農学部研究紹介英語版2018-2019

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Microbes exist anywhere around us, although we cannot see them. Some of them are indispensable for producing pharmaceuticals, for instance, as well as for fermented food production. In particular, numbers of microbes inhabit the stomach and large intestine of animals including human, which play important roles in their health. We research central focusing on these functional microbes and even on wide range of creatures as biological resources to pursue their potentiality deeply, and apply their unlimited abilities so as to contribute to establishment the harmonious recycling-based society. Research theme A. Feed use of untapped food resources and food byproducts for constructing an energy cycle system B. Exploring new function of microbes inhabiting animal digestive tract Visit our website to learn more >>> -- If you are interested in learning realm of our research theme, and in conducting intensive studies to discover/create novel idea into reality, please take a look onto our message available on the website. We would welcome those who have been learning about their specialized fields where it is seemingly unrelated to our present research area. Laboratory for Bioresources Yutaka UYENO Assosiate Professor (2018~) Keywords: *Intestinal microbial fermentation *Food byproduct for feed *Probiotics and prebiotics for animal production A B C D A B Detecting and measuring who, how many, and why are the microbes ? Billions of cattle in the world need food that is Healthy, Delicious, and Superb! Bioresource Science Division http://www.shinshu-u.ac.jp/faculty/agriculture/ lab/ueno/index_brr_en.html Laboratory of Animal Functional Anatomy (LAFA) Kohzy HIRAMATSU Professor Morphology Histochemistry GEP system Endocrinology Autonomic nervous system Laboratory of Animal Functional Anatomy (LAFA) investigates the mechanisms of regulating food intake, the control of intestinal functions, and the roles of the nervous system in endocrine regulation by using immunohistochemistry at the light and electron microscopical levels, morphometrical analysis, biochemical assays in vitro and so on. The keyword of LAFA is ‘EAT’. The effects of nutrients, especially protein and amino acids, on the secretion of glucagon-like peptides (GLP-1 and -2). A B C D A B C Ultrastructure of endocrine cells in the chicken small intestine. Arrows indicate secretory granules. N: nucleus B islet in the chicken pancreas. B islet consists of many B cells (green) and some D cells (red). Bioresource Science Division The neural networks regulating the food intake in the chicken hypothalamus. The innervation of chicken and ruminant pancreata by the autonomic nervous system. 14