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Division of Biological Environment Innovation

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Overview

Director

Gen-ichiro ARIMURAProfessor

Affiliation
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
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Comment

With the theme of “environment,” we will elucidate the environmental adaptability and molecular evolution mechanisms of various species, such as plants, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and fungi species. We will explore applications of novel discoveries to aid the preservation of natural ecosystems and biological diversity.

Research Content

Bioenvironmental research with the aim of creation of synergy between academic fields and technological seeds in an environmentally changing society.

Objectives

We explore the mechanisms by which life adapts and diversifies, and evolution occurs in a rapidly changing habitat environment. Our aim is also to develop technological seeds that contribute to our food and health quality.

Future Development Goals

We will create a new revolutionary academic field that has never existed by fusing individually developed research areas such as environmental biology and ecology.

SDGs

Members

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Name Job Title Affiliation
Gen-ichiro ARIMURA Director・Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Hisataka OHTA  Professor Institute of Arts and Sciences, Kagurazaka Division, Institute of Arts and Sciences
Shin-ichi SATAKE  Professor Department of Applied Electronics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Koji TAMURA  Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Mitsunori SHIROISHI  Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Shinichi MIYAGAWA  Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Yutaka SUMINO  Professor Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Takashi NAKAJIMA  Professor Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Kazuyuki KUCHITSU  Professor Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology
Ryuichi NISHIHAMA  Professor Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology
Toshiki FURUYA  Professor Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology
Fuminori TAKAHASHI Associate Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Yoshitsugu AKIYAMA  Associate Professor Institute of Arts and Sciences, Katsushika Division, Institute of Arts and Sciences
Masayuki  SAKURAI  Associate Professor Research Division, Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Organization for Research Advancement
Takuya UEMURA  Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Takumi TOMOI  Assistant Professor Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology

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Research Summary

Bioenvironmental research with the aim of creation of synergy between academic fields and technological seeds in an environmentally changing society.

Summary

Academic experts in the fields of environmental adaptation, biological interactions, molecular evolution, co-evolution, and ecology of living organisms have formed three subgroups “the section of environmental adaptation”, “the section of molecular evolution”, and the “section of nature symbiosis”. In order to create an academic research field that breaks through the classical concepts and barriers of environmental biology, evolutionary science, and ecology, we produce new technological seeds that will contribute to protecting our lives in a global environment that is always changing.

Goals and research structure for each group

Section of Environmental Adaption

We explore to find the mechanisms underlying biological sensing of environmental stress, and develop new technologies including environmental stress-adaptive cultivation systems.

⚫️ Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and diversity of lives
⚫️ Development of significant plant lines adapted for environmental stress tolerance and biologial interaction, leading to the creation of next-generation organic cultivation systems using immunostimulants and companion plants that contribute to reduced pesticide use.

Members: Gen-ichiro ARIMURA, Kazuyuki KUCHITSU, Ryuichi NISHIHAMA, Hisataka OHTA, Fuminori TAKAHASHI, Takuya UEMURA, Kenji HASHIMOTO, Takuya SAKAMOTO (Kanagawa Univ.), Sachihiro MATSUNAGA (Univ. of Tokyo)

Section of Molecular Evolution

We analyze the mechanisms of genomic evolution and biology’s central dogma that enable adaptation and diversification of life from the viewpoint of evolution, which　has been overlooked in the past. We also aim to develop new life system technology beyond conventional conceptions.

⚫️Elucidation and utilization of minimum components and the mechanism of biological protein synthesis system of life on Earth
⚫️Development of new life system technology based on RNA technology

Members: Koji TAMURA, Toshiki FURUYA, Mitsunori SHIROISHI, Masayuki SAKURAI, Takashi NAKAJIMA, Kazunori OKADA (Univ. of Tokyo), Akiko SOMA (Chiba Univ.)

Section of Nature Symbiosis

We advance scientific knowledge that contributes to the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, and develop technologies for assessing risks of chemical substances to living things and for managing and improving the air, water, and soil environment.

⚫️Elucidation of environmental factors and mechanisms that affect future biological production
⚫️Development of analytical methods for atmospheric molecules and environmental chemicals, and of methods for assessing the effects on living organisms

Members: Shinichi MIYAGAWA, Shinichi SATAKE, Yoshitsugu AKIYAMA, Yutaka SUMINO, Takuya SAITO (NIEFS)