Staff
Koichiro Awai Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Plant Physiology, Lipid Biochemistry
Research Detail
Physiological functions of membrane lipids in photosynthetic organisms. Establishment of platforms for production of useful compounds in photosynthetic organisms.
Takashi Ushimaru Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
Research Detail
Molecular mechanisms of cell proliferation in response to external signals and stressesm including nutrient starvation. Molecular mechanisms of chromosome separation and segregation in mitosis.
Tatsuya Kato Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Biotechnology, Protein engineering
Research Detail
The improvement of efficient recombinant protein production using silkworms is carried out and the application of silkworm-produced recombinant proteins to various fields in our life science is aimed.
Hirokazu Kawagishi Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Natural products chemistry, Bioorganic chemistry, Biochemistry
Research Detail
We have been studying biologically active compounds including proteins (lectin, etc.) and small molecules from mushrooms.
Yoko Kimura Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
Research Detail
We are investigating protein quality control and stress response using yeast.
Masakazu Suzuki Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Endocrinology
Research Detail
We study the molecular mechanisms for the adaptation of vertebrates to environments, maintenance of homeostasis, reproduction, development of endocrine organs, mainly using fish and amphibians, to understand the diversity and evolution of vertebrates, and further the fundamental biological processes common to all vertebrates. We also intend to apply novel functional molecules to advanced medical and industrial technologies.
Yuichi Takikawa Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Plant Pathology
Research Detail
The main focus of my research is identification and classification of plant pathogenic bacteria, especially on analysing how genetic differences have caused the pathogens to have different host plants and symptoms, and on rapid and easy detection methods of them.
Hirobumi Takenouchi Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
philosophy, ethics (bioethics, environmental ethics, food and agricultural ethics), and thanatology
Research Detail
Focusing on the correlative relationship between life(bios) and the environment, life and death, and agriculture and food, we inquire into both current and classical questions as to achieve a new integrative way of research for human life, death and environment.
Toshinobu Tokumoto Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Reproductive Biology
Research Detail
We want to demonstrate the molecular mechanisms to enter the meiotic cell division through membrane steroid receptor on oocyte surface by non-genomic steroid actions.
Yasushi Todoroki Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Bioorganic Chemistry
Research Detail
We have been researching on creation and application of synthetic chemical regulators of biosynthesis, reception and catabolism of plant signal molecules and secondary metabolites.
Motonori Tomita Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Functional Genomics, Gene Isolation, Breeding Biotechnology
Research Detail
Gene Identification and Genetic Modification of Rice and Wheat by Genome-Wide Association Study.
Enoch Y. Park Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Molecular Biotechnology
Research Detail
High throughput gene expression using silkworm bacmid and innovative application of biological function. Based on this research we are expanding our goal from silkroad to bioroad.
Masakazu Hara Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Plant Physiology, Plant Biotechnology
Research Detail
We investigate functions of plant-specific stress proteins, and our goal is to produce new bio-materials by using these proteins.
Hirofumi Hirai Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Biochemistry for Woodly Plant, and Environment
Research Detail
We have been studying on molecular breedings of white-rot fungi which can produce ethanol from woody biomass, and which can degrade environmental pollutions effectively.
Tatsuya Morita Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Food and Nutritional Chemistry
Research Detail
Current research interest is the interaction between dietary fibers, indigestible oligosaccharides and resistant starches, and the digestive tract lining, particularly focusing on (1) the intestinal mucin & IgA secretion, and (2) their related effects on intestinal barrier function.
Masahito Yamazaki Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Biomembranes, Lipid membranes, Membrane Proteins, Cytoskeleton, Artificial Cells, Soft Matter
Research Detail
We investigate biomembranes comosed of lipid membranes, membrane proteins, and cytoskeletons from a biophysical point of view to reveal their physical and biological mechanisms. The single GUV method, Cubic phase, Nanobioscience.
Ayumu Yamamoto Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Molecular cell biology, Biochemystry
Research Detail
By visualizing biomolecules and examining their dynamics in live cells, we study molecular mechanisms regulating genome dynamics and faithful transmission of genetic information to offsprings.
Takanori Oyoshi Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Chemical Biology, Nucleic Acids Chemistry
Research Detail
We elucidate the function of nucleic acid local conformation. DNA and RNA form various structures involved in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. We investigate the relationship between these diseases and nucleic acid local conformation.
Akiko Kozaki Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Plant molecular biology
Research Detail
We are interesting in the molecular mechanism how the germination and growth of plants are regulated by internal and environmental signals.
Shinya Kodani Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Natural product chemistry
Research Detail
My research interest is to clarify the biologiocal regulatory mechanism of useful microorganisms such as Actinomyces, which is a major source of antibiotic production.
Kazutoshi Sayama Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Animal physiology and biochemistry, Food biochemistry
Research Detail
Effects of food components on the development of several diseases. Effects of social stress on the development of metabolic syndrome. Study on the mechanism of immunogloblin secretion as a component of milk in mammary gland．
Jae-Hoon Choi Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Natural Products Chemistry
Research Detail
Search for signal molecules that regulate biological phenomenone and their mechanism of action
Hisae Hirata Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Plant Pathology
Research Detail
Our research is mainly focused on the interaction between plants and their pathogenic bacteria to study molecular mechanisms of virulence.
Saori Miyazaki Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Research Detail
Takeomi Murata Associate Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Glycobiology
Research Detail
We have been developing sugar chain materials that will have inhibitory effects on infections of H. pyroli and aggregation of Aβ.
Yosuke Tashiro Lecturer / Hamamatsu
Research Area
Biotechnology, Microbiology
Research Detail
We are studying the function and biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles and exploiting those particles for biotechnology.
Takatsugu Miyazaki Assistant Professor / Shizuoka
Research Area
Enzymology, Structural Biology, Protein engineering
Research Detail
We have been searching for novel carbohydrate-active enzymes from genomes of microorganisms and investigating their structure-function relationships. Based on their structures, we are developing enzymes to synthesize useful glycosides.
