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Yasuo Ohnishi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Fermentation Microbiology Lab studies the diverse biological phenomena exhibited by microorganisms. In particular, it focuses on actinomycetes, soil bacteria that produce antibiotics and other compounds, and examines the mechanisms behind their morphological changes and compound production. The lab searches for new biosynthetic enzymes for compounds made by microorganisms, investigates how they work, and also takes on the production of useful substances. It is a lab committed to originality in research and to carrying out experiments thoroughly.
Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Molecular Breeding Lab conducts research under the keywords "elucidating and exploring microbial functions." The lab discovers unknown functions encoded in microbial genes and uncovers the basic principles behind them. It aims to apply this work to creating new useful substances and to understanding the complex interactions between organisms. Its research rests on two pillars: studies of enzymes that produce natural compounds, and studies of how microorganisms adapt to stress.
Tohru Terada, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Biological Information Engineering Lab uses computers to study how proteins work. The lab uses a wide range of computational biology methods, including bioinformatics, molecular simulation, and machine learning. Its work includes calculating how enzymes drive chemical reactions, simulating protein motion, and predicting protein function. The lab also actively carries out joint research with experimental researchers.
Satoshi Kida, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Nutritional Chemistry Lab studies brain nutrition, a field that focuses on the brain, nutrition, and food. The lab investigates how memories of food regulate eating behavior and how memories are controlled in the brain. It uses a variety of methods, including behavioral analysis and imaging in mice, biochemistry, and molecular biology. The lab is also working on developing treatments for psychiatric disorders, including PTSD.
Rota Wagai, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Pedosphere Science Lab studies the properties and functions of soil. Soil is a mixture of minerals, organic matter, and microorganisms, and it has attracted attention as a key hub in the cycling of carbon and nutrients. Building on soil science, biogeochemistry, and microbial ecology, the lab uses a wide range of methods, from field surveys and laboratory experiments to synchrotron X-ray analysis. The lab is recruiting graduate students and postdocs who aim to become researchers active worldwide.
Toru Fujiwara, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Lab studies how plants absorb, transport, and use nutrients. To support future food production while reducing environmental impact, the lab conducts research on plant nutrition. Alongside basic research that uncovers these mechanisms, the lab aims to develop crops that grow with less fertilizer and plants that help protect the environment. Lab visits are accepted at any time.
Tatsuhiro Hisatsune, Associate Professor
Medicine & Healthcare1 student voices
The Hisatsune Lab studies how the brain works, with the aim of preventing brain aging and dementia. The brain was long thought to only decline once we reach adulthood, but the lab's research has shown that the adult brain retains the ability to grow and repair itself. The lab conducts research on learning and memory using mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, as well as research on preventing brain aging with the cooperation of elderly volunteers. It has become clear that brain aging can be slowed to some extent by improving lifestyle habits, and the lab hopes to improve brain health and thereby support healthy longevity.
Satoko Arai, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Food Chemistry Lab studies how the food environment affects the mechanisms of immunity and homeostasis. The modern food environment, in which overnutrition and processed foods are commonplace, is a new environment for our bodies, which took shape over a long course of evolution. The lab investigates, from the molecular level to the whole organism, the molecular changes that food causes in the body, the immune responses to them, and their effects on organs throughout the body and on the brain. The lab has a long history and has just started under a new professor with a new structure.
Satoshi Hachimura, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Immune Regulation Lab studies the mechanisms of intestinal immunity and the regulation of immunity and allergy by food. The intestine is in contact every day with the food that is eaten and with gut bacteria, making it one of the largest immune sites in the body. The lab investigates how food allergy develops and how it is suppressed, as well as ways to modulate immune function with food components. The lab is part of the Research Center for Food Safety in the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Ryuichiro Sato, Project Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Nutrition and Life Sciences Lab investigates the mechanisms of lipid metabolism and skeletal muscle aging at the molecular level, and searches for food components that act on them. Aiming to extend healthy life expectancy, the lab conducts research on maintaining health in middle-aged and older adults and on the muscle decline that comes with age. It currently operates as the "Food Well-being Integrated Science" Social Collaboration Program (commonly called "Shoku-Well"), which was established as the successor to the lab's previous program. The lab works in close cooperation with the Food Biochemistry Lab, including holding joint seminars.
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