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 | Name | Title | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Information Biology | KUCHITSU Kazuyuki | Professor | Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Responses and Signal Transduction |
| Plant Biology | NISHIHAMA Ryuichi | Professor | Molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and physiology of plants |
| Developmental Biology | WADA Naoyuki | Professor | Developmental biology, Tissue morphogenesis and regeneration |
| Microbial Ecology | SUZUKI Tomonori | Professor | Ecology and Phylogeny of Microorganisms |
| Bioorganic Chemistry | KURAMOCHI Kouji | Professor | Chemical Biology, Organic Synthesis |
| Molecular Biology | KAMAKURA Takashi | Professor | Molecular biology, Applied microbiology (Molecular biology of fungi and bacteria) |
| Reproductive Science | MAEZAWA So | Associate Professor | Multiomics, Chromatin dynamics, Epigenetics, Bioinfomatics |
| Enzymology Structural Biology |
NAKAJIMA Masahiro | Associate Professor | Enzyme Engineering, Biomacromolecular Chemistry and Structural Biology |
| Biochemistry Biophysics |
MASAIKE Tomoko | Associate Professor | Single-molecule Biology,Mechanisms of Proteins |
| Applied Biochemistry | FURUYA Toshiki | Associate Professor | Microbial metabolism and enzyme catalysis |
| Neuroscience | HAGIWARA Akari | Associate Professor | Anatomical and physiological neuroscience |
| Biological Psychology | ICHIKAWA Hiroko | Associate Professor | Behavioral science based on measurement of gaze behavior and brain activity |
| Cancer Cell Biology | SADAIE Mahito | Associate Professor | Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology |
| Cell Biology, Biochemistry | NAKAMURA Yoshikazu | Associate Professor | Lipid biology, Dermatology |
| (Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System) | |||
| Virus Life Science | KURAMOCHI Kouji | Professor* | Research on emerging and tumor viruses, and drug discovery |
| WATASHI Koichi | Visiting Professor | ||
| Plant Stress Physiology | KUCHITSU Kazuyuki | Professor* | Molecular responses of plants to environmental stresses, Genome editing and plant biotechnology |
| IMAI Ryozo | Visiting Professor | ||
| Biological Clock | WADA Naoyuki | Professor* | Biological clock research |
| OISHI Katsutaka | Visiting Associate Professor | ||
| Plant Molecular Biology | KAMAKURA Takashi | Professor* | Plant Immunity, Molecular Breeding of Crops |
| INOUE Haruhiko | Visiting Associate Professor | ||
| Molecular Biology | MAEZAWA So | Associate Professor* | Chromosomal DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Regulation |
| Medical Science | SADAIE Mahito | Associate Professor* | Cell cycle, Cell division, Chromosome dynamics |
| HIROTA Tohru | Visiting Professor | ||
| Molecular Biology | MASAI Hisao | Visiting Professor | Chromosomal DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Regulation |
| (Note) * indicates deputy advisors. | |||