Members
Bio-Digital Promotion Office
Unit Head
Professor ISHII Jun
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Genomic engineering, Bioengineering, Biological sensors

Associate Professor URASAKI Akihiro
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Transposon technology, Cardiovascular Research, Genetic Engineering, Applied Biotechnology

Assistant Professor KATAYAMA Kenta
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Lipid moleculer biology, Genome editing, Breeding, Organelle biology, Plant physiology

Assistant Professor NAKANISHI Akihito
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Microbial metabolic engineering


Assistant Professor KUDO Hisashi
Specialties
Engineering biology, Enzyme engineering, Machine learning

Synthetic Biology Platform Unit
Unit Head
Professor NISHIDA Keiji
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Genome editing technology, Synthetic evolutionary 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


Associate Professor TANAKA Tsutomu
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Cell surface engineering, Metabolic engineering

Associate Professor TAOKA Ken-ichiro
Specialties
Genome editing, Plant molecular biology, Regulation of flowering

Associate Professor MITSUNOBU Hitoshi
Specialties
Genome editing technology, Molecular biology, DNA replication

Associate Professor TOMINAGA Masahiro
Specialties
Synthetic Biology, Evolutionary engineering
Assistant Professor NGUYEN Sao Mai
Specialties
Plant molecular biology, plant physiology


Research Associate TSUJI Ayaka
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Genetic engineering

Smart Cell Engineering and Bioproduction Research Unit

Professor HASUNUMA Tomohisa
Specialties
Engineering biology, Biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Metabolic analysis technology, Synthetic biology, Bioprocess engineering

Professor YAMAJI Hideki
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Cell culture engineering, Bioprocesses,Recombinant protein production, Bioreactors

Professor SHIRAI Yasuhito
Specialties
Biochemistry, Study of information communication


Professor MIZUTANI Masaharu
Specialties
Phytochemistry, Plant biochemistry, Plant metabolic engineering

Professor SAKAKIBARA Hiroyuki
Specialties
Food and Nutritional Chemistry, Chronobiology

Professor UCHIDA Kazuhisa
Specialties
Biopharmaceuticals, Gene therapies, Manufacturing processes, Biologics analysis method , Human resouce development of biologics researchers

Professor MATSUI Kenji
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Plant molecular engineering

Associate Professor ISHIKAWA Shu
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Molecular biology, Genome biology

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 ITO Yoichiro
Specialties
Evolutionary molecular engineering, Synthetic biology

Associate Professor NASUNO Ryo
Specialties
Yeast, Nitric oxide,Reactive molecular species, Amino acid metabolism, Enzymology

Associate Professor ASAMIZU Shumpei
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Secondary metabolism, Natural products chemistry, Bacterial interaction, Actinomycete

Asssociate Professor HIDESE Ryota
Specialties
Applied Microbiology, Applied Biological Chemistry

Asssociate Professor BAMBA Takahiro
Specialties
Metabolic engineering, Genetic engineering

Asssociate Professor GUIRIMAND Grégory
Specialties
Bioproduction, Metabolic engineering, Plant specialized metabolism, Synthetic biology, Cell factory, Biofoundry

Assistant Professor FUKUDA Itsuko
Specialties
Food science, Functional food science

Assistant Professor KOYAMA Ryohei
Specialties
Horticulture, Institutional cultivation, Cultivation physiology

Assistant Professor HAYASHI Daiki
Specialties
Biological Chemistry, Structural Biochemistry, Lipid Biochemistry, Computational Biology

Assistant Professor KAMASAKA Kouhei
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Biochemistry, Membrane vesicle

Research Associate HIRAYAMA Hidenobu
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering

Research Associate HATTAN Jun-ichiro
Specialties
Genetic engineering of microorganisms for the production of valuable compounds

Advanced Analysis, Evaluation and Processing 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

Associate Professor AKIMOTO Seiji
Specialties
Photophysical chemistry, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Photosynthesis primary process

Professor MARUYAMA Tatsuo
Specialties
Surface engineering, Soft materials, Polymer surfaces, Surface functionalization, Self-assembly, Biomaterials


Professor TOMINAGA Keisuke
Specialties
Solution chemistry, Molecular spectroscopy

Professor TACHIKAWA Takashi
Specialties
Photochemistry, Single-molecule spectroscopy

Associate Professor TANAKA Kenya
Specialties
Photosynthesis, Redox biology, Plant physiology, Electrochemistry, Microbial ecology, Chronobiology

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

Associate Professor PRIHARDI Kahar
Specialties
Oleogenous microbial engineering, Biopolymer innovation, Metabolic engineering, Bioproduction platform development, Bioresource technology

Assistant Professor MORI Yutaro
Specialties
Protein engineering, Bioproduction, Biochemistry



Research Associate MATSUDA Mami
Specialties
Metabolic analysis, Synthetic Metabolic engineering

Bioeconomy Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor HASUNUMA Tomohisa
Specialties
Engineering biology, Biotechnology, Metabolic engineering, Metabolic analysis technology, Synthetic biology, Bioprocess engineering

Professor KAGEYAMA Hiroaki
Specialties
Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance

Associate Professor FUKE Nobuhiro
Specialties
Entrepreneurial finance, Strategic entrepreneurship, Energy finance

Associate Professor HAYASHI Kentaro
Specialties
Systems biology, Synthetic biology, Biosecurity
