Staff
Principal Investigator (Professor)
Masatsugu Toyota
CV 
| Birthplace | Kagawa |
|---|---|
| Research | Biophysics, Plant Physiology |
| Interests | Guitar, Basketball |
| Comment | Logic, logic logic! |
Assistant Professor
Hiraku Suda CV
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Research | Study of fast signals and responses in plants using the Venus flytrap. |
| Interests | Biological collection, Playing with my daughter |
| Comment | II like the invisible mechanisms that drive living organisms. |
Postdoctoral Researcher
Takuma Hagihara
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Research | Mechanisms of long-distance signal propagation in plants |
| Interests | Origami |
| Comment | I'll do my best in my research. |
Students
Doctoral Course Students
Kayano Kuwahara
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Research | Plant disease defense responses induced by amino acids: Analysis of the molecular mechanism |
| Interests | Hiking, To eat something delicious. |
| Comment | I'm always seeking the things excite me. |
Rimsha Ishaq
| Birthplace | Multan, Punjab, Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Research | Insight of plant molecular mechanism during long distance calcium signaling |
| Interests | Graphic designing, traveling, spending time with my loved ones. |
| Comment | Let’s make the impossible, possible together! |
Chieko Terashima
| Birthplace | Chiba |
|---|---|
| Research | Mechanism of sensing volatile in plant |
| Interests | Reading or writing |
| Comment | I like Cherrybark. |
Hiroki Asakawa
| Birthplace | Chiba |
|---|---|
| Research | Dynamics in Dionaea muscipula |
| Interests | Soccer |
| Comment | I'm interested in dice. |
Graduate Studetns
Akitsu Takabayashi
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Research | New biosensors |
| Interests | Drawing, Moisturizing |
| Comment | I will work hard to take Lab Note. |
Kosuke Sekiya
| Birthplace | Fukuoka |
|---|---|
| Research | Development of new chemicals to activate plant defense responses |
| Interests | Soccer, Sauna |
| Comment | Not getting enough sleep always. |
Hazumi Akaogi
| Birthplace | Tochigi |
|---|---|
| Research | Mechanism of Flexion-Induced Lateral Root Formation |
| Interests | Piano, Viola |
| Comment | I also like Harry Potter. |
Chiaki Tatsumi
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Research | Functional analysis of GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKEs (GLRs) |
| Interests | Watching movies. |
| Comment | I like watching volleyball matches. |
Undergraduate Studetns
Shunnosuke Tatsuzawa
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Research | Clarification of sensing mechanisms of volatile organic compounds in plants |
| Interests | Video game |
| Comment | I love sleeping. |
Tatsuya Tanaka
| Birthplace | Tochigi |
|---|---|
| Research | Functional analysis of glutamate receptors using plant and animal cell cultures |
| Interests | Muscle training, Ramen Tour |
| Comment | I will conquer Ramen Jiro all over Japan. |
Taira Fukui
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Research | The molecular mechanism of touch perception and its downstream signaling pathway in Arabidopsis |
| Interests | Gardening |
| Comment | My current obsession is to grow dyer's knotweed and use them to do indigo dyeing. |
Youru Saito
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Research | |
| Interests | Reading books |
| Comment | I love plants. |
Asei Takahashi
| Birthplace | Iwate |
|---|---|
| Research | |
| Interests | King Gnu (Japanese rock band), Pokémon, Reading books |
| Comment | I will try to deepen my understanding of research little by little. |
Shouya Takihara
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Research | |
| Interests | Playing games, Reading books |
| Comment | I hope we can get along. |
Shunta Tanaka
| Birthplace | Kanagawa |
|---|---|
| Research | |
| Interests | Looking for a cheap and delicious restaurant |
| Comment | I try my best to find a research topics. |
Hinako Yagi
| Birthplace | Fukuoka |
|---|---|
| Research | |
| Interests | Walking |
| Comment | I will do my best from now on. |
Technical Staff
Toru Ishizuka
| Birthplace | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| Interests | Trip, Reading and Tennis |
| Comment | I'm looking forward to working with you. |
Yukiko Kamide
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Interests | Gardening |
| Comment | I tend to walk in front of people even though I have no sense of direction! |
Yoshie Kojima
| Birthplace | Saitama |
|---|---|
| Interests | Piano, Overseas TV drama |
| Comment | I'll do my best. |
Alumni
2024 Fall
Yuri Aratani (Ph.D)
2023
Takuma Hagihara (Ph.D)
Ami Nakano (MS)
Nao Yoshida (BS)
2022
Takuya Umeura (Doctoral Researcher)
Kyohei Kakuda (MS)
Gen Hirohara (MS)
Sorato Yoshida (MS)
Jun Mitomo (BS)
2021
Ryuji Suzuki (MS)
Kazushi Nomizo (MS)
Mafu Watanabe (BS)
2020
Sumiaki Abe (MS)
Yuta Takano (MS)
2019
Jiaqi Wang (MS)
Tomohiro Miura (MS)
Hiroto Akutsu (BS)
Min-jae Chin (BS)