Department of
Applied Biological Science

Research Groups & Research Areas

• Cellular Biology

  Cells are the basic units of all living beings. In this key area of the post-genome age, we comprehensively deal with the structure, substances and functions of cells, trying to understand the characteristics of living organisms - including proliferation, movements, biological defense, or information processing - from the perspective of cells.

  Hagiwara Research Group / Kuchitsu Research Group / Maezawa Research Group / Nakamura Research Group / Nishihama Research Group / Sadaie Research Group / Wada Research Group

• Molecular Biology

  In this area, we try to explain the structure, functions, and workings of all living organisms, both animals and plants, by clarifying the structure, function and interaction of the molecules of which they consist, including genes and proteins.

  Furuya Research Group / Hagiwara Research Group / Kamakura Research Group / Kuchitsu Research Group / Masaike Research Group / Nishihama Research Group / Sadaie Research Group / Wada Research Group

• Biochemistry

  Living organisms are made of a huge number of chemical molecules, and the workings of life are based on a variety of chemical reactions. That is, life phenomena are substantially chemistry, and biochemistry is the area which tries to describe this in the language of chemistry.

  Kuchitsu Research Group / Kuramochi Research Group / Masaike Research Group / Nakajima Research Group / Nakamura Research Group / Nishihama Research Group

• Bioorganic Chemistry

  This field tries to understand life phenomena by linking organic chemistry with biochemistry, on which these phenomena are based. This understanding is very important for students of the life science field.

  Furuya Research Group / Kuramochi Research Group

• Biophysics

  In this field, we do not describe organic phenomena just as they are observed or measured, but uncover general regularities or principles behind these phenomena.

  Masaike Research Group

• Environmental Bioscience

  The environment has affected the growth of living organisms, the living organisms have created another environment, and the other environment has caused an evolution into living organisms adapted to this new environment. In this area, we understand life phenomena and global environmental problems through the interactions between the environment and living organisms.

  Furuya Research Group / Kamakura Research Group / Kuchitsu Research Group / Nishihama Research Group /