Faculty

Dept. of Biomedical Sciences

Name	Title	Field of Study	Research, Studies	Website
ENDO Yuki	Research Associate	molecular biology	thermoregulation
FURUKAWA Keiko	Professor	Biochemistry, Glycobiology	Roles and molecular mechanisms of sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids in the malignant phenotypes of human cancer.
GOTO Ayumi	Research Associate	Health Science, Physical therapy, Molecular biology	Effect of heat stress on muscle energy metabolism	Website
ICHIHARA Masatoshi	Professor	Pathology, Hematology, Molecular biology	Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of the beneficial biological effects of molecular hydrogen, Identification of disease genes in BUF/Mna rats and elucidation of pathological mechanism caused by the mutations of these genes
*INOUE Chisato	Assistant Professor (Practicum Lecturer)	Medical Technology, Cell biology	Elucidation and inhibition of photoreceptor cell death in retinitis pigmentosa
*ITO Morihiro	Professor	Microbiology, Virology, Radiology	Studies on the cell Fusion Induced by Viruses, Analysis of fusion regulatory protein
IWAMOTO Takashi	Professor	Molecular Biology	Analysis of miRNAs on cardiomyopathy, cognitive neuroscience and cancer
*IWATA Satoru	Assistant Professor	Genetics, Physiology	Establishment of a method for effective chromosome engineering	Website
KANEKO Kei	Research Associate
KATANOSAKA Kimiaki	Associate Professor	Neurophysiology, Sensory physiology	Sensory transduction mechanisms of the primary sensory neurons, relating pain and thermosensation.
KAWAMOTO Yoshiyuki	Associate Professor	Molecular immunology, Biochemistry, Cancer science	Molecular analysis of cell signaling pathway in lymphocyte, Analysis of signaling modification by food factors in cells	Website
KONDO Fumio	Professor
MATSUMOTO Hiroyuki	Professor	Clinical Laboratory Science	Research on quality assurance in Clinical Laboratory Science
NASU Teruaki	Research Associate
NISHIZAWA Yuji	Professor	Anatomy, Cell Biology, Electron Microscopy, Biological Mass Spectrometory	Developmental biology of the photoreceptor cells during retinal degeneration.
*NODA Akiko	Professor	Sleep Medicine, Medical Technology, Cardiology	Sleep and cardiovascular disease
QIAO Shanlou	Professor	Pathology, Oncology, Cell Biology	Our research goal is to identify the mechanisms by which the tumour microenvironment impacts on the initiation and progression of cancers, and discover anticancer agents from natural sources by targeting the tumor microenvironment for cancer therapy
*SAKAKIBARA Akira	Associate Professor	Cell biology
SHINTANI Seine	Senior Assistant Professor	Biophysics, physiology	Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of contraction rhythmic homeostasis in warmed cardiomyocytes	Website
*SOBUE Sayaka	Associate Professor	Cell biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology	Analysis of biological effects of molecular hydrogen
*TAJIMA Orie	Associate Professor	Biochemistry, Glycobiology, Exercise Nutrition	Molecular mechanism in the maintenance/degeneration of the nervous systems by glycosphingolipids
TAKADAMA Hiroaki	Associate Professor	Inorganic Biomedical Materials	Development of Biomaterials such as Bone and Joint Repairing Materials
*TAKEDA Kozue	Associate Professor	Immunology, Molecular biology	redox-mediated tyrosine kinase activation, tumor regulator
*TAKEUCHI Tamaki	Senior Assistant Professor
TSURUDOME Masato	Professor	Virology, Molecular Biology	Molecular Mechanism of Viral Membrane Fusion
*UEMURA Kazuhide	Associate Professor	Pharmacology, Pathobiochemistry	Roles of mammalian lectins in inflammatory diseases
YAMAGUCHI Seiji	Associate Professor	Inorganic biomaterials	Bone substitute, Artificial joint
YAMAMOTO Yukiya	Professor	Hematology and oncology	Mechanism of leukemogenesis, Developing novel therapies.	Website
YAMASHITA Hitoshi	Professor	Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Gerontology	Mechanisms of thermoregulation, energy metabolism and aging

*This department is his/her secondary position.

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