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Graduate School of Engineering
Division of Advanced Science and Biotechnology
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Department of Material and Life Science |
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Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology
Prof. Shigenori KANAYA, Assoc. Prof. Kazufumi TAKANO, Assist. Prof. Yuichi KOGA
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Studies on the proteins from (hyper)thermophilic and psychrotrophic microorganisms |
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Elucidation of principles of protein architecture |
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Development of new techniques for biocrystal design |
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Combinatorial protein engineering |
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Laboratory of Physical Chemistry for Life Science
Prof. Shunichi FUKUZUMI, Assoc. Prof. Yusuke YAMADA, Assist. Prof. Tomoyoshi SUENOBU
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Artificial photosynthesis and respiration model systems |
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Electron transfer chemistry of coenzyme analogs |
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Metal ion-coupled electron transfer |
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Hydrogen evolution and CO2 fixation catalysts |
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Functional π-space compounds |
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Laboratory of Supramolecular Recognition Chemistry
Prof. Mikiji MIYATA, Assoc. Prof. Norimitsu TOHNAI, Assist. Prof. Ichiro HISAKI
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Interpretation of molecular recognition on the basis of inclusion phenomena |
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Artificial supramolecules composed of informative molecules |
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Construction of supramolecular architectures by organic crystal engineering |
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Elucidation of relationships between supramolecular architectures and their physical properties |
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Laboratory of Chemical Biology
Prof. Kazuya KIKUCHI, Assist. Prof. Shin MIZUKAMI, Assist. Prof. Yuichiro HORI
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Design, synthesis and biological application of visualization probes based on organic compounds |
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Chemical sensing based on Lanthanide metal complexes |
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Development of molecular switches to modulate protein functions |
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Development of methods for bio-molecular inactivation in controlled space and time |
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Laboratory of Biofunctional Chemistry
Prof. Shinobu ITOH, Assoc. Prof. Hideki SUGIMOTO, Assist. Prof. Nobutaka FUJIEDA
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Modeling enzyme active sites |
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Small molecule activation by metalloenzymes and models and application to oxidation chemistry |
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Physicochemical properties and redox functions of biorelated organic cofactors (coenzymes) |
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Functional modification of metalloenzymes and application |
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Laboratory of Advanced Engineering Physics
Prof. Yoshizo TAKAI, Assoc. Prof. Yoshihide KIMURA, Assist. Prof. Takaharu NAGATOMI
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Development of super-resolved electron microscopes and novel microscope techniques |
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Development of novel devices for atomic-scale measurement and analysis |
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Atomic structure analysis by aberration-corrected TEM |
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Study on interaction between changed particle and solid |
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Experimental and theoretical study on surface chemical analysis and electron emission |
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Laboratory of Photonic Information Technology
Prof. Kazuyoshi ITOH, Assoc. Prof. Tsuyoshi KONISHI, Assoc. Prof. Norihiko NISHIZAWA, Assist. Prof. Yasuyuki OZEKI
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Micro-processing of transparent materials using ultrashort
optical pulses and their applications to the development of novel micro-optical devices |
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Applications of ultrashort optical pulses to biomedical optical techniques |
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Ultrafast time-space conversion and its application to advanced optical communications and optical signal processing |
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Ultrafast time-space conversion and its application to novel optical measurement techniques |
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Development of ultrashort optical pulse sources with high functionality and their application to three-dimensional optical measurement techniques |
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Development of highly functional optical control technique based on ultrafast nonlinear optical phenomena |
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Laboratory of Applied Surface Science
Prof. Heiji WATANABE, Assoc. Prof. Takayoshi SHIMURA, Assist. Prof. Takuji HOSOI
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Development and characterization of gate stack structure in next-generation VLSI |
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Research of surface process and insulator technology for wide band gap semiconductor |
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Development of characterization technique of nano-structure by synchrotron radiation |
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Study of Si-Ge alloy for the next-generation semiconductor devices |
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Center for Advanced Science and Innovation |
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Venture Business Laboratory |
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Laboratory of Laser Spectroscopy
Prof. Yasuo KANEMATSU, Assist. Prof. Hideki ICHIDA
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Development of IR and terahertz light waves of high performance |
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Development of advanced ultrafast laser spectroscopy |
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Novel approaches to fluorescence microscopy |
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Ultrafast relaxation dynamics in wide-gap semiconductors |
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Dynamics and interactions of proteins |
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Department of Biotechnology |
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Laboratory of Bioresource Engineering
Prof. Eiichiro FUKUSAKI, Assoc. Prof. Takeshi BAMBA, Assist. Prof. Hisayo ONO
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Development of fundamental technology on metabolomics |
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Metabolic profiling of food and falk medicine |
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Application of metabolomics for Science of animal, plant and microorganisms |
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Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Prof. Satoshi HARASHIMA, Assoc. Prof. Yoshinobu KANEKO, Assist. Prof. Minetaka SUGIYAMA
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Regulation of gene expression in yeast |
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Functional genomics of protein phosphatases in yeast |
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Chromosome and genome engineering in yeast |
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Molecular breeding of industrial strains of yeast |
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Molecular genetics of fatty acid synthesis in methylotrophic yeast |
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Laboratory of Dynamic Cell Biology
Prof. Kiichi FUKUI, Assoc. Prof. Sachihiro MATSUNAGA, Assist. Prof. Susumu UCHIYAMA
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Visualization and structural analyses of cell, genome, and chromosome |
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Proteome analysis and dynamics of genome and chromosome related proteins |
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Identification and functional analyses of chromosome related genes and proteins in animal and plant cells |
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Laboratory of Plant Metabolic and Cell Engineering
Assist. Prof. Atsushi OKAZAWA
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Application of metabolomics for metabolic engineering production |
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Analysis of light signaling systems in non-photosynthetic plants |
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Development of novel strategies for parasitic plant control |
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Polymerization mechanisms of IPP (DMAP) in rubber molecule elongation |
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Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering
Prof. Hisao OHTAKE, Assoc. Prof. Takeshi OMASA, Assist. Prof. Kohsuke HONDA
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Development of biotechnology to convert chemical processes to bioprocesses |
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Development of phosphorus reuse and recycling |
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Development of animal cell cultures for biopharmaceuticals |
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Laboratory of Bioprocess System Engineering
Prof. Masahiro KINO-OKA, Assoc. Prof. Yoshio KATAKURA
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Surface design for differentiation of stem cells |
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Process design of tissue culture for clinical application |
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Consolidated continuous solid state fermentation for ethanol production from biomass |
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Analysis and application of symbiosis between lactic acid bacterium and yeast |
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The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research
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Divsion of Biological Science |
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Laboratory of Biomolecular Energetics
Prof. Hiroyuki NOJI, Assoc. Prof. You WADA, Assist. Prof. Kazuhito TABATA, Assist. Prof. Ryota IINO
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Nanoscience of rotary molecular motor |
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Single-molecule study of membrane protein |
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Microdevice for single-molecule detection |
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Development of single-molecule technology |
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International Center for Biotechnology |
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Laboratory of Applied Microbiology
Prof. Kazuhito FUJIYAMA
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Genetical improvement and application of industrial microorganisms |
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Molecular biology of plant glycohydrolases |
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Production of useful compounds using plants |
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Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology
Prof. Takuya NIHIRA, Assist. Prof. Hiroshi KINOSHITA, Assist. Prof. Shigeru KITANI
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Regulation of secondary metabolism in Actinomycetes |
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Development of high-production system for Actinomycetes-derived bioactive compounds |
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Biosynthetic pathway of fungal secondary metabolites |
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Regulation of secondary metabolism in filamentous fungi |
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