Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences
Molecular and Chemical Life Science
The aim of this major is to approach essential understanding of life phenomena by clarifying the mechanisms at work in living bodies ranging from low-molecular-weight compounds to highly polymerized compounds such as nucleic acids and proteins. This major proactively incorporates an interdisciplinary approach combining chemistry and biology. We conduct research and impart education aiming to develop a methodology to enable healthy control of life phenomena, using fundamental knowledge obtained at the molecular level.
Laboratories
Chemical Biology
Analytical Bioorganic Chemistry | |||
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Faculty |
Professor ARIMOTO Hirokazu Assistant Professor TAKAHASHI Daiki |
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Undergrad education |
Agriculture | ||
Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | chemical biology, autophagy, synthetic organic chemistry | ||
Biostructural Chemistry | |||
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Faculty |
Professor SASAKI Makoto Assistant Professor UMEHARA Atsushi |
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Undergrad education |
Agriculture | ||
Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Natural product synthesis, synthetic organic chemistry, structure-activity relationships, function analysis | ||
Bioactive Molecules | |||
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Faculty |
Professor ISHIKAWA Minoru Associate Professor SATO Shinichi (C) Assistant Professor TOMOSHIGE Shusuke |
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Undergrad education |
Agriculture | ||
Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Medicinal chemistry, chemical biology | ||
Molecular and Cellular Biology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor OHASHI Kazumasa Associate Professor YASUMOTO Ken-ichi Assistant Professor CHIBA Shuhei |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Chemistry | ||
Campus | Aobayama | ||
Keywords | Mechanobiology, Signal transduction, Cytoskeleton, Stress Response, Imaging | ||
Applied Biological Molecular Science | |||
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Faculty |
Professor TANAKA Yoshikazu Assistant Professor YOKOYAMA Takeshi |
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Undergrad education |
Agriculture | ||
Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | protein, structure analysis, virulence factor, toxin, protein complex, food protein, biomineralization, natural organic compound synthesis enzyme | ||
Molecular and Network Genomics
Microbial Genetics and Evolution | |||
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Faculty |
Professor NAGATA Yuji Associate Professor OTSUBO Yoshiyuki Assistant Professor STARI Leonardo Assistant Professor KISHIDA Kouhei |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Environmental microbiology, genome microbiology, bioremediation of chemical pollutants | ||
Plant Reproductive System | |||
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Faculty |
Professor WATANABE Masao Associate Professor (Cross Appointment) ITO-INABA Yasuko Assistant Professor HAYASHI Maki |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Self-incompatibility in Brassicaceae, pollination reaction, hydration, selfing and outcrossing, evolution of reproductive system | ||
Molecular Genetics and Physiology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor HIGASHITANI Atsushi |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Aging, C. elegans, Mitochondria, Neuromuscular disease, Sarcopenia, Stress response | ||
Evolutionary Genomics | |||
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Faculty |
Professor MAKINO Takashi Associate Professor ICHINOSE Toshiharu (C) Associate Professor (Cross Appointment) SATO Atsuko Lecturer YOKOYAMA Ryusuke Assistant Professor BESSHO-UEHARA Kanako Assistant Professor IWASAKI Watal Assistant Professor BESSHO-UEHARA Manabu (C) |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Biology | ||
Campus | Aobayama | ||
Keywords | Evolutionary genomics, Evolution of duplicated genes, Comparative genomics, Bioinformatics | ||
Plant Molecular Genetics | |||
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Faculty |
Associate Professor KANNO Akira |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Flower development, Sex differentiation in plant, Evodevo | ||
Plant Molecular and Physiological Adaptation | |||
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Faculty |
Associate Professor HIDEMA Jun Assistant Professor TERANISHI Mika |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Plant, UV- and photo-biology, Environmental Adaptation Mechanisms | ||
Multilevel Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
Molecular Analysis of Biological Functions | |||
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Faculty |
Professor TAKAHASHI Satoshi Associate Professor OKUMURA Masaki (C) Assistant Professor ITOH Yuji |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Protein dynamics, single molecule biology | ||
Biofunctional Chemistry and Nanobiotechnology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor MIZUKAMI Shin Associate Professor KOWADA Toshiyuki |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | Chemical biology, Bioimaging, Photofunctional molecules | ||
Structural Mechanism Research and Development | |||
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Faculty |
Professor (Cross Appointment) YONEKURA Koji Professor TAKAHASHI Satoshi (C) Associate Professor HAMAGUCHI Tasuku |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | High-resolution cryo-EM, Electron 3D crystallography (3D ED / microED), AI data collection, Tomography | ||
Dynamic structural biology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor NANGO Eriko Assistant Professor FUJIWARA Takaaki Assistant Professor TAGUCHI Masahiko |
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Campus | Katahira | ||
Keywords | |||
Genome Informatics
Omics and Imformatics | |||
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Faculty |
Visiting Professor IKEDA Kazutaka Visiting Associate Professor YAMAKAWA Hisashi |
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Campus | Kazusa DNA | ||
Keywords | Metabolome analysis, metabolomics, biotechnology, metagenome, gene function analysis, comparative genome analysis, all genome array determination, next-generation sequencer, bioinformatics | ||
Cooperative faculties
Chemical biology of Natural Product | |||
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Faculty |
Professor UEDA Minoru |
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Undergrad education |
Science / Chemistry | ||
Campus | Aobayama | ||
Keywords | Natural products chemistry, Chemical biology | ||
Redox Biology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor MOTOHASHI Hozumi |
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Undergrad education |
Medicine | ||
Campus | Seiryo | ||
Keywords | KEAP1-NRF2 system, transcriptional regulation, oxidative stress, mitochondria, sulfur metabolism, aging, inflammation, macrophage | ||
Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry | |||
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Faculty |
Professor DOI Takayuki |
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Undergrad education |
Pharmaceutical | ||
Campus | Aobayama | ||
Keywords | natural product synthesis, design and synthesis of bioactive molecules, molecular probe synthesis | ||
RNA Physiology | |||
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Faculty |
Professor WEI Fan Yan |
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Campus | Seiryo | ||
Keywords | RNA modification, nucleic acids metabolism, mitochondria, mass spectrometry | ||