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Kazuhiro Suzuki, Professor
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The lab aims to clarify, at the cellular and molecular level, how the nervous system controls the function of the immune system. Using mice, it investigates mechanisms such as how the sympathetic nervous system alters lymphocyte movement and creates day-night differences in immune responses. In addition, using molecules involved in lymphocyte migration as clues, the lab works on developing new treatments for autoimmune diseases. In January 2026, Prof. Suzuki took up a post at the Graduate School of Medicine (Environmental Response Pharmacology), and is moving the lab while holding a concurrent appointment at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC).
Nicholas I. Smith, Associate Professor
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The lab develops new optical technologies that can be used to investigate problems in immunology and biology. Much of its research is on developing label-free techniques that examine immune-related information at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels without staining or other markers. It is particularly interested in the changes that occur in cells when they receive immune stimulation. The lab collaborates with applied physics research groups at the University of Osaka, and also welcomes collaboration with researchers in physics, biology, and chemistry.
Ben Seymour, Professor
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The Seymour Lab studies how the brain processes pain, using both theory and experiments. It treats pain as a signal that prompts behavior to protect the body, and uses computational models to study pain prediction and the learning of escape and avoidance. The lab conducts behavioral experiments and brain imaging studies in humans, and also aims to develop new technologies for treating pain. The lab's website is written as an introduction to a research group based at the University of Oxford.
Daron M. Standley, Professor
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The Systems Immunology Lab studies how the immune system works through computational analysis. It analyzes immune repertoires, the collections of receptor sequences carried by T cells and B cells, to investigate the characteristics of diseases such as cancer. The lab has continued to develop MAFFT, software for comparing biological sequences, since its first release. It also collaborates with experimental researchers on studies that explore how biological macromolecules function from their three-dimensional structures.
Yukinori Okada, Professor
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The Statistical Immunology Lab specializes in statistical genetics, which evaluates the link between genetic information and traits from a statistical perspective. It is known that, in addition to environmental factors, an individual's genetic background is strongly involved in the onset of immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. By examining the genomic information of patients with immune diseases, the lab aims to identify disease-causing genes, clarify disease pathology, and contribute to new drug discovery. The lab belongs to the Bioinformatics Group of the Immunology Frontier Research Center.
Diego Diez, Associate Professor
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The Quantitative Immunology Research Unit is a research group where researchers from different fields come together, aiming to advance the understanding of immunology through interdisciplinary research. Its work rests on three pillars: quantitative single-cell measurement, integration of omics data, and mathematical modeling of the immune system. The lab combines computational methods with single-cell gene expression data to reconstruct the gene regulatory networks that determine the identity and function of immune cells. The lab belongs to an interdisciplinary research unit at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), and the lab's website is written in English.
Kana Fujioka, Associate Professor
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The Laser Materials Engineering (LMO) Group researches new materials and optical elements to improve the efficiency and functionality of high-power lasers. Its research targets include transparent ceramics and the optical functional materials made from them, nonlinear optical crystals for broadband wavelength conversion, specialty optical fibers, and broadband mirrors and diffraction gratings. The lab also works on clarifying how lasers damage optical elements and on making elements more resistant to that damage (improving laser damage resistance).
Makoto Nakajima, Professor
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The Nakajima Lab (Terahertz Science Group) researches terahertz spectroscopy, terahertz engineering, ultrafast spectroscopy, and metamaterials. Across the terahertz, infrared, and optical regions, the lab covers everything from fundamental physical phenomena to industrial applied research. Osaka University has a long history in terahertz and infrared spectroscopy, and was a center of terahertz and infrared spectroscopy research in Japan. The lab also actively pursues joint research with companies.
Masashi Yoshimura, Professor
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The Ultra-Broadband Photonics Lab centers on developing deep ultraviolet laser sources, and also works on new nonlinear optical devices and thin-film technology. The lab works with nonlinear optical crystals and devices that change the wavelength of light, and investigates a variety of nonlinear optical phenomena through both experiments and numerical simulation. Professor Yoshimura and Assistant Professor Nambu supervise undergraduate and graduate students as a cooperating chair of the Graduate School of Engineering. On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Yoshimura Lab."
Noriko Chikumoto, Professor
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The Materials and Applied Technology group of the Composite Photonics research area (Chikumoto Lab) conducts research on developing next-generation laser materials and their applications. In addition to developing long-lifetime laser materials, the group works on measurements that visualize magnetic field distributions with light and on studies of cultural heritage using laser spectroscopy. Its superconductivity research deals with cable joining technology needed for DC power transmission using high-temperature superconductors. Research on applications of visible semiconductor lasers in the same lab is led by Project Professor Kazuhisa Yamamoto and others.
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