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Introduction

The Department of Applied Biological Science explores the basic laws of life science, ranging from microorganisms to human beings, and fosters human resources who possess the ability to plan and execute thorough experimental strategies for resolving issues in science, agriculture, medicine and pharmaceutical science, and environmental engineering.

List of Research Areas and Faculty Members

Major	Title	Name	Research Area
Environmental Information Biology	Professor	KUCHITSU Kazuyuki	Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Responses and Signal Transduction
Enzymology	Professor	TAGUCHI Hayao	Enzyme Engineering, Biomacromolecular Chemistry
Biophysics	Professor	TAGUCHI Hayao	Enzyme Engineering, Biomacromolecular Chemistry
Molecular biology	Professor	KAMAKURA Takashi	Molecular biology, Applied microbiology (Molecular biology of fungi and bacteria)
Neuroscience	Professor	FURUICHI Teiichi	Neurobiology of brain development
Cell biology	Professor	MATSUNAGA Sachihiro	Live cell imaging, cell division, development and morphogenesis
Developmental biology	Professor	WADA Naoyuki	Tissue morphogenesis and regeneration
Molecular and Cellular Bioscience	Professor	KURODA Reiko	Biochemistry, Biophysics
Molecular Biology	Associate Professor	MOROHASHI Kengo	System Biology, Biological Network
Microbial Ecology	Associate Professor	SUZUKI Tomonori	Ecology and Phylogeny of Microorganisms
Bioorganic Chemistry	Associate Professor	KURAMOCHI Kouji	Chemical Biology, Organic Synthesis
Biochemistry	Junior Associate Professor	MASAIKE Tomoko	Single-molecule Biology,Mechanisms Of Proteins
Biophysics	Junior Associate Professor	MASAIKE Tomoko	Single-molecule Biology,Mechanisms Of Proteins
Applied Biochemistry	Junior Associate Professor	FURUYA Toshiki	Microbial metabolism and enzyme catalysis
(Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System)
Molecular Biochemistry	Visiting Professor	SORIMACHI Hiroyuki	Regulation for Cell Functions by Proteolysis
Molecular Biochemistry	Professor*	TAGUCHI Hayao	Regulation for Cell Functions by Proteolysis
Molecular Biology	Visiting Professor	MASAI Hisao	Chromosomal DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Regulation
Molecular Biology	Professor*	FURUICHI Teiichi	Chromosomal DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Regulation
Molecular Genetics	Visiting Professor	SHIBASAKI Futoshi	Molecular Pathology for Hereditary Diseases and Development for Treatment
Molecular Genetics	Professor*	WADA Naoyuki
Computational Glycomics	Visiting Professor	FUKUI Kazuhiko	Glycoscience, Computational Science
Computational Glycomics	Associate Professor*	MOROHASHI Kengo	Glycoscience, Computational Science
Food Biochemistry	Visiting Professor	MACHIDA Sachiko	Membrane chemistry (Membrane protein), Biomolecular engineering
Food Biochemistry	Professor*	TAGUCHI Hayao
Virus Life Science	Visiting Associate Professor	WATASHI Kouichi	Mechanistic analysis of the replication and development of therapeutics for tumor viruses such as hepatitis Band C virus
Virus Life Science	Professor*	FURUICHI Teiichi
Cancer Chemotherapy	Visiting Associate Professor	DAN Shingo	Cancer chemotherapy, Biomarkers for anticancer agents, Bioinformatics
Cancer Chemotherapy	Associate Professor*	KURAMOCHI Kouji
Medical Science	Visiting Professor	HIROTA Tohru	Cell cycle, Cell division, Chromosome dynamics
Medical Science	Professor*	FURUICHI Teiichi	Cell cycle, Cell division, Chromosome dynamics
Biological Clock	Visiting Associate Professor	OISHI Katsutaka	Biological clock research
Biological Clock	Professor*	WADA Naoyuki	Biological clock research
(Note) * indicates deputy advisors.