Members

Staff

Principal Investigator (Professor)

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Masatsugu Toyota CV 
Birthplace Kagawa
Research Biophysics, Plant Physiology
Interests Guitar, Basketball
Comment Logic, logic logic!

Assistant Professor

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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

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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

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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.
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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!
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Chieko Terashima
Birthplace Chiba
Research Mechanism of sensing volatile in plant
Interests Reading or writing
Comment I like Cherrybark.
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Hiroki Asakawa
Birthplace Chiba
Research Dynamics in Dionaea muscipula
Interests Soccer
Comment I'm interested in dice.

Graduate Studetns

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Akitsu Takabayashi
Birthplace Saitama
Research New biosensors
Interests Drawing, Moisturizing
Comment I will work hard to take Lab Note.
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Kosuke Sekiya
Birthplace Fukuoka
Research Development of new chemicals to activate plant defense responses
Interests Soccer, Sauna
Comment Not getting enough sleep always.
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Hazumi Akaogi
Birthplace Tochigi
Research Mechanism of Flexion-Induced Lateral Root Formation
Interests Piano, Viola
Comment I also like Harry Potter.
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Chiaki Tatsumi
Birthplace Tokyo
Research Functional analysis of GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKEs (GLRs)
Interests Watching movies.
Comment I like watching volleyball matches.

Undergraduate Studetns

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Shunnosuke Tatsuzawa
Birthplace Tokyo
Research Clarification of sensing mechanisms of volatile organic compounds in plants
Interests Video game
Comment I love sleeping.
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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.
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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.

Technical Staff

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Toru Ishizuka
Birthplace Tokyo
Interests Trip, Reading and Tennis
Comment I'm looking forward to working with you.
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Yukiko Kamide
Birthplace Saitama
Interests Gardening
Comment I tend to walk in front of people even though I have no sense of direction!
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Yoshie Kojima
Birthplace Saitama
Interests Piano
Comment I'll do my best.

Alumni

2024

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)