Systems Biology(BI)

ARAKAWA, Kazuharu Professor, Program ChairpersonUnderstanding Life as a System with Big Data and Making Contributions to Medical Care, Food, and the Environment

ARAKAWA, Kazuharu
Professor, Program Chairperson

The 21st century is said to be the age of biotechnology. Cutting-edge life sciences contribute to every aspect of our society, including medicine, health, food, the environment, and industry. In recent years, life science has rapidly transformed into data driven science as it became possible to acquire vast amounts of data on living systems through comprehensive measurement and analysis. For example, we are able to use metabolome analysis for metabolic compounds, genome analysis for DNA, transcriptome analysis for gene expression, and proteome analysis for proteins. Advanced bioscience is expected to use this data to reveal the inner workings of life and go on to apply the findings to benefit society. The Systems Biology Project addresses a variety of frontier fields such as cancer, immunology, intestinal bacteria, food and health, origin and evolution of life, extremophiles, astrobiology, microbial communities in urban environments, genomics, and systems biology, through a multifaceted approach brought about by the collaboration between SFC and TTCK (Tsuruoka Town Campus). Unique bio-ventures such as cancer diagnosis by saliva, depression diagnosis by blood test, and the production of synthetic spider silk have also been established through our program.

Affiliated Academic Projects

  • Advanced Biosciences A
  • Advanced Biosciences B

List of Academic Project

Faculty Members(as of April, 2023)

Note: "◎" indicates the Program chairperson. "*"(Asterisk) indicates not Graduate School Committee Members.

Name Title Research Interrest(S)
◎ARAKAWA, Kazuharu ProfessorBioinformatics, Systems Biology, Genome Science
HIRAYAMA, AkiyoshiAssociate ProfessorMetabolomics, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry
KANAI, Akio ProfessorMolecular Biology, Molecular Evolution
KOUNO, Nobuaki Associate ProfessorSynthetic Biology, Bioinformatics, Genomics
KURODA, Hiroki ProfessorDevelopmental Biology
NAITO, Yasuhiro ProfessorTheoretical Biology
SOGA, Tomoyoshi ProfessorMetabolomics, Analytical Chemistry, Cancer metabolism
SUGIMOTO, Masahiro ProfessorMedical Data Science
SUZUKI, Haruo Associate ProfessorBioinformatics, Genome Microbiology
TSUJIMOTO, Megumu*Assistant ProfessorPolar Ecology, Ecology, Conservation Biology
WATANABE, Mitsuhiro ProfessorHealth Science, Anti-aging, Metabolic Disease, Naturopathic Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Submembers

Name Title Research Interrest(S)
AKIYAMA, Miki ProfessorHealth Communication, Community Health, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy.

Faculty Profile

Possibilities after Graduation

Graduates of this Program are playing leading roles in the pharmaceutical, food, and computer/technology industry (research and development section) and consulting firms. Students who aspire to pursue advanced scientific careers have opportunities to proceed to the Doctoral program. Many of its Ph.D. graduates have become exceptional researchers in universities or research institutes in Japan and overseas.

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