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Toru Miura, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Miura Lab is based at the Misaki Marine Biological Station and studies how the body plans of various animals and the diversification of their forms have evolved. Focusing mainly on arthropods, the lab looks at the differentiation of body segments and legs and the reorganization of the trunk, combining detailed morphological observation with developmental comparison. From the perspective of ecological developmental biology, which combines ecology, developmental biology, and evolutionary biology, the lab investigates phenotypic plasticity, in which form changes with the environment. The lab also focuses on sociality and coloniality, and takes on the question of what an "individual" means for an animal.
Kyoko Ito, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Plant Physiology Lab (Ito Group) studies, at the molecular level, how plant tissues form and how cells differentiate. Plants acquired multicellular bodies independently of animals, and, living without moving around, have developed their own distinct mechanisms for building their bodies. Using Arabidopsis thaliana and Marchantia polymorpha, the lab investigates these mechanisms with methods such as molecular biology, physiology, genetics, and imaging.
Tetsuya Higashiyama, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Developmental Cell Biology Lab studies cell-to-cell communication in plant reproduction, as well as the division of organelles and cells. The lab is distinguished by its approach: for each phenomenon of interest, it chooses the most suitable biological material and develops its own original techniques. The lab combines live imaging, synthetic chemistry, and multi-layered omics analysis, among other methods.
Takashi Tsuchimatsu, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Plant Evolutionary Ecology Lab studies how the diverse forms and mechanisms of plants have evolved. Plants have produced a variety of adaptive mechanisms and unusual forms in response to environmental factors such as drought and ultraviolet light, and through their interactions with microbes, insects, and other plants. By unraveling this diversity at the molecular level and retracing the paths of evolution, the lab aims for a universal understanding of biological evolution. The lab has two groups, the Tsuchimatsu Group and the Katayama Group, which share laboratory space and seminars while each pursuing its own research themes.
Atsushi Kawakita, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Kawakita Lab studies the relationships between plants and the animals that carry their pollen or eat them. As the diversity of flowers illustrates, a large part of plant diversity has been shaped by interactions with other organisms. The lab investigates the adaptive backgrounds against which the various traits seen in the flowers and leaves of angiosperms arose, focusing on their relationships with pollinators and herbivores. The lab is located in the Botanical Gardens of the Graduate School of Science (Koishikawa Botanical Garden).
Haruhiko Taneda, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Taneda Lab investigates the functions of plant form and physiological traits, and studies the paths by which land plants have adapted to a wide range of environments. Because plants cannot move, their form is directly tied to their function, from visible shapes to fine structures that can only be seen under a microscope. Taking advantage of Nikko's location surrounded by mountains, the lab focuses on adaptation to harsh cold environments and on the characteristics of plants that grow at different elevations. The lab is located at the Nikko Branch (Nikko Botanical Garden) of the Botanical Gardens, Graduate School of Science.
Ma Lei, Associate Professor
AI & Machine Learning0 student voices
The Ma Lab studies quality assurance for building trustworthy AI systems, in the area where software engineering and AI overlap. The lab works on testing, analysis, verification, interpretation, and attack and defense for software that incorporates machine learning.
Shinya Takamaeda, Professor
Software & Computing0 student voices
The Takamaeda Lab (CASYS) studies computer architecture, the field that deals with the structure and design techniques of computers. Its work includes application-specific hardware, in-memory computing, methods for co-designing machine learning and hardware, and compilers that support hardware design. The lab also researches software that makes computers easier to use, such as compilers and programming systems. Because of building renovation, the faculty offices and the lab have temporarily relocated (as of September 2026).
Yoshihide Yoshimoto, Associate Professor
Quantum & Condensed Matter0 student voices
The Yoshimoto Lab studies fields at the boundary between computational science and computer science, centered on first-principles electronic structure calculation. Computational science has grown alongside the development of computers as a new scientific method, following experiment and theory. Today, as the way computers work has become more complex, computational science and computer science need to work together. The lab aims to provide education and research that help foster exchange between these two fields.
Takahiro Shinagawa, Professor
Software & Computing0 student voices
The Shinagawa Lab studies system software, centered on operating systems (OS) and virtualization software. System software holds special privileges that allow it to control the entire computer, and it greatly affects the performance and security of the whole system. Through new system abstractions, the lab aims to improve the security and performance of today's computers. Because Building 7 of the Faculty of Science is under renovation, the lab has temporarily moved to Building 8 of the Faculty of Engineering (faculty offices) and Building 12 of the Faculty of Engineering (student rooms), as of September 2026.
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