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About the Areas of Study Applied Biological Science
The graduate program of the Faculty of Science and Technology's Applied Biological Science consists of 12 areas of specialization: Phylogenetic Microbiology, Microbial Genetics, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Developmental Biology, Biophysics, Biological Physics, Neurobiochemistry, Photobiology, Biomaterial Chemistry and Biopolymer Chemistry, and Bioorganic Chemistry. The objective of study in these fields is to ascertain phenomena at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels and to elucidate fundamental principles at these levels. Specifically, students in the program engage in:
1. Biological and physiological research of phenomena at the organismal and cellular levels
2. Molecular-biological and mathematical analyses of biological phenomena
3. Chemical and biochemical analyses of biological phenomena

The Department of Applied Biological Science has established the latest interdisciplinary research framework by taking advantage of the ''Program of Cooperation''-which is a point of pride for the TUS-and by inviting researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), National Food Research Institute (NFRI), and Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science) to serve as visiting instructors.

The teaching staff
Specialty Name Class Area of Research
Plant Cell and Molecular Physiology Dr. Kazuyuki Kuchitsu Professor Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Responses and Signal Transduction
Molecular Pathology Dr. Osamu Koiwai Professor Mechanisms of Onset of Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Biochemistry/
Cell Biology		 Dr. Takao Arai Professor Biochemical/
Cell Biological Studies of Cytoskeletal Functions in Neurons
Applied Microbiology Dr. Shigeru Mineki Associate Professor Environmental Microbiology/
Environmental Conservation
Molecular Cytology/
Developmental Biology		 Dr. Kengo Sakaguchi Professor Regulatory Mechanisms for Cell Division
Developmental Biology Dr. Yasuhiko Tsunematsu Junior Associate Professor Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation
Microbial Ecology Dr. Tomonori Suzuki Junior Associate Professor Ecology and Phylogeny of Microorganisms
Photobiology Dr. Yasunori Inoue Professor Analysis of Photomorphogenesis Mechanisms in Plants
Biomaterial Chemistry Dr. Masahiko Ikekita Professor Structure and Function of Complex Sugar Chains/
Apoptosis Mechanism
Enzymology/
Biophysics		 Dr. Hayao Taguchi Professor Enzyme Engineering/
Protein Chemistry
Biophysics Dr. Takashi Kunisawa Associate Professor Genome Phylogeny and Evolution
Chemical Biology Dr. Fumio Sugawara Professor High throughput drug target identification
Molecular Biology/
Microbiology		 Dr. Takashi Kamakura Associate Professor Signal Transduction and Functional Differentiation of Microorganisms
(Visiting faculty invited through "Cooperation Program between AIST and Graduate Schools" and area of research)
Bioinformation Chemistry Dr. Toru Imamura Visiting Professor Mechanisms of Action of Polypeptide Growth Factors (AIST)
Dr. Masahiko Ikekita Professor (Assistant Instructor)
Molecular Biochemistry Dr. Hiroyuki Sorimachi Visiting Professor Regulation for Cell Functions by Proteolysis
Dr. Hayao Taguchi Professor (Assistant Instructor)
Molecular Biology Dr. Hisao Masai Visiting Professor Chromosomal DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Regulation
Dr. Osamu Koiwai Professor (Assistant Instructor)
Molecular Genetics Dr. Futoshi Shibasaki Visiting Professor Molecular Pathology for Hereditary Disease and Development for Treatment
Dr. Masahiko Ikekita Professor (Assistant Instructor)
Computational glycomics Dr. Kazuhiko Fukui Visiting Associate Professor Polymer Science, Computational Science
Dr. Masahiko Ikekita Professor (Assistant Instructor)