Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of TokyoDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry / Department of Biotechnology

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Department of Applied Biological Chemistry

Biofunctional Chemistry

Plant Molecular Physiology	Molecular and cellular biology of plant responses and tolerance to environmental stresses	Faculty name Mizoi, Junya (Associate Professor)
Biological Function and Developmental Chemistry	Molecular-cell biology, neurology of taste signaling and biochemistry of food proteins	Faculty name Misaka, Takumi (Associate Professor)

Agricultural Chemistry

Bioorganic Chemistry	Chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology of bioactive compounds such as invertebrate peptide hormones, microbial secondary metabolites and compounds regulating biomineralization	Faculty name Takayama, Seiji(Professor) Fujii, Sota (Associate Professor) Kato, Yoshinobu (Assistant Professor)
Organic Chemistry	Organic synthesis of bioactive natural products and their derivatives for the elucidation of bioactive functions or the practical use Development of new reactions for efficient synthesis of optically active substances	Faculty name Takikawa, Hirosato (Professor) Ogura, Yusuke (Associate Professor) Okamura, Hironori (Assistant Professor)
Chemical Biology	Chemistry, physiology, and molecular biology for plant growth regulation	Faculty name Asami, Tadao (Professor) Nakajima, Masatoshi (Associate Professor) Nakamura, Hidemitsu (Assistant Professor)
Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer	Plant nutrient transport, metabolism, responses to nutritional conditions and nutrient stress-tolerance	Faculty name Fujiwara, Toru (Professor) Kamiya, Takehiro (Associate Professor) Sotta, Naoyuki (Assistant Professor)
Soil Science	Soil microbiology for sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation	Faculty name Senoo, Keishi (Professor) Otsuka, Shigeto (Associate Professor) Masuda,Yoko(Assistant Professor)
Biological Chemistry	Chemistry, molecular biology, and neuroscience of chemosensory signals and receptors in mammal, insect, plant, and microorganism	Faculty name Touhara, Kazushige (Professor) Tachikawa, Hiroyuki (Associate Professor) Ihara, Sayoko (Assistant Professor)

Food Science

Analytical Chemistry	Bioinorganic chemistry of biological and environmental systems	Faculty name Suzuki, Michio (Professor)
Nutrition Chemistry		Faculty name Kida, Satoshi (Professor) Ishikawa, Rie (Assistant Professor)
Food Biochemistry	Molecular and cellular biological studies on lifestyle-related diseases Search for food factors that prevent lifestyle-related diseases	Faculty name Yamauchi, Yoshio (Associate Professor) Takahashi, Yu (Assistant Professor)
Food Chemistry	Chemical, biochemical and molecular biological studies on intestinal function-modulating food substances	Faculty name Uchida, koji (Professor) Itakura, Masanori (Assistant Professor)
Food Biotechnology and Structural Biology	Biotechnology, structural biology and physicochemistry of proteins, enzymes and foods	Faculty name Nagata, Koji (Professor) Okuda, Suguru (Associate Professor) Lu, Peng (Assistant Professor)

Social Cooperation Laboratory

Nutri-Life Science		Faculty name Shimizu, Makoto (Project Associate Professor) Yamauchi, Yoshio (Project Associate Professor)
Health Nutrition	Molecular nutrition and functional genomics for the betterment of quality of life	Faculty name Kato, Hisanori (Project Professor) Jia, Hui-Juan (Project Associate Professor)

ILSI Japan-Endowed Chair

Functional Food Science	Functional genomics to investigate food-induced physiological responses	Faculty name Okada, Shinji (Project Associate Professor) Ishijima, Tomoko (Project Assistant Professor)

Nissin Food Products-Endowed Chair

Taste Science	Investigation of the molecular logic of sensory events for application to food quality design	Faculty name Asakura, Tomiko (Project Professor)

Nippn-Endowed Chair

Food Functionality Science	Nutrients and food constituents	Faculty name Kobayashi, Shoko (Project Associate Professor)

Department of Animal Resource Sciences

Cell Regulation

Cell Regulation	Signal transduction in cell proliferation, differentiation, and carcinogenesis Molecular mechanisms in regulation of hormones’ action	Faculty name Takahashi, Shin-Ichiro (Associate Professor) Hakuno, Fumihiko (Associate Professor)

Department of Biotechnology

Biomolecular Research

Bioinformation Engineering	Computational biology, computational chemistry and bioinformatics	Faculty name Shimizu, Kentaro (Professor) Terada, Tohru (Associate Professor) Moriwaki, Yoshitaka (Assistant Professor)
Molecular Biotechnology	Structure, function and localization of biological molecules	Faculty name Adachi, Hiroyuki (Associate Professor)
Synthetic Biology	Analysis and improvement of useful genes in microorganisms	Faculty name Kuzuyama, Tomohisa (Professor) Ogawa, Tetsuhiro (Assistant Professor) Shiraishi,Taro(Assistant Professor)

Biofunctional Research

Fermentation and Microbiology	Genetic and protein engineering, bioactive substances	Faculty name Ohnishi, Yasuo (Professor) Katsuyama, Youhei (Associate Professor) Tezuka, Takeaki (Assistant Professor)
Enzymology	Structure-function relationship of enzymes and proteins	Faculty name Fushinobu, Shinya (Professor) Arakawa, Takatoshi (Assistant Professor) Yamada, Chihaya (Assistant Professor)
Microbiology	Protein secretion in bacteria and fungi, neural network information	Faculty name Yoshida, Minoru (Professor) Arioka, Manabu (Associate Professor) Nishimura, Shinichi (Lecturer)
Cellular Genetics	Regulation of macromolecular biosynthesis in microorganisms	Faculty name Horiuchi, Hiroyuki (Professor) Fukuda, Ryoichi (Associate Professor) Iwama, Ryo (Assistant Professor)
Applied Microbiology	Application of diverse microbiological functions	Faculty name shii, Masaharu (Professor) Arai, Hiroyuki (Associate Professor) Kameya, Masafumi (Assistant Professor)

IFO-Endowed Chair

Microbial Metabolic Potential	Discovery of novel microbial metabolic pathways.	Faculty name Onaka, Hiroyasu (Project Professor) Asamizu, Shumpei (Project Lecturer)
Brewing Microbiology		Faculty name Maruyama, Junichi (Project Professor) Katayama, Takuya (Project Assistant Professor)

Agro-Biotechnology Research Center

Environmental Biochemistry	Biotechnology of microorganisms and plant cells	Faculty name Nojiri, Hideaki (Professor) Okada, Kazunori (Associate Professor) Suzuki-Minakuchi, Chiho (Assistant Professor)
Cell Biotechnology	Biosynthetic studies using biochemistry and structural biology	Faculty name Nishiyama, Makoto (Professor) Kosono, Saori (Associate Professor) Yoshida, Ayako (Assistant Professor)
Plant Functional Biotechnology	Plant nutrient acquisition, Nodulation, Plant growth improvement	Faculty name Yanagisawa, Shuichi (Professor) Sakuraba, Yasuhito (Associate Professor)
Microbial Biotechnology (Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co.,Ltd.)	Post-translational modification and bacterial metabolism	Faculty name Nishiyama, Makoto (Project Professor) Tomita, Takeo (Project Associate Professor)
Microbial Membrane Transport Engineering (IFO)		Faculty name Kawasaki, Hisashi (Project Professor) Shinoda, Keiko (Project Assistant Professor) Hamamoto, Shin (Project Assistant Professor)

Social Cooperation Laboratory

Microbial Ecotechnology		Faculty name Ohnishi, Yasuo (Project Professor) Nojiri, Hideaki (Project Professor) Hara, Hirofumi (Project Associate Professor) Suzuki,kenshi (Project Assistant Professor)
Yeast and Fermentation		Faculty name Horiuchi, Hiroyuki (Project Professor) Noda, Yoichi (Project Associate Professor)

Radioisotope (RI) Center

Radio-Plant Physiology	Plant physiology based on original real-time radioisotope imaging method	Faculty name Tanoi, Keitaro (Professor) Kobayashi, Natsuko (Associate Professor) Kurita, Yuko (Assistant Professor)

Research Center for Food Safety

Immunoregulation for Food Safety	Studies on intestinal immunity, food allergy, and immune regulation by foods	Faculty name Hachimura, Satoshi (Associate Professor）

Agricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit

Bioinformation Analysis		Faculty name Kadota, Koji (Associate Professor）