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Satoshi Tanaka, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Cellular Biochemistry Lab studies how placental stem cells differentiate and how gene function is regulated. The mammalian body develops from a fertilized egg, and cells, influenced by their surroundings, differentiate into specific cell types. The lab focuses on the placenta, an organ characteristic of mammals, and conducts basic research on the differentiation of its stem cells. The lab is also studying the mechanisms of RNA splicing and "RNA diseases," which arise from defects in splicing and related processes.
Sugiura Koji, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences1 student voices
The Applied Genetics Lab studies how the ovaries of mammals develop and how sperm are produced. Using techniques from reproductive engineering and developmental engineering, the lab introduces genes into eggs, sperm, tissues, and whole animals to examine gene function and its regulation. This approach of deliberately altering genes to investigate their function is called reverse genetics. Undergraduate students from the Major in Animal Life Sciences and the Major in Veterinary Medical Sciences, and graduate students from the Department of Animal Resource Sciences, belong to the lab.
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.
Yoshihiro Ohmori, Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture1 student voices
The Ohmori Lab studies how to confer the resilience of wild rice on cultivated rice. Chemical fertilizers have greatly increased humanity's food productivity, but their heavy use causes groundwater pollution, eutrophication of marine waters, and global warming. In nature, wild rice, which refers to relatives of rice that have not been domesticated, survives in harsh environments. Using an approach called multi-omics analysis, the lab investigates this strength and develops rice that grows well with less fertilizer and rice that is tolerant of temperature and light stress.
Hiroyuki Muraoka, Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The Silviculture Lab studies how trees respond to their environment and the soils of forests. Silviculture is the discipline of growing healthy forests so that ecosystem services continue into the future without compromising the functioning of the ecosystem. Trees and forests take a long time to grow, and the environment changes during that time. The lab therefore covers a broad range of topics, from plant photosynthesis and growth and the cycling of materials in soil to the relationship between climate change and forests.
Wei Guo, Associate Professor
AI & Machine Learning1 student voices
The Guo Lab researches technologies that evaluate the growth and performance of living organisms, from the cellular level to the population level. Using image pattern recognition, machine learning, and sensing technologies, the lab develops algorithms and applications that measure quickly and with high accuracy. The lab is an endowed chair established in November 2021 with financial support from Sarabetsu Village in Hokkaido. The lab also works to speed up the social implementation of these new technologies so that they are used in actual farming settings.
Saito Hiroaki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Saito Lab studies the roles plankton play in marine food webs and in the cycling of biogenic elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Plankton produce organic matter and form the foundation of marine ecosystems, and by being eaten by fish and other animals, they support fisheries production. The lab holds lab seminars, conducts research cruises, and carries out research jointly with the Plankton Group at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute. The lab also explores ways to use sustainably the marine ecosystem services that underpin human society.
Jun Hayakawa, Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture0 student voices
The Biological Resource Regeneration Lab was newly established to investigate how the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake affected the coastal ecosystems and biological resources of Sanriku. Through diving surveys and rearing experiments, the lab investigates the relationships between commercially important benthos, such as abalone and sea urchins, and other organisms, as well as how they use seaweed beds. The lab also studies the ecology and taxonomy of crabs that live in seaweed beds, such as kelp crabs. Surveys along the Sanriku coast are based at the Otsuchi Coastal Research Center in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture.
Sachihiko Itoh, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
Itoh Lab studies how changes in the ocean environment affect ecosystems and fishery resources. Photosynthesis in the ocean is supported by nutrients carried up from deeper layers, and the survival of fish eggs and larvae varies greatly depending on where ocean currents carry them. The lab combines observations made from research vessels in Japan's coastal waters and the North Pacific with computer-based ecosystem modeling and data analysis. Students can also join research cruises and learn while experiencing the ocean as a field site.
Kentaro Sakamoto, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Sakamoto Lab studies how marine animals such as seabirds and sea turtles behave and live in the wild. The lab uses biologging, a method in which small data recorders with sensors are attached to animals to record the behavior of freely moving animals. The lab conducts field surveys along the Sanriku coast in Iwate Prefecture, studying streaked shearwaters that gather on uninhabited islands and sea turtles that arrive in summer. The large amount of recorded measurement data is analyzed by computer to interpret animal behavior.
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