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Jun Furukawa, Associate Professor
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The Plant Nutrition Lab studies how plants adapt to environmental changes such as temperature, water, and nutrients. The lab focuses in particular on the roles of inorganic ions and the functions of the cell wall. Using the actions of signaling molecules such as plant hormones as clues, the lab investigates how separate organs, such as roots and shoots, influence one another. Its research also makes use of radioisotopes, research nuclear reactors, and accelerators.
Shigeru Matsuyama, Lecturer
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The Insect Semiochemistry Lab studies the semiochemicals that insects use. Its research field is bioorganic chemistry, and its listed keywords are insects, plants, semiochemicals, pheromones, and kairomones. Division of labor in social insects, semiochemicals of the Japanese honeybee, insect sex pheromones, and the relationship between plant scents and insects appear among its research topics and papers. In the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences, the lab corresponds to the Insect Semiochemistry field of the Applied Life Chemistry Course.
Yoko Nagumo, Assistant Professor
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The Biological Function Regulation Lab conducts chemical biology research using natural compounds that act on animal cells. The research identifies the target molecules on which the compounds act and analyzes the mechanisms of their action. The lab belongs to the Applied Life Chemistry Course in the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, and its faculty member is Assistant Professor Yoko Nagumo.
Akiyoshi Fukamizu, Specially Appointed Professor
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The Genome Information Biology Lab studies how signals related to lifestyle, such as diet, hormones, and stress, change the activity of genes both inside and outside the cell. Focusing on modifications such as methylation that are added to proteins, the lab aims to understand at the molecular level how lifestyle-related diseases arise and how life processes work. Using cultured cells, mice, and nematodes, the lab investigates mechanisms involved in lifespan, aging, and blood pressure regulation, among other topics. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Fukamizu Lab."
Keiji Kimura, Professor
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The Biological Information Regulation Lab studies at the molecular level how chromosomes are formed and divided equally during cell division. Chromosomes in mitosis are huge complexes assembled from DNA, RNA, and proteins. Abnormalities in the replication or segregation of chromosomes are thought to lead to a variety of diseases, including cell death and cancer. On the lab's website, it is also introduced under the name "Kimura Lab."
Shigeki Yoshida, Associate Professor
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The Food Functional Chemistry Lab studies the structure and function of the functional components contained in food. The lab also develops enzyme preparations for manufacturing functional-component products through biological conversion processes. Its work covers enzyme engineering, enzymatic conversion engineering, glycotechnology, protein engineering, and microbial conversion technologies. The lab belongs to the Applied Life Chemistry course in the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences.
Shinichi Kashiwabara, Associate Professor
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The Molecular Developmental Regulation Lab studies how gene transcription and translation are regulated during the formation of gametes such as sperm and eggs. It identifies regulatory factors involved in fertilization, egg activation, and the subsequent early embryonic development, and investigates how they function. The lab also works on developing next-generation reproductive and developmental technologies.
Nobuhiko Nomura, Professor
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The Microbial Functions and Applications Lab studies the functions of microbes, interactions between microbes, and biofilms, which are formed by microbes gathering together. The lab also conducts research on using oil- and fat-metabolizing microbes to produce biosurfactants, which are expected to be used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. It has developed its own microscopy-based observation system and uses it to investigate the functions of biofilms and how they form. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Nobuhiko Nomura Lab."
Naoki Takaya, Professor
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The Stress Adaptation Microbiology Lab conducts basic and applied research on the functions of microorganisms. The lab studies filamentous fungi (molds), a group that includes pathogens of animals and plants, antibiotic-producing microbes, and many species used in brewing and fermentation. It also investigates enzymes from microorganisms that carry out novel reactions. As an application of the knowledge gained from this research, the lab also works on biorefinery research.
Toshiaki Nakajima, Professor
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The Industrial Microbial Resources Lab studies the search for and use of useful microorganisms. Examples of its research include plastic degradation, microbial conversion of oil- and fat-based biomass, and methanotrophs. The lab also studies the mechanisms by which fungi adapt to their environment and form their shapes, the production of useful substances using new microorganisms and enzymes, and novel bacterial metabolism and group behavior. The lab's faculty member is Professor Toshiaki Nakajima.
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