Labs in Tohoku University

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A lab that explores animal immune function at the level of tissues and cells.

The Animal Functional Morphology Lab studies how the function and form of organs involved in animal immunity are established. Newborn livestock have immature immune systems and are exposed to the risk of infection by pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The lab focuses on how maternally transferred immunity is passed from mother to offspring and how the young acquire and develop their own immune function, examining immune-related organs in the mother and in offspring around weaning. The lab aims to identify molecules involved in immune function in mothers and offspring, and to use them as targets to build a production system for livestock with enhanced immune function.

#Maternal-fetal immune transfer #Immune organs #Fecal microbiota transplantation

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A lab that explores how fisheries resources work by studying the lives of coastal fish and shellfish.

The Fisheries Resource Ecology Lab studies the ways of life of fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and other organisms living in the ocean, rivers, and lakes. In addition to their feeding, growth, and reproduction, the lab examines relationships among organisms and with their environment, aiming to understand how nature works. The lab believes that understanding how nature works is the foundation for continuing to use biological resources, an essential source of food for people, sustainably into the future.

#Resource ecology #Coastal fisheries #Environmental DNA

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The lab elucidates how microbial metabolism and substance production work.

The Applied Microbiology Lab investigates the mechanisms behind the diverse metabolic pathways and substance-production abilities of bacteria and fungi, and conducts research and education aimed at applying them in agriculture, food, chemistry, the environment, and health. The diverse ability of microorganisms to convert substances has a major influence on global material cycles. It is also the foundation of processes that convert the sugars, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids produced in agriculture. The lab pursues basic research centered on microbial surface structures, metabolic functions, and the regulation of gene expression.

#Microbial metabolism #Material production #Gene expression regulation

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The lab explores how proteins work from their three-dimensional structures.

The Applied Biomolecular Analysis Lab aims to clarify how various proteins work from their three-dimensional structures, focusing on proteins related to disease. Using molecular analysis methods such as X-ray crystallography, spectroscopic analysis, and thermodynamic analysis, the lab investigates in detail how each protein functions. The lab also conducts research aimed at applying the properties it uncovers to the design of new materials with higher-order functions.

#Protein three-dimensional structure #X-ray crystallography #Staphylococcus aureus

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The lab studies breeding through the genes of Brassicaceae plants and rice.

The Plant Genetics and Breeding Lab studies the genes involved in useful traits, and their functions, using mainly Brassicaceae plants and rice. The lab also works on developing breeding techniques by examining genetic variation. Main research topics include self-incompatibility, the genetic mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance, and the conservation and management of Brassicaceae genetic resources.

#Brassicaceae plants #Rice #Breeding technology

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The lab explores the interaction and evolution of plants and viruses.

The Plant Pathology Lab studies the interaction and evolution of cucumber mosaic virus and plants. At the molecular level, it investigates how plants fend off viruses and what viruses do when they infect a plant without causing disease. Another line of research combines experiments with mathematical modeling to analyze the social behavior shown by virus populations. The lab aims to establish control technologies that target weaknesses in the viruses' social systems.

#Plant viruses #Resistance genes #Mathematical modeling

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The lab investigates the physiology of ruminants, aiming to create sustainable husbandry technologies.

The Animal Physiology Lab studies the physiology of digestion and nutrition in ruminants such as beef cattle, dairy cows, and sheep. For beef cattle, it analyzes "physiological and biological information" that combines data ranging from blood and rumen components and gene expression in tissues to performance at shipment, aiming to create husbandry technologies. For dairy cows, it works on developing technologies to lower the risk of diseases and reproductive disorders that are common around calving. The lab originated in the livestock physiology chair of the Faculty of Agriculture at Tohoku Imperial University, and it also values developing people through research.

#Ruminants #Rumen #Methane emissions

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A lab that studies food and agricultural policy in Asia and Africa from the field.

The International Development Studies Lab studies the policies and institutions needed to solve problems of food, resources, and the environment. Its keywords are Asia, Africa, development, resources, food, agriculture, policies and institutions, and agribusiness. Drawing on findings from area studies of Asia and Africa and analytical methods from development economics, the lab aims for research that is both empirical and theoretical. Students are also expected to go directly into the field, in developing and developed countries, to conduct research.

#Food and agriculture #Policies and institutions #Agribusiness

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A lab of animal reproductive science that explores how sperm function and how they are produced.

The Animal Reproductive Science Lab studies reproductive phenomena at the molecular level, using mammals (mice, pigs, and cattle). In addition to investigating how sperm function and how they are produced, the lab analyzes the effects of environmental chemicals on embryogenesis and development. One of its goals is to develop techniques for artificially manipulating reproductive phenomena, as well as developmental engineering technologies. In the endowed research unit “Reproductive Technology Development Laboratory Repro-SOLEIL,” the lab works to advance and improve advanced assisted reproductive technologies, mainly targeting male infertility.

#Spermatogenesis #Developmental engineering #Environmental chemicals