【Research Area 】　Area of Regulatory Biology (Number of Faculty: 15)

Name	English Name	Position	Research Field	Department in the Master's Course
畠山 晋	Hatakeyama, Shin	Lecturer (Molecular Analysis and Life Science Center)	Biological Information and Regulation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Mechanisms of genome maintenance in the red bread mold Neurospora crassa, genetic and molecular biological analysis of aging.
井上 弘一	Inoue, Hirokazu	Professor	Biological Information and Regulation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Genetics of filamentous fungi; in particular, studies of DNA repair, mutagenesis, recombination and genome stability.
井上 金治	Inoue, Kinji	Professor	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Endocrinology and cell biology of pituitary gland. Neuroendocrinological study of orphan GPCR ligands such as prolactin releasing peptite (PrRP) and metastin.
金子 康子	Kaneko, Yasuko	Associate Professor (Faculty of Education)	Biological Adaptation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Plant cell biology. Investigation of the formation and function of cellular ultrastructure in the process of cell differentiation. Visualization of ultrastructure and biological macromolecules and their dynamics, as in the living state, through new rapid freezing methods and novel electron-microscopic techniques.
小林 哲也	Kobayashi, Tetsuya	Associate Professor	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Molecular endocrinology and comparative physiology. Investigation of the cellular biosynthesis and chemistry of hormones, the factors and mechanisms controlling hormonal secretion, and the cellular mechanisms of hormone action. Analysis of the neuro-immuno-endocrine interaction.
町田 武生	Machida, Takeo	Professor	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Neurobiology. Mechanism of neuron formation in the hippocampal area of the brain, which controls memory and learning. In particular neoneurogenesis in the adult brain and its relation to aging/gerontology.
松本 正吾	Matsumoto, Shogo	Visiting Professor (RIKEN)	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Molecular entomology. Insects have developed unique diversity and capacities that distinguish them from vertebrates. What is the molecular basis of the manifestation of these capacities, what are the control mechanisms? Based on the results obtained, we investigate possible applications in other fields.
森安 裕二	Moriyasu, Yuji	Associate Professor	Biological Adaptation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Plant biology. Understanding plant responses to nutrient starvation, pathways and regulation of autophagy in plant cells, and vacuole genesis.
坂井 貴文	Sakai, Takafumi	Professor	Biological Adaptation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Molecular Endocrinology. Regulatory mechanisms of hormone expression and secretion, with special interest in the relationship between peripheral brain-gut hormones and central nervous system. Studies on molecular mechanisms of differentiation and proliferation of hormone producing cells, and development of the pituitary gland.
菅原 康剛	Sugawara, Yasutake	Professor	Biological Adaptation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Plant Physiology, low temperature biology. Analysis of the mechanisms of cell differentiation and morphogenesis through plant cell and tissue culture. Analysis of the cellular basis of response and resistance under environmental stress in tissue cultures. In particular the analysis of the induction of desiccation tolerance and the vitrification mechanism inside the cell.
末光 隆志	Suyemitsu, Takashi	Professor	Biological Information and Regulation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Developmental biology. We have reported that thyroxin is involved in the development of sea urchin rudiment in the sea urchin larvae, as well as in the metamorphosis of sea urchin larvae. At the moment we are studying the nervous and hormonal control mechanisms of sea urchin metamorphosis.
竹澤 大輔	Takezawa, Daisuke	Associate Professor	Biological Adaptation	Regulatoryn Biology
Specialty: Adaptive biology of plants. Molecular genetic analysis of the mechanisms underlying frost and desiccation tolerance using the moss Physcomitrella patens as the model organism.
田中 秀逸	Tanaka, Shuuitsu	Associate Professor	Biological Information and Regulation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Genome informatics. Genetic and molecular biological investigation of DNA repair and cell death mechanisms with the aim of explaining the response of organisms to DNA damage. The model organism used is the fungus Neurospora crassa, a red bread mold.
辻本 雅文	Tsujimoto, Masafumi	Visiting Professor (RIKEN)	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Biochemistry, molecular biology. Analysis of the structure and function of proteins that regulate gene expression and are involved in disease, etc, from various points of view. Search for low molecular weight compounds that control the function of these proteins, one aim being the application of the results in the development of new drugs.
弥益 恭	Yamasu, Kyo	Professor	Biological Information and Regulation	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Molecular developmental biology. The model organism investigated is a small vertebrate, the zebrafish. The goal is to elucidate the mechanisms of the body axis formation, regionalization, cell differentiation, and morphogenesis during embryogenesis, and to understand the formation of the central nervous system, with special focus on the molecular and genetic aspects of animal development.
吉田 稔	Yoshida, Minoru	Visiting Professor (RIKEN)	Biological Function	Regulatory Biology
Specialty: Chemical genetics. By determining the targets of chemical compounds in cells we have discovered important factors involved in histone acetylation and extranuclear transport. We are using chemistry to analyze protein function and investigate protein modification at the genomic level.