Members
Bio-Digital Promotion Office
Unit Head
Professor ISHII Jun
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering, Genomic engineering, Bioengineering, Biological sensors
Professor TATSU Yoshiro
Specialties
Biosensing, Medical engineering, Healthcare, Biologics, Chemical biology, Photochemistry
Associate Professor TOMINAGA Masahiro
Specialties
Synthetic Biology, Directed evolution
Associate Professor URASAKI Akihiro
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Transposon technology, Cardiovascular Research, Genetic Engineering, Applied Biotechnology
Assistant Professor NAKANISHI Akihito
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Microbial metabolic engineering
Assistant Professor KUDO Hisashi
Specialties
Engineering biology, Enzyme engineering, Machine learning
Assistant Professor SAWADA Takahiro
Specialties
Molecular biology, Life science, Molecular medicine, Signal transduction
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
Assistant Professor XIAO Difan
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Metabolic engineering, Genome editing technology, Synthetic biology
Assistant Professor TSUJI Ayaka
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Genetic engineering
Assistant Professor NAMBU Yumiko
Specialties
Genome editing technology, Applied microbiology, Probiotics
Smart Cell Engineering and Bioproduction Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor SAKAKIBARA Hiroyuki
Specialties
Food and Nutritional Chemistry, Chronobiology
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 UCHIDA Kazuhisa
Specialties
Biopharmaceuticals, Gene therapies, Manufacturing processes, Biologics analysis method , Human resouce development of biologics researchers
Professor HIDESE Ryota
Specialties
Applied Microbiology, Applied Biological Chemistry
Associate Professor ISHIKAWA Shu
Specialties
Applied microbiology, Molecular biology, Genome biology
Associate Professor KATO Shunsuke
Specialties
Organic Chemistry, Enzyme Engineering, Metabolic Engineering
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 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 VIKROMVARASIRI Nunthaphan
Specialties
Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, Applied Microbiology, Bioprocess Engineering, Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor KARIYAZONO Ryo
Specialties
Molecular microbiology, Transcriptional regulation
Research Associate HIRAYAMA Hidenobu
Specialties
Synthetic biology, Metabolic engineering
Advanced Analysis, Evaluation and Processing Research Unit
Unit Head
Professor OGINO Chiaki
Specialties
Biomass pretreatment, Metabolic engineering, Bioprocesses engineering, Bionanotechnology
Associate Professor AKIMOTO Seiji
Specialties
Photophysical chemistry, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Photosynthesis primary process
Professor NAKAGAWA Keizo
Specialties
Nanoｍaterials engineering, Membrane separation engineering, Catalytic reaction engineering, Advanced energy utilization, Chemical engineering
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
Professor KAMIO Eiji
Specialties
Separation engineering, Chemical engineering, Reaction engineering
Associate Professor TANAKA Kenya
Specialties
Photosynthesis, Redox biology, Plant physiology, Electrochemistry, Microbial ecology, Chronobiology
Associate Professor KATSUDA Tomohisa
Specialties
Biochemical engineering, Photo bioprocess, Chromatography
Assistant Professor MORI Yutaro
Specialties
Protein engineering, Bioproduction, Biochemistry
Research Associate MATSUDA Mami
Specialties
Metabolic analysis, Synthetic Metabolic engineering
Research Associate DAO DUY HANH
Specialties
Plant physiology, Metabolic engineering, Applied microbiology, Plant production
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
