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Shin-Ichi Ito, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The lab studies the mechanisms behind the distribution, movement, and fluctuation of marine living resources from the perspective of the ocean's physical environment. Recent research is increasingly showing that fishery resources such as Japanese sardine and Pacific saury change substantially because of ecosystem changes that begin with fluctuations in the ocean's physical environment. Using field observations, data analysis, and numerical modeling, the lab investigates the actual structure and variability of the ocean, as well as the relationship between the marine environment and organisms. The lab also joins research cruises on research vessels and collects ocean data itself.
Yoko Iwata, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The lab studies marine animals that humans use as resources, focusing on the mechanisms behind natural fluctuations in their numbers and their survival strategies. The maturation and spawning of marine animals, the growth and survival of their offspring, and their migration all vary with the marine environment. The lab focuses on the reproduction and life history of cephalopods such as squid, as well as shellfish and fish, and also investigates the ecology of closely associated organisms. Through diving-based field surveys and rearing experiments, the lab places importance on direct contact with living organisms and careful observation.
Koji Hamasaki, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Microbiology group studies the functions of marine microbes and the roles they play in sustaining the global environment. Seawater is home to many invisible microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria, and protists. The group investigates microbial diversity and its relationship with the environment, as well as microbial metabolism that supports material cycling, from both basic and applied perspectives. Samples are collected from a wide range of seas in Japan and abroad, including both polar regions, through cruises on large research vessels and field surveys at marine laboratories.
Yuichiro Nishibe, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Plankton Lab studies the ecology and physiological characteristics of plankton and micronekton that live widely in the ocean. It aims to clarify how marine ecosystems work and the roles these organisms play within them. The lab holds a weekly seminar where members present papers and research to one another, and it conducts joint research with faculty members within the institute, including those at the Center for International Collaboration. Lab visits and tours are accepted at any time, and online meetings are also available.
Kiyoshi Kikuchi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement Lab uses genome information to study the natural evolution of marine organisms and the evolution driven by human hands (breeding). Based at the Fisheries Laboratory on the shore of Lake Hamana, the lab combines state-of-the-art bioinformatics with experimental biology, in which organisms are actually reared and studied. Its work includes the evolution of sex determination mechanisms in fish, breeding improvement using genomic prediction, and the history of wild fish and shellfish populations. The lab is recruiting undergraduate and graduate students as research colleagues, and undergraduates from other universities are also welcome to join.
Kazutaka Takahashi, Professor
Environment & Sustainability0 student voices
The Aquatic Biology and Environment Lab studies the taxonomy, ecology, and environmental adaptation of bacteria and phytoplankton living in water. Changes in the aquatic environment first appear in water quality and bottom sediments, and then in the lives and species composition of small organisms such as plankton and bacteria. Through both laboratory experiments and field surveys conducted aboard research vessels, the lab characterizes the features of aquatic environments. Based on this understanding, the lab aims to protect aquatic environments such as oceans and lakes.
Keiichiro Taniguchi, Project Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Taniguchi Lab studies new ways to design and operate buildings using environmental simulation and IoT technology. The lab works on topics such as air-conditioning systems that respond to uneven temperatures within a room and to differences in how individual people feel heat and cold. The lab welcomes students who want to acquire new skills such as simulation and machine learning. Together with the Akashi Lab and the Miyata Lab, the lab forms the "Architecture GX Research Group" and carries out joint activities.
Shohei Miyata, Project Lecturer
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Miyata Lab researches the foundational technologies for making buildings smart, and how to use them. The lab develops models that reproduce building services such as air conditioning on a computer, and control methods that operate equipment based on data. It is a new lab established through the "Smart Building System Social Cooperation Program," run jointly with companies, and it works together with the Akashi Lab. Research here mostly assumes programming skills, but Prof. Miyata himself had no programming experience until entering the master's program, and encourages students to grow through research.
Hideki Yoshioka, Associate Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
Yoshioka Lab specializes in building fire safety engineering and urban fire safety, conducting engineering research on safety against fire. The lab works on topics such as fire spread across combustible exterior walls, the toxicity of gases produced in fires, and fire prevention measures during construction work. The lab carries out its research through fire experiments and computer-based fire simulations, in collaboration with research institutions and companies in Japan and abroad. In addition to the topics introduced here, students can also take up topics related to fire safety in general and evacuation safety during fires.
Takafumi Noguchi, Professor
Civil Engineering, Architecture & Urban0 student voices
The Noguchi Lab researches and develops building materials based on the concept of “Architectural Genome Theory.” Architectural Genome Theory is an approach that traces the units that make up a building back to chemical substances in order to examine the building's quality, performance, and behavior. The lab's research covers not only concrete but also soil, mycelium, cellulose, gels, and waste roof tiles. Together with the Maruyama Lab and the Yoshioka Lab, the lab operates as the “Building Materials Lab.”
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