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Osamu Numata, Specially Appointed Professor
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The Organelle Cell Biology Lab aims to understand, from the perspective of molecular cell biology, the mechanisms by which genetic information, cell structures, and organelles are maintained and inherited. The lab also studies how cellular functions emerge and how the assembly of cell structures is regulated. The lab's website introduces the ciliate Tetrahymena and the fission yeast. Tetrahymena shows high motility through ciliary movement and active phagocytosis, and fission yeast is regarded as a model organism that allows precise analysis.
Tomoki Chiba, Professor
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The Chiba Lab studies the mechanism by which proteins in the body are selected and degraded (selective protein degradation) and its physiological roles. Its central questions are how selective protein degradation is regulated and how it controls biological functions. Abnormalities in selective protein degradation cause diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and lifestyle-related diseases. Basic research of this kind is expected to help elucidate disease mechanisms and develop therapeutic drugs.
Yutaro Hama, Project Assistant Professor (Early Career Support)
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The lab of Project Assistant Professor Yutaro Hama (Research Encouragement) studies the molecular mechanisms and structural evolution of intracellular degradation. Its fields of specialty are molecular cell biology and structural biology. In the faculty list of the College of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, the lab is listed under molecular cell biology.
Kazuo Inaba, Professor
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The Inaba Lab uses marine organisms to study the structure and motility mechanisms of cilia and flagella, as well as their evolution. Cilia, sometimes called the "hairs of the cell," move cells and generate water flow through wave-like beating. The lab is located inside the Shimoda Marine Research Center, which faces the sea, and works with diverse organisms such as ascidians, sea urchins, ctenophores (comb jellies), and fishes. The lab also investigates at the molecular level how sperm move and fertilize eggs.
Kazutoshi Tani, Professor
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The Tani Lab studies photosynthetic complexes, membrane proteins, and microbial environmental response systems through structural biology. The lab aims to understand the design principles and network-formation principles of the molecular systems that life has acquired over the course of evolution. It takes on the question: "Why is life so diverse, yet built on shared principles?" By understanding the design principles common to living systems, the lab hopes to contribute to new developments in life science.
Fuminori Tsuruta, Assistant Professor
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The Molecular Neurobiology Lab studies the interactions between neurons and glial cells in the brain. Focusing on microglia and astrocytes among glial cells, the lab investigates what roles they play in neurogenesis, synapse formation, and the maintenance of brain homeostasis. Through this research, the lab aims to contribute to understanding developmental disorders and cerebrovascular diseases caused by glial abnormalities. The lab welcomes motivated students who are interested in the molecular mechanisms of glial function.
Kowit Hengphasatporn, Assistant Professor
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The Computational Structural Biology Lab studies in silico screening and design of antiviral drugs. Assistant Professor Kowit Hengphasatporn specializes in computational structural biology. In the faculty list of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Kowit Hengphasatporn is introduced as a faculty member in the field of genome informatics.
Takuro Nakayama, Assistant Professor
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The lab of Assistant Professor Takuro Nakayama focuses on the biological phenomenon in which completely different organisms live in symbiosis and behave as a single organism. The mitochondria in our cells and the chloroplasts in plant leaves are thought to have originated from bacteria that once entered cells as endosymbionts and became established. The lab investigates the evolutionary path of this process. The lab also studies the diversity and ecology of symbiotic microbes, and explores the evolution of single-celled eukaryotes through genome analysis and other approaches. Assistant Professor Nakayama belongs to the Molecular Evolution Group of the Life Sciences Division at the Center for Computational Sciences.
Koji Nakamura, Professor
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The Genome Microbiology Lab analyzes new mechanisms of gene expression regulation by functional RNA molecules. It also analyzes the mechanisms by which abortive infection is controlled in phages. The College of Biological Sciences faculty list includes the lab's professor in the Genome Informatics field.
Kazuto Nakada, Professor
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The Nakada-Ishikawa Lab studies mitochondria, the organelles that produce energy in cells, focusing on their function and their links to disease and aging. When mutations accumulate in mitochondrial DNA, symptoms collectively called mitochondrial diseases appear, but how these diseases develop is not well understood. The lab is working to clarify the process of disease onset using tools such as mitochondrial disease model mice created by enriching naturally occurring mutations. Lab visits can be arranged at any time by contacting Professor Nakada by email beforehand.
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