition of protein crystallography, the lab also uses NMR and cryo-electron microscopy as complementary methods. Currently, it is studying the structures of proteins involved in photosynthesis and biological motility. The lab is also a cooperating chair of the School of Science and the Graduate School of Science, and a cooperating division of the School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Engineering. It welcomes inquiries from students who wish to join the lab and about collaborative research.
Susumu Uchiyama, Professor
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The lab studies the physical properties, structures, and functions of biological macromolecules (biopolymers) such as proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides, which make up foods, gene therapy vectors, and biopharmaceuticals. Its goal is to contribute to the creation of high-quality, safe foods and pharmaceuticals. The lab carries out comprehensive analysis that combines well-established physicochemical methods, such as analytical ultracentrifugation and viscoelasticity measurement, with cutting-edge measurement techniques such as mass spectrometry. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Uchiyama Lab."
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