Division of Bioresource and Life Sciences

Name of Advisory Professor	Univ.	Special Subject	Fields of Instruction and Research
KOBAYASHI Genta	SAGA	Applied Microbiology	Isolation of useful microorganisms and utilization of biomass using microorganisms.
GOTO Masatoshi		Applied Microbiology	Functional analysis of filamentous fungi and their application.
SOH Nobuaki		Analytical Chemistry, Biopolymer Chemistry	Development of novel food/bio analysis methods and creation of advanced materials utilizing biopolymers and natural products.
NAGAO Koji		Nutrition Biochemistry	Regulation of lipid metabolism and physiological functions of food.
HAMA Yoichiro		Bioresource Chemistry	Structure and function of glycoconjugates.
KITAGAKI Hiroshi		Health microbiology	Microbial research related to human health.
MITSUTAKE Susumu		Lipid Biochemistry and Food Function	Physiological function of lipids on the plasma membrane, and its application on functional food.
INOUE Nao		Food Function Development	Studies on prevention and alleviation of the lifestyle-related diseases by food-derived functional ingredients.
KIMURA Kei		Algal Life Science	Studies of biological phenomena of algae by molecular cell-biological approach.
NOMA Seiji		Food Process Engineering	Development and improvement of food processing technology.
HORITANI Masaki		Bio-related Chemistry and Biophysics	Analysis of the relationship between protein function and structure, and enzyme reaction mechanism
KAWAGUCHI Shin-ichi		Chemistry of Natural Resources	Development cosmetic and medicinal material from natural resources.
TSUJITA Tadayuki		Biochemistry, Applied Health Science	Biochemical study for the Environmental sensing molecular mechanism in vertebrates and its pharmacolgical utilization.
NAGANO Yukio		Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of higher eukaryotes.
RYUDA Masasuke		Insect molecular biology and physiology	Elucidation of taste perception mechanism in insects.
ORITA Ryo		Benthology	Physiological and ecological studies on benthic animals
YOSHIDA Kazuhiro		Algal Life Science	Aquatic Photosynthesis Analysis with Biophysics and Molecular
KANEKO Satoshi	RYUKYUS	Carbohydrate Chemistry/Enzymology	Utilization of plant cell wall and sea weed polysaccharides.
KONISHI Teruko		Plant physiology, Glycoscience	Structure, function and the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides.
SEO Mitsunori		Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology	Plant hormones and environmental responses.
TAIRA Toki		Enzymology	Structure and function of enzymes from microbes and plants.
TAKARA Kensaku		Functional Food Chemistry	Evaluation and analysis of food functional.
TOYAMA Hirohide		Microbial Biochemistry	Molecular biology of useful microorganisms and development of microbial enzymes.
ISHII Takahiro		Bioactive natural product chemistry	Search for useful bioactive natural products from unutilized subtropical bio-resources.
INAFUKU Masashi		Food Functional Chemistry	Functional analyses and its application of food resources.
IWASAKI Hironori		Cell Biology, Functional Food Chemistry	Cell metabolic regulation of functional food compounds.
TAKAHASHI Makoto		Applied food processing	Food processing and development of food materials from useful bio-resources.
TACHIBANA Shinjiro		Applied Enzymology	Utilization of enzymes and bioactive substances of useful microorganisms.
FUKUTA Masakazu		Molecular Biology	Search for novel functional genes from subtropical species.
MIZUTANI Osamu		Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms	Genetic engineering and molecular breeding of microorganisms used for fermentation industry.
Yonathan ASIKIN		Food and flavor chemistry	Analysis of food deliciousness and flavor components.
UECHI Keiko		Enzymology/carbohydrate chemistry	Elucidation of the synthesis / degradation mechanism of fungal cell wall polysaccharides.
ISHIBASHI Matsujiro	KAGOSHIMA	Applied Microbiology	Microbial production and protein engineering of recombinant proteins.
KITAHARA Kanefumi		Applied Carbohydrate Chemistry	Carbohydrate Chemistry of Root Crops.
TAKAMINE Kazunori		Shochu and Fermentation Technology	Analyses of function and flavor of fermented food.
TAMAKI Hisanori		Applied Molecular Microbiology	Functonal analysis of simple eukaryotes.
OHTSUKA Akira		Nutritional Biochemistry and Feed Chemistry	Molecular mechanism of the metabolic regulation of body protein and lipids.
MUROYA　Susumu		Meat Science and Production	Meat Biochemistry, Animal physiology, Muscle molecular Biology
OKAMOTO Shigehisa		Plant molecular biology and physiology	Plant biotechnology: improvement and utilization of useful traits of plant in agriculture.
KAJIYA Katsuko		Biomolecular Sciences	Structure, function, and bioscientific application of biological regulatory molecules in natural products.
SAKAO Kozue		Food Molecular Functional Chemistry, Organic Chemistry. Analytical Chemistry	Functional Analysis, Structural Modification, and Elucidation of Molecular Mechanism of Natural Compounds
SHIMIZU Keiichi		Horticultural Science and Plant Biotechnology	Plant breeding, biotechnology and functional genomics.
HANASHIRO Isao		Applied Biological Chemistry	Starch chemistry.
FUJITA Kiyotaka		Applied Carbohydrate Chemistry	Functional characterization of glycoside hydrolases.
FUTAGAMI Taiki		Applied microbiology	Analysis and molecular breeding of microorganisms used for fermentation industry.
MINAMI Yuji		Biological Chemistry	Structure and function of self-defense proteins and peptides.
MIYATA Takeshi		Molecular design	Applying molecular design for development of vaccines against human and animal diseases by using food materials.
YOSHIZAKI Yumiko		Biochemistry, Fermentation Science	Analyses of flavor in foods and its formation mechanisms.
YOSHIDA Riichiro		Plant Molecular Biology	Functional analysis of environmental stress responses in higher plants.
Mun'delanji Catherine Mthangeyi VESTERGAARD		[Nano]biotechnologies	Application of biosensor and biomimetic technologies in food, agriculture and other areas.
TSURUMARU Hirohito		Applied and Molecular Microbiology	Analysis and Applications of Microbial functions.
IJIRI Daichi		Nutritional Biochemistry and Food Science	Molecular mechanisms of protein degradation, Physiological functions of animal products.
SHIMAMOTO Saki		Animal Food Function	Quality assessment of animal products, Investigation and advanced utilization of bioactive compounds from animal products.
KOMATSU Masaharu		Functional Food Safety Science	Functional mechanisms of aquatic natural compounds and food components.
SHIOZAKI Kazuhiro		Glycobiology	Physiological functions of glycoconjugates.
KATO Sanae		Biochemistry ・ Food Biochemistry	Biochemistry of protein from aquatic animal.
TAKUMI Shota		Functional Food Safety Science	Functional mechanisms of aquatic natural compounds and food components.
KUMAGAI Momochika		Natural Product Chemistry	Exploration of useful natural products from Aquatic bioresources and analysis of functional molecules and aroma components in seafood