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 | Keyword |
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| AKIMOTO Kazunori | Professor | ||
| AOKI Shin | Professor | Bio-related chemistry Chemical pharmacy |
Biological Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry, Biological-related Molecules |
| 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 |
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| 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 Drug development chemistry |
Organic Synthesis 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 |
| HARADA Yohsuke | Associate Professor | Biological pharmacy | |
| KAMBAYASHI Atsushi | Associate Professor | Medical pharmacy | |
| KUSAMORI Kosuke | Associate Professor | Biomedical engineering/Biomaterial science and engineering Physical pharmacy |
Cell-based therapy, mitochondria-based therapy, Regenerative therapy, cell engineering 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 |
| SATO Kazuki | Junior Associate Professor | Bio-related chemistry | carbohydrate, nucleic acid, peptide chemistry |
| TOJO Toshifumi | Junior Associate Professor | Chemical pharmacy | |
| ARAKAWA Takatoshi | Assistant Professor | Biofunction/Bioprocess Structural biochemistry Applied biochemistry Physical pharmacy |
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| KOHARA Yukihiro | Assistant Professor | Biological pharmacy Experimental pathology |
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| MIZUNOE Yuuhei | Assistant Professor | Experimental pathology | |
| MORITA Shunya | Assistant Professor | Chemical pharmacy | Synthetic Organic Chemistry |
| NOZAKI Yuka | Assistant Professor | Tumor biology Functional biochemistry Experimental pathology |
mitochondria |
| TAMORI Shoma | Assistant Professor | Biological pharmacy | Cancer stem cells |
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%
