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Masahito Mochizuki, Professor
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The Mochizuki Lab theoretically studies the physical phenomena exhibited by a wide range of materials, including magnets, ferroelectrics, metals, and superconductors. The lab focuses on the entanglement of spin, charge, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom, which arises from strong interactions between electrons. Using models based on quantum mechanics, the lab analyzes phase transitions and nonequilibrium phenomena that occur as these degrees of freedom compete and cooperate with one another. In collaboration with experimental labs, the lab aims to understand, predict, and control the properties of materials.
Takashi Hiroi, Associate Professor
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The Hiroi Lab studies soft matter, such as polymers and colloids. The lab develops its own unprecedented measurement instruments to capture structures that could not be seen before. Using these instruments, the lab aims to contribute to the development of new substances and materials.
Ayumi Ishii, Professor
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The Ishii Lab studies how to convert light that cannot be seen by the eye into useful light and electricity. Using materials that combine inorganic nanocrystals with organic molecules, the lab detects and converts light that is difficult to use, such as near-infrared light and polarized light. By turning the information carried by invisible light into usable information, the lab aims to improve the efficiency with which light is used.
Masahisa Nakata, Professor
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The Nakata Lab studies the artificial synthesis, entirely from scratch, of bioactive natural products that serve as the basis of drugs. The lab develops its own new asymmetric synthesis reactions and catalysts, and studies methods for efficiently producing target compounds. Using the synthesized compounds, the lab also conducts chemical biology research that investigates their effects on living organisms.
Nobuhiro Kanomata, Professor
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The Kanomata Lab designs and synthesizes organic molecules with new functions. Its research subjects include cyclophane molecules, which have a special three-dimensional structure known as planar chirality. Focusing on the relationship between structure and function, the lab develops new synthetic methods and asymmetric catalysts.
Yasuhiko Terada, Professor
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The Terada Lab studies at the molecular level the mechanisms by which chromosomes are correctly separated when a cell divides. During mitosis, a device called the spindle is built, which divides the replicated chromosomes equally to both sides. The lab is clarifying, one by one, the roles of the proteins that control the spindle, the centrosomes, and chromatin, which influences gene expression. Because disruptions in these mechanisms lead cells to become cancerous, this work also leads to finding targets for new anticancer drugs.
Kotaro Kirimura
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The Kirimura Lab conducts research in applied biological chemistry that uses enzymes and microorganisms as catalysts. It works on developing reactions with new enzymes and searching for microorganisms that live in harsh environments. It aims for highly safe "biomanufacturing" that is free of undue burden and waste.
Seijiro Hosokawa, Associate Professor
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The Hosokawa Lab studies the total synthesis of bioactive compounds and the development of new reactions. The lab works to establish synthetic routes with few steps so that target compounds can be made quickly. It is also developing new reactions that construct complex target structures all at once in a single reaction.
Takeo Suga
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The Suga Lab studies how to create new functions and structures in polymer materials. Using precision polymerization, the lab builds targeted functions into the interfaces between polymer phases. The lab also develops techniques, such as photopolymerization, that produce complex structures by simple methods.
Shinji Takeoka, Professor
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The Takeoka Lab studies structures formed by the assembly of lipids, biomedical polymers, proteins, nucleic acids, and other molecules, and applies them to medicine. The lab makes nanosheets, which are free-standing films only nanometers thick, and liposomes, which are lipid vesicles, and examines their properties. Applications are expanding to drug carriers, devices attached to the body to measure biological signals, and particles that act as substitutes for platelets. The lab also develops new fluorescent probes for observing phenomena inside cells.
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