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

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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.

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