The division consists of 4 education and research groups:’Applied Molecular Biology’, ‘Plant Breeding Science’, ‘Botany and Agronomy’, and ‘Animal Production’, all of which are engaged in education for development and utilization of crop, animal and plant resources, and for establishment of their production technologies, thereby allowing sustainable reproduction. The major themes of our division are:(1)development of biological production systems based on molecular biology, (2) establishment of practical plant breeding by functional analysis of genes and genomes, (3)elucidation of growth mechanisms of plants under various environmental conditions, (4)elucidation of factors and their interrelationships for production of domestic animals. The division also promotes talent to contribute to agriculture through the education and research activities in close connection with Experiment and Livestock Farms in Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere.
Division of Agrobiology
Division of Agrobiology is comprised of following 4 chairs.
Chairs
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Chair of Applied Molecular Biology
The living organism is a huge complex system of chemical processes specified by hereditary information. A gene consists of DNA as a basic unit of the hereditary information and the gene product plays a central role in the chemical process of life. This chair provides education and research programs concerning the regulation mechanism of gene expression, molecular functions of proteins, and utilization of molecular biology approaches to develop biological production systems.Faculties in Charge
- BANDO HisanoriProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Applied Molecular Entomology)
- ASANO Shin-ichiroAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Applied Molecular Entomology)
- SATO MasanaoAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Applied Molecular Entomology)
- ONOUCHI HitoshiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
- KIMURA AtsuoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology)
- OKUYAMA MasayukiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology)
- TAGAMI TakayoshiAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology)
- YAMASHITA YuiAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
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Chair of Plant Breeding Science
This research group covers from fundamental biology to molecular and cellular biology and genetic engineering of plants. Using various research materials (e.g., viruses, microorganisms and plants), one of the goals of this group is functional analysis of genes and genomes to control genetic resources towards practical plant breeding.Faculties in Charge
- KISHIMA YujiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Plant Breeding)
- TAKAMURE ItsuroLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Plant Breeding)
- ABE JunProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Evolution)
- YAMADA TetsuyaLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Evolution)
- KANAZAWA AkiraAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Manipulation)
- YAMAGISHI MasumiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Manipulation)
- INUKAI TsuyoshiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Cell Biology and Manipulation)
- MASUTA ChikaraProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Pathogen-Plant Interactions)
- HATAYA TatsujiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Pathogen-Plant Interactions)
- NAKAHARA KenjiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Pathogen-Plant Interactions)
- KOIDE YoheiAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Plant Breeding)
- KUBO TomohikoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- ONODERA YasuyukiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- KITAZAKI KazuyoshiAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Applied Bioscience | Laboratory of Genetic Engineering)
- MATSUMURA TakeshiVisiting Professor (Outside organization | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
- DWIYANTI Maria StefanieAssistant Professor (Division of Research Innovation and Cooperation | Cooperative Research Group | Applied Plant Genomics)
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Chair of Botany and Agronomy
This chair covers an education field to understand growth mechanisms of field and horticulture crops under various environmental conditions with ecological, physiological and pathological methodologies, and to realize the basic principles of efficient utilization of plant resources and sustainable crop production.Faculties in Charge
- KASHIWAGI JunichiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Science)
- NAKASHIMA TaikenAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Science)
- FUJINO KaienAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Physiology)
- TSUGAMA DaisukeAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Crop Physiology)
- KONDO NorioProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Pathology)
- AKINO SeishiLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Plant Pathology)
- SUZUKI TakashiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Horticultural Science)
- JITSUYAMA YutakaLecturer (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Horticultural Science)
- SHIMURA HanakoAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Agrobiology and Bioresources | Laboratory of Horticultural Science)
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Chair of Animal Production
This chaircovers education on genetics, reproduction, nutrition, management and behavior of domestic animals and also their interrelationships with the aim of understanding the production, maintenance and health of domestic animals from the molecular level to individual and population levels. The goal of the education is to provide students with an understanding of the importance of animal production in ecosystems, including human society.Faculties in Charge
- TAKAHASHI MasashiProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction)
- KAWAHARA ManabuAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction)
- BAI HanakoAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction)
- UEDA KoichiroProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Reproduction System)
- KOBAYASHI YasuoProfessor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Function and Nutrition)
- KOIKE SatoshiAssociate Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Function and Nutrition)
- SUZUKI YutakaAssistant Professor (Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Animal Science | Laboratory of Animal Function and Nutrition)