Members
Bio-based Fuel and Chemical Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor KONDO Akihiko
Specialties
Biofunction/bioprocesses, Applied microbiology, Metabolic engineering, Engineering biology
Professor HASUNUMA Tomohisa
Specialties
Engineering biology, Biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Metabolic analysis technology, Synthetic biology, Bioprocess engineering
Professor YOSHIDA Ken-ichi
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Genomic biology, Metabolic engineering, Microbial physiology, Gene expression control, Physiologically active substances
Professor TAKENAKA Shinji
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Isolation of effective microorganisms, Microbial enzymes, Microbial degradation, Material transformation
Professor TAGUCHI Seiichi
Specialties
Life System Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Emerging Biology, Evolutionary Molecular Engineering, Bioplastic, Bioactive Compounds
Professor YASUEDA Hisashi
Specialties
Industrial and Applied Microbiology, Genetic Engineering, Molecular Genetics, Microbial Physiology
Associate Professor ISHII Jun
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Genomic engineering, Bioengineering, Biological sensors
Associate Professor ISHIKAWA Shu
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Molecular biology, Genome biology
Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Cell surface engineering, Metabolic engineering
Associate Professor HIDESE Ryota
Specialties
Applied Microbiology, Applied Biological Chemistry
Associate Professor UMEBAYASHI Kyohei
Specialties
Yeast, Genetics, Lipid biology, Nutrient uptake, Cell signaling, Antifungal mechanisms
Associate Professor MOCHIZUKI Tomohiro
Specialties
Archaeal Virology, Extremophiles
Assistant Professor KATO Yuichi
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Metabolic engineering, Genetic engineering, Microalgae, Radiation biology
Assistant Professor BAMBA Takahiro
Specialties
Metabolic engineering, Genetic engineering
Assistant Professor SHINTANI Tomoya
Specialties
Applied biological chemistry, Glycoscience, Food development studies, Molecular nutrition, Anti-aging medicine
Research Associate KURODA Shuji
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Genomic engineering, Bioengineering, Automation of Bacterial Transformation, High-throughput (HT) analysis, Yeast, E.coli
Research Associate HIRAYAMA Hidenobu
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering
Biologics Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor UCHIDA Kazuhisa
Specialties
Biopharmaceuticals, Gene therapies, Manufacturing processes, Biologics analysis method , Human resouce development of biologics researchers
Professor YAMAJI Hideki
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Cell culture engineering, Bioprocesses,Recombinant protein production, Bioreactors
Professor YUSA Keisuke
Specialties
Viral safety for biopharmaceuticals, Cellular and gene therapy products
Associate Professor ITO Yoichiro
Specialties
Evolutionary molecular engineering, Synthetic biology
Assistant Professor KATAYAMA Kenta
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Lipid moleculer biology, Genome editing, Breeding, Organelle biology, Plant physiology
Functional Food Material and Agrobio Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor SHIRAI Yasuhito
Specialties
Biochemistry, Study of information communication
Professor ASHIDA Hitoshi
Specialties
Functional food Science, Nutritional Chemistry, Prevention of lifestyle diseases, Environmental toxicology
Professor MIZUNO Masashi
Specialties
Immunostimulation, Macromolecule polysaccharides, Reactive oxygen species, Antitumor, Gut immunity
Associate Professor KANAMARU Kengo
Specialties
Chloroplast, Retrograde signaling, 5-aminolevulinic acid
Associate Professor HASHIMOTO Takashi
Specialties
Food chemistry, Nutritional chemistry, Functional food science, Molecular nutrition, Biochemistry, Drug metabolism, Tropical medicine
Associate Professor YAMASHITA Yoko
Specialties
Elucidation of food compositions on health beneficial effects and its signaling mechanisms.
Associate Professor TAOKA Ken-ichiro
Specialties
Genome editing, Plant molecular biology, Regulation of flowering
Assistant Professor FUKUDA Itsuko
Specialties
Food science, Functional food science
Assistant Professor SASAKI Daisuke
Specialties
Microbial population analysis (Hydrogen/methane fermentation, Electrolytic cultivation, Microbial fuel cell, Intestinal microbial flora), Fine chemical production
Chemical and Process Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor OGINO Chiaki
Specialties
Biomass pretreatment, Metabolic engineering, Bioprocesses engineering, Bionanotechnology
Professor HAYASHI Masahiko
Specialties
Organic chemistry, Organic synthetic chemistry, Catalytic chemistry
Professor MORI Atsunori
Specialties
Organic synthetic chemistry, Metalorganic chemistry, Organic materials science, Polymer science
Professor NISHIYAMA Satoru
Specialties
Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering
Professor NISHINO Takashi
Specialties
Polymer structures, Polymer properties, Polymer thin films / surfaces, Environment-related high molecules
Associate Professor KATSUDA Tomohisa
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Photo bioprocess, Chromatography
Associate Professor NAKAGAWA Keizo
Specialties
Nanoｍaterials Engineering, Membrane Separation Engineering, Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Advanced Energy Utilization, Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor KAMIO Eiji
Specialties
Separation engineering, Chemical engineering, Reaction engineering
Assistant Professor TANIYA Keita
Specialties
Catalysis and catalytic reaction engineering, Chemical engineering
Advanced Platform Technology Development Unit
Unit Head
Professor NISHIDA Keiji
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Genome editing technology, Synthetic evolutionary engineering
Professor ONISHI Hiroshi
Specialties
Interfacial molecular science, Advanced measurement
Professor TOMINAGA Keisuke
Specialties
Solution chemistry, Molecular spectroscopy
Professor MARUYAMA Tatsuo
Specialties
Surface engineering, Soft materials, Polymer surfaces, Surface functionalization, Self-assembly, Biomaterials
Associate Professor AKIMOTO Seiji
Specialties
Photophysical chemistry, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Photosynthesis primary process
Invited Associate Professor TSUGE Kenji
Specialties
Long-chain DNA synthesis, Genome designing biology, Living system design research
Assistant Professor TOMINAGA Masahiro
Specialties
Synthetic Biology, Evolutionary engineering
Assistant Professor TANAKA Kenya
Specialties
Photosynthesis, Redox biology, Plant physiology, Electrochemistry, Microbial ecology, Chronobiology
Research Associate NGUYEN Sao Mai
Specialties
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology
Bioeconomy Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor YAMAMOTO Kazuhiko
Specialties
Entrepreneurial finance, Strategic entrepreneurship
Professor KAGEYAMA Hiroaki
Specialties
Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance
Associate Professor FUKE Nobuhiro
Specialties
Entrepreneurial finance, Strategic entrepreneurship, Energy finance
