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Ichigaku Takigawa, Professor
AI & Machine Learning0 student voices
The Takigawa Lab conducts research to create "new information science" that helps us understand life. The lab does no experiments and is a 100% dry lab, doing all of its research computationally. The lab designs machine learning and machine discovery algorithms for complex data that cannot be represented by numbers alone, such as metabolism, chemical reactions, and three-dimensional structures. It is a new lab that started in April 2025, and it accepts undergraduate thesis students from the Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology.
Koji Tsuda, Professor
AI & Machine Learning0 student voices
Tsuda Lab studies the theory of machine learning, data mining, and statistical science. The lab applies this theory to a wide range of fields, including molecular biology, protein science, organic chemistry, and materials science. In collaboration with experimental researchers at institutions such as the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and RIKEN, the lab works on developing new molecules and materials.
Yutaka Suzuki, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Suzuki Lab uses next-generation sequencers to read large amounts of genetic data and study diseases and the mechanisms of life. The lab works on cancer, long-read DNA analysis, spatial transcriptomics (analysis that identifies where genes are active within tissue), and infectious diseases and immunity, among other topics. The lab also studies gene activity in the bodies of healthy people, with the aim of rethinking the concepts of "health" and "mibyō" (the pre-disease state). The lab seeks to understand how genetic mutations affect the way genes function, by modeling this through both experiments and computation.
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Tsunoda Lab aims to overcome diseases such as cancer by studying how diseases are related to biological phenomena such as immunity. The lab analyzes huge volumes of biomolecular data obtained from many clinical specimens using methods such as deep learning and quantum computing. The lab finds new causes of disease, reconstructs the relationships among those causes as a network, and thereby understands the mechanisms of disease as a whole. The lab places more emphasis on analytical methodology than on experiments, and attracts a diverse mix of people, including clinicians, researchers who love mathematics, and international researchers.
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.
Koji Kadota, Associate Professor
Data Science & Statistics0 student voices
The Bioinformatics Analysis Lab conducts research centered on developing methods for bioinformatics, especially transcriptome analysis. Its work ranges from developing algorithms and software to writing practical guides for data analysis, with diverse themes matched to each student's interests and skills. The faculty members' main duties include lecturing for the Agricultural Bioinformatics Education and Research Unit, so the situation differs greatly from that of a typical lab. Communication is mainly through Slack, and the lab has no core hours.
Yoichi Noda, Project Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The lab studies the budding yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, which is used to brew lager beer. This yeast is an allopolyploid, meaning it carries chromosomes derived from two different yeast species. The lab investigates, at the molecular level, the properties that arise from this distinctive chromosome structure, focusing on their relationship to stress response. It is a social collaboration research division housed in the Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology and operated with support from Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Fumihiko Hakuno, Associate Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Animal Cell Regulation Lab studies how animals adapt to environmental changes and sustain life, from the perspective of signal transmission within the body. The lab focuses on nutrient components such as amino acids, and on hormones such as insulin and IGF. When the regulation of these actions goes wrong, it can lead to growth abnormalities and diseases such as fatty liver and diabetes. By clarifying these mechanisms, the lab aims to develop new methods of prevention and treatment, and to create high-quality food resources such as marbled meat.
Souichiro Kato, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Applied Microbiology Lab studies the unique functions and metabolism of microorganisms. The lab works with microbes that use hydrogen to make organic compounds from carbon dioxide, methanogenic archaea that produce natural gas underground, and microbes involved in the fermentation of indigo dyeing. The lab searches for microorganisms with new functions, uncovers the mechanisms behind them, enhances those functions through genetic engineering, and aims to apply them to new biotechnology. The lab also hunts for microbes that make people say, “Wow, microbes can do that too?”
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