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Shinji Matsuda, Associate Professor
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The Matsuda Lab aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, which underlies memory and learning, and to develop methods to control it. Synapses are the sites where neurons exchange information, and how efficiently signals are transmitted changes depending on stimulation. It has been shown that this change is, in essence, a change in the number of AMPA-type glutamate receptors at the synapse. The lab investigates how TARP, a protein that binds to these receptors, and proteins that bind to TARP affect plasticity, while also working to develop methods for controlling synaptic plasticity with light.
Masumi Taki, Professor
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The Taki Lab studies the fundamental principles of molecules and mechanics, aiming for future medicine that uses as little medication as possible. Aiming for drugs that remain effective for a long time after a single dose, the lab uses peptides and DNA aptamers to study mid-sized-molecule drugs that form covalent bonds only with their target proteins. In joint research with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, the lab also develops devices and materials that read out the forces acting on hydrogels using light. The lab is small, and it emphasizes students choosing their own problems, forming hypotheses, and moving their research forward on their own.
Shojiro Maki, Professor
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The Maki Lab uses organic synthesis to create optical imaging materials based on natural compounds found in bioluminescent organisms such as fireflies. The lab's website explains that optical imaging technology is an indispensable research tool in the life sciences. Through joint research with labs at other universities and with companies, the lab develops optical imaging technologies that use these materials. The lab's website is a joint website shared with the Hirano Lab and the Kitada Lab.
Yutaka Kano, Professor
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The Kano Lab uses bioimaging to explore new mechanisms by which skeletal muscle cells adapt. Applying optical technology, a distinctive strength of the University of Electro-Communications, the lab develops techniques that shine light of specific wavelengths on living small animals to image substances inside and outside cells. The lab aims to discover new physiological functions and to apply them to effective medical treatments. The lab carries out its research jointly with the Hoshino Lab in the same Department of Engineering Science.
Makiko Tanaka, Associate Professor
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The Tanaka Lab studies DNA from a chemical perspective. As basic research with an eye toward drug and materials development, the lab investigates how DNA assembles in its surrounding environment and what functions it has. To clarify DNA function in the environment inside living organisms, the lab focuses on electron transfer in molecularly crowded environments and on the ability of DNA to self-assemble into liquid crystals. The lab was established in February 2016.
Hideki Shirakawa, Associate Professor
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The Shirakawa Lab studies how information is transmitted inside living cells. Mainly using mammalian egg cells, the lab investigates cellular mechanisms while observing the behavior of molecules inside the cells. It focuses in particular on calcium ions inside cells and is also working on developing new bioimaging methods. The information on the lab's website dates from around 2016.
Takayuki Ishida, Professor
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The Ishida Lab studies organic-based magnetic materials and magnetic materials whose building blocks are molecules. The lab synthesizes compounds in which magnetic switching is expected to accompany structural changes. One type of molecule-based magnet is the single-molecule magnet, in which a single molecule behaves as a magnet. The lab also develops spin-crossover complexes, organic conducting magnetic materials, and magnetically detected ion-analysis reagents.
Matuttis Hans-Georg, Professor
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The Matuttis Lab uses computer simulation to study the motion of granular materials, which are collections of particles such as powders and grains. The lab is currently developing a finite element program to handle particles in an incompressible Navier-Stokes fluid. Together with collaborators, it is also running simulations in which the particles are polyhedra or ellipses.
Takashi Kuboki
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The Kuboki-Kajikawa Lab studies new processing methods for shaping metal tubes, sheets, bars and wires, and wood-based materials. With these new processing methods, the lab aims to make parts that could not previously be manufactured, or were expensive, available at a lower cost. In addition to processing experiments, the lab uses the finite element method to examine the deformation and stress of the material during processing. Lab visits and consultations are accepted by email at any time.
Yohei Inoe, Associate Professor
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The Inoe Lab studies the interaction between turbulence and structures through numerical simulation. Its main topics are developing nonlinear numerical schemes for fluid-structure interaction problems and developing high-accuracy numerical schemes for compressible turbulence. Its research topics also include a method for measuring unsteady turbulence with a towed wind tunnel and numerical methods for compressible two-phase flow.
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