In addition to thorough education on basic subjects such as biology, chemistry and physics, the Department of Medicinal and Life Sciences formulates basic grounds for medicinal and life sciences complemented by information science, such as IT and statistics/stochastics. Afterwards, students take subjects that are directly linked to the development of drugs, such as genome science, synthetic chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, etc. Through these educational and research activities, the goal of the department is to cultivate pharmaceutical researchers (medicinal personnel) who, with advanced, specialized knowledge and techniques based on the foundation of life science, can stand on unwavering life ethics to contribute to maintaining the health of human beings and conquering disease. Research in this department is diverse, and opportunities for interdisciplinary subjects are provided.
Research Groups & Research Areas
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Drug Discovery Science
The genes and proteins involved in diseases have been uncovered. Today, the goal of drug discovery research is to create new drugs also from theoretical approaches utilizing genome information and computer science in addition to the conventional techniques of synthetic chemistry.
Akita Research Group / Aoki Research Group / Kambayashi Research Group / Kusamori Research Group / Uchiro Research Group / Wada Research Group / Yokoyama Research Group
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Life Pharmacy
We study life from a multifaceted approach at the genetic level, the molecular level, the cellular level, and the organism level, to clarify the mechanisms by which cancer, Alzheimer's Disease, diabetes, immune disorders, infectious diseases and the like are caused, and to contribute to the development of even better drugs.
Akimoto Research Group / Harada Research Group / Hayata Research Group / Higami Research Group / Uchiumi Research Group
List of Faculty Members
| Name | Title | Research Area |
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| AKIMOTO Kazunori | Professor | Tumor biology (Data Science, Cancer Stem Cell) |
| AOKI Shin | Professor | Bio-related chemistry (Biological Organic Chemistry) Chemical pharmacy (Organic Chemistry, Biological-related Molecules) |
| HARADA Yohsuke | Professor | Biological pharmacy |
| HAYATA Tadayoshi | Professor | Nerve anatomy/Neuropathology Tumor biology Medical genome science Developmental biology Biological pharmacy Pharmacology in pharmacy Experimental pathology Kidney internal medicine Orthopaedic surgery |
| Higami Yoshikazu | Professor | Environmental physiology (including physical medicine and nutritional physiology) (Regulation of lifespan and aging, development of anti-obesity drug) |
| OGIHARA Takuo | Professor | |
| UCHIRO Hiromi | Professor | Chemical pharmacy (Organic Synthesis) Drug development chemistry (Synthetic Chemistry for Drug Discovery) |
| UCHIUMI Fumiaki | Professor | Biological pharmacy |
| WADA Takeshi | Professor | Chemical pharmacy (Nucleic acid therapeutics) |
| YOKOYAMA Hideshi | Professor | Structural biochemistry (Protein structural biology, X-ray crystallography) |
| KAMBAYASHI Atsushi | Associate Professor | Medical pharmacy |
| KUSAMORI Kosuke | Associate Professor | Biomedical engineering/Biomaterial science and engineering (Cell-based therapy, mitochondria-based therapy, Regenerative therapy, cell engineering) Physical pharmacy (Pharmaceutics, DDS, Cell-based therapy, Regenerative therapy) |
| AKITA Tomomi | Junior Associate Professor | Physical pharmacy (DDS,COPD,Dry Powder In halation System,Nose-to-Brain Delivery) |
| MIZUNOE Yuuhei | Junior Associate Professor | Experimental pathology |
| NOZAKI Yuka | Junior Associate Professor | Tumor biology Functional biochemistry (mitochondria) Experimental pathology |
| SATO Kazuki | Junior Associate Professor | Bio-related chemistry (carbohydrate, nucleic acid, peptide chemistry) |
| TAMORI Shoma | Junior Associate Professor | Biological pharmacy (Cancer stem cells) |
| ARAKAWA Takatoshi | Assistant Professor | Biofunction/Bioprocess Structural biochemistry Applied biochemistry Physical pharmacy |
| HANAMATA Shigeru | Assistant Professor | Cell biology (Autophagy, Bioimaging, Plant immune response) |
| KASE Naoya | Assistant Professor | Biological pharmacy |
| MORITA Shunya | Assistant Professor | Chemical pharmacy (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) |
| SHIOZAKI Yukari | Assistant Professor | Molecular biology (Stress response MAPK signaling Cell fate decision DNA damage response DNA replication stre) |
| UEDA Hiroki | Assistant Professor | Drug development chemistry |
Information on Career Paths
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Graduate School92.4%
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Information Industry2.5%
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Machinery and Appliances1.3%
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Civil Servant1.3%
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Other (Persons Planning on Continuing Education, Studying Abroad, etc.)2.5%
