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Tatsuhiro Shibata, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The lab studies a wide range of diseases, including cancer and lifestyle-related diseases, from the perspective of the genome. Using state-of-the-art genome analysis and bioinformatics technologies, the lab reveals new genes involved in disease and the full landscape of genomic alterations. The lab aims to find therapeutic targets and biomarkers, and to achieve breakthroughs that lead to treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
Toshifumi Inada, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The RNA Regulation Lab studies the quality control mechanisms that allow cells to synthesize proteins accurately. When abnormal proteins accumulate in a cell, many cellular functions are impaired. The lab investigates, at the molecular level, quality control mechanisms such as ribosome-associated quality control (RQC), which monitors for aberrant translation and degrades partially synthesized proteins. The lab aims to contribute to the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and of aging, and to provide a foundation for drug discovery.
Mutsuhiro Takekawa, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Molecular Signal Regulation Lab studies the mechanisms by which information is transmitted inside cells (signal transduction). It focuses in particular on the “MAP kinase cascade,” which determines whether a cell proliferates, differentiates, survives, or dies, and on “stress granules,” which form inside cells under stress. The lab aims to clarify why these mechanisms break down in cancer, autoimmune diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and other conditions, and to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
Yuji Yamanashi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Tumor Suppression Lab studies the signal transduction mechanisms that regulate cell function. It aims to understand cancers and immune, neurological, and muscular diseases that arise when these mechanisms break down, and to apply that understanding to diagnosis and treatment. The lab discovered the protein Dok-7, which builds the neuromuscular junction connecting motor neurons and muscles, and clarified the myasthenia caused by its abnormalities. Based on this discovery, the lab is researching therapies that improve motor function by strengthening the formation of neuromuscular junctions.
Kei Sato, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Systems Virology lab studies the relationship between viruses and the hosts they infect. Centered on experimental virology, the lab combines approaches such as bioinformatics, molecular evolution, and mathematical science. The lab regards each virus as a single "system" (an integrated whole) and aims to understand it from a variety of perspectives. The lab leads "G2P-Japan," a research consortium that investigates the properties of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Cevayir Coban, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Malaria Immunology Lab studies the immune responses that occur in the body during malaria infection. Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, infects both mammals and Anopheles mosquitoes as hosts, and it has a variety of strategies for evading the immune system. The lab uses mouse malaria models, genetically modified mice, imaging, and other approaches to investigate how the parasite and its host interact. The lab aims to create new ways of protecting people from malaria, such as therapeutic drugs and vaccines.
Ken J Ishii, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Vaccine Science Lab studies how vaccines activate the body's immune system. The lab investigates how the immune system recognizes nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) derived from pathogens and the body's own cells, and what responses they trigger. Using this knowledge, the lab works on developing nucleic acid-based vaccines, adjuvants, and immunotherapies. The lab aims to provide an environment where students can learn broadly, from basic immunology research to practical vaccine development.
Yasushi Kawaguchi, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Viral Pathogenesis and Control Lab studies how viruses replicate and cause disease, focusing mainly on herpes simplex virus. Herpes simplex virus causes encephalitis and diseases of the skin and mucous membranes, and no vaccine has been developed yet. Using viruses as a clue, the lab also uncovers cellular mechanisms that are hard to find in ordinary biological research. Even if you have no experience in virology or biology, the lab's staff will give you careful guidance.
Megumi Haruna, Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Maternal Nursing and Midwifery Lab studies the health of women and babies from pregnancy through childbirth and the postpartum period. Using biochemical and physiological methods as well as fieldwork in Japan and abroad, the lab clarifies what is happening in practice and develops methods of support. The lab has set up laboratory facilities that are unusual in nursing, and aims to provide care based on scientific evidence. The master's program in the graduate school has a midwifery education course that qualifies students to sit for the national midwife examination.
Kyoko Yoshioka, Associate Professor
Medicine & Healthcare0 student voices
The Community Health Nursing Lab studies ways to improve the health and quality of life (QOL) of people living in the community and people receiving care at home. The lab supports not only individuals and families but also the whole community, treating it as a single unit. The lab works on building community care systems that allow older adults and people with disabilities to keep living in the communities they are familiar with, and on supporting the healthy development of children. In the master's program's Public Health Nurse Education Course, the lab trains public health nurses, who play a central role in building healthy communities.
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