Systematics & Evolutionary Biology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degawa, Yousuke | Associate Prof. | Mycology | Taxonomy, phylogenetics, natural history of fungi |
| Ishida, Ken-ichiro | Professor | Plant Systematics and Evolution | Origins and evolution of diverse photosynthetic eukaryotes, and development of new algal biomass resources |
| Nakayama, Takeshi | Associate Prof. | Systematics and Evolution | Phylogenetic classification of Protista using morphological and molecular traits |
| Shiratori, Takashi | Assistant Prof. | Phylogenetic systematics and taxonomy | Phylogenenetics and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes |
| Wada, Hiroshi | Professor | Animal Systematics and Evolution | Comaparative Embryology of Echinoderms and Molluscs |
| Nakano, Hiroaki | Associate Prof. | Evolutionary Zoology | Diversity and evolution of marine invertebrates |
| Yahata, Kensuke | Lecturer | Animal Systematics and Evolution | Comparative Morphology of Myriapod Arthropods |
| Morino, Yoshiaki | Assistant Prof. | Evolutionary Developmental Biology | Studies on the evolution and development of marine invertebrate |
| Fujita, Mari | Junior Assist. Prof. | Insect Comparative embryology | Comparative embryology and evolution of Insects |
Ecology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanaka, Kenta | Associate Prof. | Evolutionary ecology, Conservation ecology | Evolution and conservation for plant-insect-microorganism interaction at gene- to community- levels |
| Hirota, Mitsuru | Professor | Terrestrial Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology | Carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecology |
| Ohashi, Kazuharu | Lecturer | Plant Evolutionary Ecology | Evolution of floral phenotypes through interactions with animal visitors |
| Omori, Yuko | Assistant Prof. | Marine Biogeochemistry | Oceanic carbon cycle and sea-air interaction |
| Harvey, Benjamin | Assistant Prof. | Marine Ecology | Community ecology of marine ecosystems under ocean acidification and climate change |
| Masumoto Shota | Assistant Prof. | Microbial ecology | Community assembly through plant-fungal Interactions |
| Wada, Shigeki | Assistant Prof. | Marine Ecology | Interactions between environment and organisms in marine ecosystems |
| Toquenaga, Yukihiko | Associate Prof. | Theoretical Ecology | Ecological studies with laboratory/field populations and artificial lives |
| Agostini, Sylvain | Assistant Prof. | Marine Biology | Marine ecophysiology including the impact of climate change on coral ecosystems |
| Sato, Yukie | Assistant Prof. | Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology | Studies on behavior and ecology from the perspective of evolution and speciation |
| Sawada, Kiyoto | Assistant Prof. | Conservation Ecology, Animal Ecology | Effects of anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance on wildlife |
| Yokoi, Tomoyuki | Assistant Prof. | Insect Ecology | Ecological studies, conservation and applied utilization |
Plant Physiology & Developmental Biology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kikuchi, Akira | Professor | Plant physiology, Crop breeding | Studies on environmental stress response mechanisms in higher plants and development of tolerant crops |
| Watanabe, Kazuo | Professor | Plant Genetics, Biodiplomacy | Plant ploidy genetics, Recombinant safety research, Genetic resource utilization |
| Iwai, Hiroaki | Associate Prof. | Plant Physiology | Studies on cell wall functions in plant development and environmental responses |
| Ono, Michiyuki | Associate Prof. | Plant Developmental Physiology | Photoperiodic induction of flowering and Plant biotechnology |
| Suzaki, Takuya | Associate Prof. | Plant symbiosis and molecular biology | Molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interaction |
| Irving, Louis | Assistant Prof. | Plant Physiology | Parasitic plant biology, plant growth strategy, plant productivity |
| Oguchi, Taichi | Assistant Prof. | Plant Development & Physiology, Plant biotechnology | Environmental adaptation of plants, development and evaluation of genetically modified trees |
| Suzuki, Iwane | Professor | Plant metabolic physiology, Metabolic engineering | Production via photosynthesis, Acclimation to the environmental stimuli in microalgae, Application of 15N resonance nuclear reaction to genomic modification |
| Maeda, Yoshiaki | Associate Prof. | Genome science, Biotechnology | Genome analysis and genetic tool development for microalgae, production of useful compounds and environmental cleanup with microalgae |
| Minoda, Ayumi | Assistant Prof. | Plnat Molecular Physiology/ Microbiology | Acclimation responses to the environmental changes in photosynthetic organisms; Physiology of extremophilles |
| Kohei Yoneda-Tani | Junior Assist. Prof. | Plant molecular physiology | Study on lipid metabolism in single-celled marine eukaryotes and the application for oil production |
Animal Physiology & Developmental Biology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi, Satoru | Professor | Developmental Biology / Developmental Genetics | Conserved mechanisms regulating germline formation in animals |
| Sasakura, Yasunori | Professor | Developmental Genetics | Molecular mechanisms underlying development, metamorphosis, and evolution of the chordate ascidians |
| Niwa, Ryusuke | Professor | Physiological Genetics | The role of interorgan communication in the regulation of animal development and physiology |
| Yaguchi, Shunsuke | Associate Prof. | Developmental Biology | Axis specification, neurogenesis, and neural function in marine invertebrates |
| Okamoto, Naoki | Associate Prof. | Comparative Endocrinology, Developmental Genetics, Insect Physiology | Neuro-endocrine mechanisms regulating development and behavior in insects |
| Kamiyama, Takumi | Assistant Prof. | Physiological Genetics,Insect Physiology | Molecular machanisms underlying parasitsim by the parasitoid wasp |
| Sanaki, Yuya | Assistant Prof. | Physiology, Metabolism, Oncology, Genetics | Cancer progression and control based on the host physiology |
| Shimada, Yuko | Assistant Prof. | Molecular and developmental genetics | The neuroendocrine system underlying insect growth and maturation |
| Matsumura Takashi | Assistant Prof. | Insect Physiology and Biochemistry | Analysis of stress response in insects |
| Maruo, Fumiaki | Assistant Prof. | Developmental Biology | Molecular mechanisms for maintenance of pluripotency and determination in animal cells |
| Chiba, Chikafumi | Professor | Regenerative Physiology | Mechansims of body part regeneration in animals |
| VOGT Kaspar Manuel | Associate Prof. | Neurobiology | Sleep Function, Neural Networks, Neural Communication |
| Casco-Robles, Martin | Assistant Prof. | Animal physiology | Studies on unique adult cell-types regulating patterning during limb regeneration of the newt. |
| Sakurai, Keisuke | Assistant Prof. | Neuronal physiology | Signal transduction and transmission on sensory neurons |
| Daichi G. Suzuki | Assistant Prof. | Evolutionary behavioral neurobiology | Evolution of the nervous system, behavior, and mind of the vertebrates |
Molecular & Cellular Biology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miura, Kenji | Professor | Plant Molecular Biology | Production and functional analysis of pharmaceutical proteins,Production of genome edited plants,Studies on abiotic stress signalling in plants |
| Tani, Kazutoshi | Professor | Structural Biology | Structural and functional analysis of membrane photocomplexes using cryo-EM |
| Hirakawa, Yoshihisa | Assistant Prof. | Algal Molecular Cell Biology | Studies on the evolution of algal plastids |
| Nosaki, Shohei | Assist. Prof. | Plant Biochemistry, Structural Plant Biology | Structure-function analysis of signal transduction factors in plants |
| Inaba, Kazuo | Professor | Cell Biology | Structure, motility and evolution of eukaryotic cilia and flagella |
| Chiba, Tomoki | Professor | Molecular Cell Biology | Regulation of Biological Functions by Selective Proteolysis |
| Nakano, Kentaro | Professor | Molecular Cell Biology | Studies on cytoskeleton functions and its spatiotemporal control mechanism |
| Ishikawa, Kaori | Associate Prof. | Molecular Cell Biology | Functional analyses of mammalian mitochondria and mitochondrial genome |
| Shiba, Kogiku | Assistant Prof. | Cell Biology | Regulatory mechanisms of sperm, flagellar and ciliary motility in marine organisms |
| Tsuruta, Fuminori | Assistant Prof. | Molecular neurobiology | Regulation of brain functions regulated by glia |
| Matsuda, Shinya | Junior Assist. Prof. | Molecular Cell Biology | Regulatory mechanism of autophagy in microorganisms |
Genomics & Bioinformatics
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inagaki, Yuji | Professor | Molecular phylogeny and evolution | Phylogeny of eukaryotes, in silico prediction of protein functions |
| Nakada, Kazuto | Professor | Cell Biology | Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine |
| Nakamura, Kouji | Professor | Genomic Microbiology | Analysis of novel gene expression regulation mechanism by functional RNA molecules, and analysis of sterile infection control mechanism by phage |
| Kuwayama, hidekazu | Professor | Molecular Genetics | Anakysis of self-organization mechanism based on genetic informations |
| Shigenobu, Shuji | Professor | Evolutionary Genomics | Genome analysis, Bioinformatics, Symbiosis and Evolution |
| Sawamura, Kyoichi | Associate Prof. | Evolutionary Genetics | Molecular evolution of Drosophila based on species recognition |
| Ytow, Nozomi | Lecturer | Biodiversity Informatics | Logical, theoretical or informational foundation of biology |
| Toyofuku, Masanori | Associate Prof. | Microbiology | Bacterial interactions and collective behavior |
| Harada, Ryuhei | Associate Prof. | Computational Biophysics | Molecular Simulations for Understanding Biological Functions |
| Kowit Hengphasatporn | Assistant Prof. | Computational Structural Biology | Antiviral Drug Discovery and Design Based on Computational Structural Biology |
| Nakayama, Takuro | Assistant Prof. | Evolutionary Biology of Microbes | Genomic research on symbiosis, evolution and diversity of unicellular organisms |
| Yorimoto, Shunta | Assistant Prof. | Evolutionary Biology | Molecular mechanism and evolution of host insect-microbe symbiosis |
Applied Biochemistry
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usui, Takeo | Professor | Chemical Biology | Investigation of the target molecule and the mode of action of bioactive compounds and their clinical application |
| Kobayashi, Michihiko | Professor | Molecular Microbial Bioengineering | Discovery, analysis, and design of new metabolism and enzymes and their application to production of useful compounds |
| Tanaka, Toshiyuki | Professor | Structural Biology | Structural and functional analysis of proteins |
| Tanimoto, Keiji | Professor | Molecular Genetics | Research on the regulatory mechanisms of mammalian gene expression (epigenetics) |
| Kumano, Takuto | Assistant Prof. | Molecular Microbial Bioengineering | Discovery, analysis, and design of new metabolism and enzymes and their application to production of useful compounds |
| Matsuzaki, Hitomi | Assistant Prof. | Molecular Genetics | Research on the regulatory mechanisms of epigenomic information in mammals |
Agriculture, Forestry and Biology
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okane, Izumi | Associate Prof. | Plant parasitic mycology | Taxonomy and ecology of endophytic fungi and rust fungi |
| Kuramitsu, Kazumu | Associate Prof. | Applied Entomology and Zoology | Behaviour and ecology of parasitoid insects; Plant-insect interactions |
Science Communication
| Name | Official title | Research fields | Research Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood, Matthew | Assistant Prof. | Marine Biology, Science Communication | Visual communication of science; public perceptions of science; science in the media |