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Mitsunori Iwataki, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Coastal Marine Environment Lab studies the phylogeny, taxonomy, and distribution of harmful microalgae that cause red tides and shellfish toxins. Microalgae are tiny algae visible only under a microscope. They support biological production in the sea, but some species produce harmful substances. Working mainly in coastal areas of Japan and Southeast Asia, the lab identifies species by observing fine cell structures and analyzing genes. Students study in the same room and attend the same seminars as the Aquatic Bioenvironment Lab, so they also have the chance to learn about zooplankton and oceanography.
Mitsutaku Makino, Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The Makino Lab studies approaches that reconcile the use and conservation of the ocean. Rather than looking at marine ecosystems and human society separately, the lab focuses on how the two interact. Crossing the boundary between science and society, the lab works with international organizations, governments, industry, and civil society to co-create knowledge. The lab extends what it learns in Japan to the Asia-Pacific and the world, and considers sustainable relationships between people and the ocean globally.
Kentaro Morita, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Morita Lab studies the dynamics of populations and communities of aquatic organisms. From rivers and coasts to the open ocean, the lab combines field surveys with mathematical models to investigate the evolution of life history and population fluctuations. It also examines how human activities such as dams, invasive species, fishing, and stocking affect fish. To leave precious aquatic organisms and nature to the next generation, the lab places importance on the perspective of conservation ecology.
Shuichi Asakawa, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Aquatic Biotechnology Lab studies the genes and proteins of organisms that live in water, such as fish, shellfish, and plankton. The lab investigates how genes and proteins are involved in life phenomena such as development, growth, adaptation to the environment, reproduction, and aging. Using methods from genetic engineering, biochemistry, and cell biology, the lab also carries out genome analysis and studies of the functions of RNA. Its subjects range widely from bacteria to dolphins and whales, and its work covers both basic and applied research.
Hideki Ushio, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Fisheries Chemistry Lab aims to uncover the biological strategies that aquatic organisms have acquired over the course of evolution, and to put them to use as effectively as possible. The lab combines methods from biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, physical chemistry, and bioinformatics. Its subjects range widely from microorganisms to mammals, and its results extend into the fields of food, energy, and the environment. Because fish and shellfish resources are limited, the lab places importance on wasting nothing and making use of them to the very end.
Kataaki Okubo, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Aquatic Physiology Lab studies the mechanisms that determine fish physiological functions and behavior. Fish are vertebrates like humans and share a similar body plan, but they also have features not seen in humans, such as sex change and migration. The lab tackles questions such as why fish can change sex so easily and how they adapt to diverse environments ranging from freshwater to the sea. Questions about the research or the lab, and lab visits, are welcome at any time.
Akinori Takasuka, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Fisheries Resource Science Lab conducts research on the sustainable use of fishery resources such as fish. The lab seeks to understand the mechanisms by which fishery resources increase and decrease, including their relationships with fisheries and with marine and river environments. To this end, it studies the life history of fish, including their reproduction, growth, survival, and migration. The lab aims to make this research a scientific foundation for assessing and managing fishery resources.
Asuka Kamei, Project Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Food Function Science Endowed Lab studies "food function science," which analyzes the nutrition, taste, and body-regulating functions of food together. Aiming to improve quality of life and well-being, the lab seeks to clarify the primary, secondary, and tertiary functions of food at the molecular level. Using model organisms and other systems, the lab aims to reveal the power of food through analyses based on molecular biology and biochemistry. The lab was established as an endowed chair funded by a donation from the Toyo Food Research Institute, and it actively pursues joint research with companies.
Keitaro Tanoi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Radiation Plant Physiology Lab uses radioisotopes to study how nutrients and photosynthetic products move inside plants. Using radioisotopes, the lab has developed technology to observe inorganic substances and photosynthetic products inside plants in real time without damaging them. With this and other technologies, the lab aims to clarify how substances move inside plants. Its goal is to develop crops that can grow on farmland with little fertilizer, in arid regions, and in highly saline soil.
Hideaki Nojiri, Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The Environmental Conservation Engineering Lab studies the ability of bacteria to break down environmental pollutants at the level of enzymes, genes, and cells. The lab aims to understand the unusual metabolic capabilities of bacteria at the molecular level and to apply that knowledge to uses such as pollution cleanup. Researchers use a wide range of biotechnology methods, including biochemistry, genetic engineering, genome biology, and structural biology. The lab puts effort into training researchers who can communicate their work internationally, for example by creating opportunities for graduate students to present overseas, and it actively welcomes international students.
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