School of Food and Nutritional Sciences/Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences

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Researcher list of the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences and the Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences.

School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology

Name / Position	Research interests	Details	CV (PDF)
CHISUGA, Taichi Research Assistant Professor	enzyme chemistry, protein structure, biosynthesis, protein engineering	researchmap laboratory	CV
EGI, Masahiro Professor	total synthesis, phytochemical, lifestyle related disease	researchmap laboratory
FUJINAMI, Daisuke Research Assistant Professor	protein design, protein folding, posttranslational modification, microbiology, biophysics	researchmap laboratory	CV
FUNA, Nobutaka Associate Professor	biosynthesis, streptomyces	laboratory
HONDA, Chihiro Research Assistant Professor	oligosaccharide, starch, MS, NMR	researchmap laboratory
HONDOH, Hironori Associate Professor	crystal growth, food structure, phase transition, crystallography, physical property	researchmap laboratory	CV
ITO, Keisuke Associate Professor	taste, smell, food flavor, chemosensory receptors, cell-based assay	laboratory
ITO, Sohei Associate Professor	protein engineering, enzyme application, protein structure, computational protein design	researchmap laboratory
KAWARASAKI, Yasuaki Associate Professor	directed evolution, protein engineering, bimolecular engineering, molecular biotechnology, protein-protein interaction	researchmap laboratory
KOBAYASHI, Kimiko Professor	human genetics, drosophila genetics, lifestyle-related diseases	researchmap laboratory
KUMAZAWA, Shigenori Professor	analysis, polyphenol, metabolomics, NMR, propolis	researchmap laboratory	CV
MASUDA, Shuichi Professor	mutagenicity, heatox, acrylamide, DNA damage, toxicity	researchmap laboratory	CV
MURAKAMI, Kazuya Research Assistant Professor	food engineering, heat transfer, analysis, reaction, carotenoid	researchmap laboratory	CV
NAKANO, Shogo Associate Professor	protein engineering, enzyme mechanism, x-ray crystallography, computational chemistry, bioinformatics	researchmap laboratory
OHASHI, Norio Professor	microbiota, bifidobacteria, lactic acid bacteria, food-borne pathogens, tick-borne pathogens	researchmap laboratory	CV
OHHARA, Yuya Research Assistant Professor	insect growth and development, ecdysteroid, endoreplication, fatty acid, edible insect	researchmap laboratory	CV
SHIGETA, Takashi Research Assistant Professor	synthesis, reaction, food, nutrition	researchmap laboratory
SHIMAMURA, Yuko Research Assistant Professor	food poisoning bacteria, bacterial protein toxins, polyphenol, catechin, sterilization	researchmap laboratory	CV
SHIMOYAMADA, Makoto Professor	soybean, egg, protein, processing, heating	researchmap laboratory
TERADA, Yuko Research Assistant Professor	functional food, food chemistry, thermosensitive TRP channels, taste receptor, G-protein coupled receptor	researchmap laboratory	CV

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Department of Nutrition and Life Sciences

Name / Position	Research interests	Details	CV (PDF)
ARAI, Hidekazu Professor	diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, postprandial hyperglycemia, calcium/phosphate metabolism, hyperlipidemia	researchmap laboratory	CV
EGUCHI, Satomi Assistant Professor	cookery science, physical properties, mastication, sensory evaluation, texture	researchmap laboratory
HATA, Toshiki Research Assistant Professor	nutritional epidemiology, nutrition education, public health, community health	researchmap laboratory
HAYASHI, Hisayoshi Associate Professor	intestine, epithelial transport, nutrient absorption, paracellular transport, intracellular pH	researchmap laboratory	CV
HEMPSTOCK, Wendy Leanne Research Assistant Professor	intestinal physiology, tight junctions, paracellular transport	researchmap laboratory	CV
HOSAKA, Toshio Professor	insulin resistance, metabolism, adipocyte, glucose transporter, diabetes	researchmap laboratory	CV
HOSOOKA, Tetsuya Associate Professor	insulin resistance, adipose tissue, adipocytes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, metabolic disease	researchmap laboratory	CV
ICHIKAWA, Yoko Professor	food environment, healthier HMR (home-meal replacement), postprandial hyperglycemia, dietary flavonoids, venison	researchmap laboratory
IMI, Yukiko Research Assistant Professor	adipose tissue, energy metabolism, insulin resistance, metabolic disease	researchmap laboratory
KAWAKAMI, Yuka Research Assistant Professor	hyperuricemia, diabetes mellitus, postprandial hyperglycemia, chronic kidney disease, hyperlipidemia	researchmap laboratory
KURIKI, Kiyonori Professor	j-micc study, nutritional epidemiology, lifestyle-related diseases, evidence-based nutrition, primary prevention	researchmap laboratory	CV
KUSHIDA, Osamu Associate Professor	public nutrition, food environment, psychosocial, behavior change, dietary habit	researchmap laboratory
KUWANO, Toshiko Professor	nutrition education, dietary survey, behavioral characteristics, chewing, eating behaviors	researchmap laboratory	CV
MIURA, Shinji Professor	skeletal muscle, phospholipid remodeling, transcription factor, exercise training	researchmap laboratory
MIYOSHI, Noriyuki Professor	functional food, metabolic syndrome, cancer, mass spectrometry	researchmap laboratory	CV
OHTA, Toshiro Research Assistant Professor	angiogenesis, cancer, food factors	researchmap laboratory
OTSUKI, Naoko Research Assistant Professor	food environment, cook-chill, reheating, moisture content, sensory evalluation	researchmap laboratory	CV
SATO, Tomoki Research Assistant Professor	nutrition, muscle, energy metabolism, phospholipid, exercise	researchmap laboratory	CV
SHIMBA, Yuki Research Assistant Professor	clinical nutrition, dietary intervention, myokine	researchmap laboratory	CV
TSUNOGAE, Hiroki Professor	sociology of education, education for immigrant 2nd generation	researchmap laboratory
YOSHIOKA, Yasukiyo Research Assistant Professor	muscle atrophy, glucose uptake, food factors	researchmap laboratory

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Department of Environmental and Life Sciences

Name / Position	Research interests	Details	CV (PDF)
AMAGAI, Takashi Professor	atmospheric environment, indoor environment, exposure assessment, air pollutants, analysis	researchmap laboratory	CV
HARA, Kiyotaka Associate Professor	fermentation, ATP, cell factory, fine chemical production, biorefinery	researchmap laboratory	CV
IBUKI, Yuko Professor	ultraviolet rays, chemicals, dna damage, DNA repair, histone	researchmap laboratory
IWASE, Mari Research Assistant Professor	energy metabolism, adipose tissue, functional food	researchmap laboratory	CV
KARAKI, Shin-ichiro Research Assistant Professor	gastroenterology, intestinal microbiome, enteric nervous system, ussing chamber, short-chain fatty acids	researchmap laboratory	CV
KOBAYASHI, Tohru Professor	sex determination/differentiation, sexual plasticity, germ cell, steroid hormone, medaka	researchmap laboratory	CV
KOMAKI,Yukako Research Assistant Professor	drinking water, disinfection byproducts, mammalian cell toxicity, cell cycle, DNA damage	researchmap laboratory	CV
MAKINO, Masakazu Professor	organophosphorus, insecticide, enthalpy-entropy, compensation	researchmap laboratory	CV
MASUI, Noboru Research Assistant Professor	air pollution, plant volatiles, pest management, agriculture	researchmap laboratory
MYOSHO, Taijun Research Assistant Professor	sex-determining gene, medaka	researchmap laboratory	CV
NAGAI, Daisuke Associate Professor	polymer synthesis, polymer chemistry, environmental chemistry	researchmap laboratory
NORO, Kazushi Research Assistant Professor	passive sampler, photolysis, microplastics, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	researchmap laboratory
OKAMOTO, Shusuke Research Assistant Professor	polymer, photocatalyst	researchmap laboratory
SAITO, Kieko Research Assistant Professor	tea, fermentation, hydroponics, root, honey bee		CV
TAMURA, Kentaro Associate Professor	organelle dynamics, imaging, nucleus, environmental response, arabidopsis	researchmap laboratory
TANI, Akira Professor	monoterpene, isoprene, wasabi, plant factory, volatile organic compound	researchmap laboratory	CV
TANI, Yukinori Professor	manganese oxidizing fungi, metal sequestration, lake sediment, carotenoids	researchmap laboratory	CV
TOKUMURA, Masahiro Research Assistant Professor	risk assessment, indoor environment, wastewater treatment, chemical engineering, air cleaning	researchmap laboratory	CV
UCHIDA, Kunitoshi Associate Professor	thermosensation, TRP channel, energy metabolism, body temperature, keratinocyte	researchmap laboratory
UMEZAWA, Kazuhiro Research Assistant Professor	sulfur disproportionating bacteria, sulfur cycle, bioremediation	researchmap laboratory
WARASHINA, Tsutomu Research Assistant Professor	phytochemistry, pregnane glycoside, asclepiadaceae, flavonoid	researchmap

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Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences

Name / Position	Research interests	Details	CV (PDF)
NAKAMURA, Yoriyuki Professor	tea, health benefit, tea industry, marketing, tea culture	researchmap laboratory
WAKABAYASHI, Keiji Professor	mutagens and carcinogens, heterocyclic amine, colon carcinogenesis, cancer prevention, pierisin	researchmap laboratory	CV

School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology

Department of Nutrition and Life Sciences

Department of Environmental and Life Sciences

Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences

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