Graduate School of Science and Technology(Master's Program)>Department of Textile Science and Technology>Applied Biology Division
Applied Biology Division
Overview
(1) Research using biomaterials
- Unraveling the intravital protein synthesis mechanism, and search and application of useful protein resources
- Analysis of functions and structure of nucleic acids, protein, etc., and analysis and application of their interaction mechanism
- Development of biomaterials by using biotechnological techniques, and research of functional analysis
(2) Research using microbes
- Genomic-level applied microbial research about Bacillus subtilis and their related organisms
- Unraveling the bacterium biofilm forming and surface stress response mechanism
- Function analysis of plant organelles (vacuoles and chloroplasts), and development of plant production system in closed system
- Analysis of secondary metabolism enzyme and genetic function of plants, and their application in metabolic control, material production, etc.
- Improvement of crop form, disease resistance, environmental stress resistance, etc.
(3) Research using animals and insects
- Conservation of genetic resources of mammals, and development of reproduction technology
- Functional unraveling of various stem cells such as ES cells and iPS cells, and their application in regenerative medicine
- Molecular analysis and applicable technology development of seasonal occurrence plasticity of insects
- Collection and conservation of genetic resources of domesticated silkworms and wild silkworms, and fostering new practical phyletic line
(4) Research for environmental conservation
- Freshwater ecology and environmental hygiene (sciences for researching the relationship between human health and water environment conservation)
- Development of environmental chemistry fields such as environmental analysis, toxicity evaluation method, environmental purification method, etc.
Effective use of microbial resources
Main Research Theme
- Research of plant molecular breeding and bio-fiber monopodium biorefinery by using genomic engineering
- Research of microbial chitinolytic enzyme and fungus biotechnology, and search of useful microbes
- Unraveling the substrate recognition mechanism of enzymes for decomposing biopolymers
- Research of plant organelle function, and development of highly functional vegetables and energy-saving cultivation system in plant factories
- Analysis of chloroplast morphogenesis mechanism, and molecular breeding of head-forming vegetables
- Conservation and effective use of mammal resources
- Analysis of reaction mechanism of plant low-molecular-weight compounds modifying enzymes, and their fundamental and application research for material production
- Improvement of Agrobacterium tumefaciens for transformation of eukaryotic organisms
- Development of genome analysis technology for higher plants, and unraveling the sex determination mechanisms
- Unraveling the steric constitution and function of proteins, and design, development, and application research of artificial proteins
- Unraveling the gene-expression control mechanism using ribosome, and development of poorly soluble protein expression system
- Research of regenerative medicine and reproduction technology using sperm stem cells/li>
- Genome analysis of domesticated silkworms, wild silkworms, and other fiber-producing living objects, and development and utilization of superior phylesis
- Research and development of silk used as material, and its application technology
- Research of relationship between biocenosis (in freshwater areas such as rivers and lakes) and environment
- Development of new environmental purification techniques and environmental pollution evaluation method
- Unraveling the mechanism of insect shape changing with seasons
- Unraveling the necessary salinity resistance mechanism of plants, and fundamental and application research for resistant plant production
- Unraveling the function of cell surface components of gram-positive bacteria
- Research of surface-stress responding mechanism of bacteria, and research of gene-expression control mechanism in bacterium biofilm forming process
- Development and application research of biomaterials made of animal tissues