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Shuichiro Yoshida, Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Farmland and Environmental Engineering Lab studies farmland and environmental problems based on the science of soil and water. Farmland around the world faces a range of environmental problems, including salt accumulation in arid regions, groundwater contamination from fertilizer runoff, and overuse of water resources. In Japan too, the foundations that support agriculture are at a major turning point, due to a shortage of farmers, the introduction of crops to replace rice, and advances in information and communication technology. The lab addresses these issues with methods suited to each subject, including field measurements, GIS, experiments with physical models, and computer simulations.
Tsutom Hiura, Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The Forest Biosphere Management Lab conducts research aimed at understanding, and taking action on, how to maintain the diversity of forests and the organisms that live in them. Forests are home to a wide variety of organisms, and they serve many functions, such as maintaining the global environment and providing resources that support our livelihoods. At the same time, forests face many problems, including shrinking area due to development and declining quality due to timber use. With a particular focus on the relationship with human activity, the lab aims to gain and propose the knowledge and technologies needed to sustain diverse and rich forests over the long term.
Tetsuya Araki, Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The International Information Agriculture Lab (Araki Lab) studies topics surrounding food, mainly in Japan and Asia. The fields it covers are wide-ranging, from food science and food engineering to food distribution, the relationship between food and society, and contributions to the international community. The lab pursues interdisciplinary research that is not bound by the divide between the sciences and the humanities, and aims to develop people who can come up with new ideas.
Sakiko Shiratori, Associate Professor
Economics & Social Systems1 student voices
The International Environmental Economics Lab studies issues surrounding agriculture, the environment, and food through data-driven empirical analysis. One pillar of the lab's work is the analysis of agricultural production and land use using GIS and remote sensing, along with the analysis of consumer demand and policy evaluation through surveys. The other pillar is agricultural development economics, which investigates food security, nutrition, and related issues in developing regions through field surveys and quantitative analysis. In both areas, collecting data and analyzing it quantitatively is at the heart of the research.
Mitsuo Yamamoto, Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The International Agricultural Development Lab (Yamamoto Lab) studies the development of environmental technologies and the conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems, with a focus on the connections among forests, rivers, and the sea. To address isoyake, in which seaweed communities (seaweed beds) decline and disappear, the lab develops technologies that restore and create seaweed beds by supplying iron, through both fundamental research and field trials. To protect coastal ecosystems, the lab also studies the movement of materials, centered on iron, in river basins and coastal areas. The lab also works on marine environmental conservation using underused resources such as agricultural waste.
Yutaro Sakai, Associate Professor
Economics & Social Systems1 student voices
The International Fisheries Development Lab conducts wide-ranging research centered on fisheries policy and fisheries economics. Aiming to achieve harmony between aquatic environments and human society, the lab takes on research from basic to applied, regardless of field. Students can take a cross-disciplinary approach that is not bound by a single area of specialization, and can conduct joint research with local researchers in overseas fieldwork sites. The lab's vision is to train people who can work on the international stage, and to be an active and open lab.
Takeshi Haga, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare1 student voices
The Infection Control Lab studies how to control infectious diseases in the veterinary field. Because measures against infectious diseases differ depending on the animals involved, such as pets, livestock, laboratory animals, and wildlife, the lab deals with a wide range of issues. The lab pursues basic research for infection control, including the detection of pathogens, analysis of the process from infection to the onset of disease, and vaccines for prevention. Based on the idea of One Health, which holds that human health, animal health, and environmental conservation are all connected, the lab aims to return its research results to society.
Takayuki Nakagawa, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare1 student voices
The Veterinary Surgery Lab studies clinically focused topics, centered on tumors (cancer) in dogs and cats. The lab's activities consist of research and clinical care. Its guiding approach is translational research: problems found in the clinic are investigated through basic research, and the results are then tested in clinical cases. The lab works on projects such as establishing tumor cell lines and developing CAR-T cell therapy, which uses the power of the immune system to attack cancer. The lab recruits graduate students, undergraduate students, and researchers regardless of their university or research background, and welcomes lab visits and consultations at any time.
Uchida Kazuyuki, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Veterinary Pathology Lab studies how animal diseases develop (pathogenesis). Alongside research, the lab teaches veterinary pathology and performs pathological diagnosis of animal cases referred by animal hospitals and other clinics. Its main research themes are diseases of the nervous system and muscles in animals. By comparing diseases in humans and various animal species, the lab explores why diseases occur. The lab also studies the diagnosis and pathogenesis of animal tumors and amyloidosis.
Keitaro Yamanouchi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Veterinary Physiology Lab studies how mammals maintain both the individual and the species, under the theme of "molecular mechanisms of growth and reproduction." The lab's research rests on two pillars: the development and regeneration of skeletal muscle, and the function of the central nervous system, including the brain. The lab makes extensive use of genetically modified rats and knockout mice that it has generated itself. Findings in mice do not necessarily apply to humans or other animals, so the lab values a comparative perspective across species.
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