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52Department of Applied BiologyUsing insects’ high-performance sensors to develop methods for exterminationI am carrying out research on the sensors carried by insects to monitor the arrival of the seasons via sensor proteins that respond to temperature and day length. My findings can be applied to the extermination of pests and invasive species through such techniques as causing eggs to hatch in winter and making adult insects without wings grow them. This approach is garnering attention as a pest extermination method that does not harm nature or humans.Associate Professor Shiomi took his current position in 2007 after serving in the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology at Shinshu University as an assistant professor. His areas of research include environmental molecular entomology and applied entomology with a focus on the dormancy, metamorphosis, and seasonal morphology of insects.The ability to control the dormant stage of insects is useful not only for exterminating pests, but also for protecting ecosystems. Further, I believe that explaining the ecology of insects can contribute solutions for global environmental, food-related, and medical problems.Outlook for researchGraduates can nd employment at food and pharmaceutical companies, environmental companies working with nature, companies engaged in genetic analysis, and even trade-related inspection companies.Outlook for students after graduationHestina assimilis larva. There are many insects like this. Typically, students who gather in my lab are lovers of insects who see the appeal of their mysteries.A student observes cultured cells into which insect sensor genes have been inserted.Useful genes are cloned from insects of the order Lepidoptera.Kunihiro ShiomiAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Applied BiologyStudying the capabilities and survival strategies of insects and leveraging them in daily lifeInsects are the most prosperous animals on earth. They employ artful survival strategies to adapt to the environment, and each species has developed unique features. I investigate attractive and useful capabilities of insects in order to leverage them to benefit our daily lives in the future. Insects are not completely different from us, a fact that is clear even if we only consider their morphology. Research into the special features of insects provides us with important clues to understanding ourselves as humans.Associate Professor Shirai took his current position after working as a COE special researcher at the National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries and as an assistant professor at Shinshu University. His areas of specialization are biological chemistry and molecular cell biology for utilizing insects and insect cells.The picture to the right shows a green larva. In this larva, dye-binding proteins are stored in granules in epidermal cells. My lab is researching the mechanism by which these granules are formed. By discovering how that occurs, we hope to also discover a mechanism by which secretory proteins can be maintained within cells.Outlook for researchGraduates are active as researchers at food and pharmaceutical manufacturers and as public ocials.Outlook for students after graduationA dye-binding protein extracted from the dermal cell of an insect. The protein contains clues about protein secretion control.The green larva of the sweet potato hornworm, Agrius convolvuli, a large lepidopteran insect found throughout Japan.Koji ShiraiAssociate Professor

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