Courses
Food Science
Outline of Chair

To make research on the relation of food and human health, evaluation and improvement of food function, and food safety.
Research Fields
This chair consists of the four fields of: Science of Food and Health Relation, which researches environmental stress reactions of animals, plants and microorganisms and the development of functional microorganisms; Science of Food Function Analysis, which analyzes tertiary functions of food and food materials on a molecular level; Development in Food Functions, which researches living organism regulatory functions and their utility for agriculture and livestock; and Science of Food Safety, which researches the analytical science of food and food materials and safe fermentative production.
Teaching and Research Faculty
Masanobu Kojima
Professor
Science of Food and Health Relation
Kikuo Sen
Professor
Science of Food and Health Relation
Molecular breeding of basidiomycetous mushrooms, and development of microbial pesticides
Akira Tabuchi
Associate Professor
Science of Food and Health Relation
Cell signaling and metabolic regulation in plant and bacteria
Hidefumi Makabe
Professor
Science of Food Function Analysis
Anticarcinogemic compounds and their structural activity relationships
Hitomi Ichinose
Hitomi Ichinose
Science of Food Function Analysis
Utilization of carbohydrate and carbohydrate-related enzyme
Soichiro Nakamura
Professor
Science of Food Function Analysis
Improvement of bioactive compounds by chemical, enzymatic and genetic modifications
Shigeru Katayama
Associate Professor
Science of Food Function Analysis
Improvement of bioactive compounds by chemical, enzymatic and genetic modifications
Kozo Nakamura
Associate Professor
Science of Food Function Analysis
Screening and synthesis of additives for functional improvement of foods
Tomoyuki Fujita
Professor
Science of Food Function Analysis
Chemical studies on functional biomolecules and their biological activity
Hiroshi Fujii
Professor
Development in Food Functions
Studies on regulation of expression and function of genome by functional biomolecules
Yasunori Hamauzu
Associate Professor
Development in Food Functions
Control and utilization of functional compounds in fruits and vegetable
Takeshi Kawahara
Associate Professor
Development in Food Functions
Research on the functionality of food ingredients to prevent inflammatory disease
Masato Ikeda
Professor
Science of Food Safety
Microbial engineering merged with genomics
Seiki Takeno
Associate Professor
Science of Food Safety
Microbial engineering merged with genomics
Takeshi Hosaka
Associate Professor
Science of Food Safety
Development of technologies for advanced utilization of cryptic genes in microorganisms