The field of biology has expanded from the traditional approaches of focusing on specific organisms and phenomena to utilizing data science approaches in the pursuit of obtaining a comprehensive understanding of life. Under this context, our laboratory employs interdisciplinary approaches, including but not limited to: bioinformatics, laboratory experiments, mathematics, and field samplings to study evolution and ecology of diverse life forms, and to develop novel biotechnological methods.
In particular, we are aiming at the following fundamental research questions:
(1) How have the elaborate and complex living systems evolved?
(2) How are the ecosystems stably maintained?
(3) What unknown gene functions have evolved in 4 billion years?
(4) What is the methodology to reveal unknown gene functions from big data?
(5) How many genes are being born on the earth?
Please refer to our Full Publication List.
Selected papers include:
Takao K. SUZUKI, Ph.D. Project Research Associate |
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Yuki NISHIMURA, Ph.D. Research Associate |
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Keita MIYAKE, Ph.D. JSPS Research Fellow |
Tao ZHU, Ph.D. Project Researcher |
Sungjin KAWAI, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher |
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Kanae SAKAI, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher |
Fumino MARUO, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher |
Seishiro AOKI, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher |
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Miharu ENDO Project Academic Specialist |
Emiko USHIYAMA Project Academic Specialist |
Yuichiro OZAKI Ph.D. Candidate |
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Shun YAMANOUCHI Ph.D. Candidate (SPRING-GX Student) |
Shoma MATSUSHITA Ph.D. Candidate |
Jiwei YANG Ph.D. Candidate (JSPS Research Fellow) |
Tomoya NISHIGUCHI Ph.D. Candidate |
Keito WATANO Ph.D. Candidate (SPRING-GX Student) |
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Mio TAKOI Graduate Student |
Makoto ITO Graduate Student (WINGS-PES Student) |
Kazuki MIYATA Graduate Student |
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Rino YASUDA Graduate Student |
Yuna NAKAGAWA Graduate Student |
Ayaka ISHIGURO Graduate Student |
Masaki FUJIYOSHI Graduate Student (WINGS-PES Student) |
Yoichiro ISHII Graduate Student |
Shumpei TAKEUCHI Graduate Student (WINGS-SA Student) |
Satoshi NISHINO Graduate Student |
Shiina IDE Graduate Student |
Seiji TOKI Undergraduate Student |
Fei XIA Undergraduate Student (from Keio University) |
Siqi LI Visiting Graduate Student (from Ocean Univ China) |
Yuto IKEMOTO UTokyoGSC Student (from Akita High Sch) |
We are accepting graduate students as faculty of the following departments in the University of Tokyo. We highly welcome those who majored bioinformatics and/or were involved in research projects related to bioinformatics during their undergraduate or master courses, and aim at earning a Ph.D by pursuing the research goals described above. If you are interested in joining our lab, please examine our publication list and email the Principal Investigator.
Notes: We have experience in accepting students from outside of Japan. Japanese language is not mandatory if you have enough English skills; however, a will to learn Japanese would be necessary because it makes you enjoy Japan more and many optional classes are held in Japanese. As the University of Tokyo provides Japanese language classes, we usually encourage colleagues from abroad to take them. Also, we highly encourage international students to obtain scholarships because of financial support and credit for life in Japan (Information provided by UTokyo International Education Support Office and Japan Student Services Organization). The best one would be Japanese Government Scholarship (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho or MEXT) Scholarship). Please consult with your local Japan Embassy for the selection information. In addition, International Student Handbook and Information for Prospective Students are available at UTokyo website.
If you are interested in pursuing the research goals described above in our laboratory, please examine our publication list and email the Principal Investigator. Information on our post-doc position availability may be posted in JREC-IN Portal, or we might have an open position even if there is no posted information. In addition, we may help you obtain fellowships such as Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Notes: We have experience in accepting Postdoctoral Fellows from outside of Japan. Japanese language is not mandatory if you have enough English skills; however, to enjoy life in Japan, a will to learn Japanese to some extent would be necessary. As the University of Tokyo provides Japanese language classes, we usually encourage colleagues from abroad to take them. For more information about life on the Kashiwa Campus, please also refer to the website of International Liaison Office at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, UTokyo.
Our laboratory is developing bioinformatic software and databases such as:
For other software and databases, refer to Wataru Iwasaki's Webpage.
[Address]
#601 Iwasaki Lab, Bioscience Bldg, the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-0882, JAPAN
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Getting to the Kashiwa Campus (PDF) (Bioscience Building is "4")
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Our laboratory is located on the 6th floor (#601) of Bioscience Building on the Kashiwa Campus of the University of Tokyo.
Please note that the entrance of Bioscience Building is only on the east side you see in the photo above.
[Tips]
If you use Tobu bus, please get off at either UTokyo-Front (東大前, Todai-mae) or UTokyo-West (東大西, Todai-nishi) Stop.
If you use UTokyo shuttle bus from Kashiwanoha-campus Station, please get off at the second stop (Environmental Studies Bldg (環境棟前, Kankyoutou-mae) Stop).
If you take a taxi from Kashiwanoha-campus Station, it will take less than 10 minutes and cost about 1,000 JPY.
Highway bus is also available from Haneda Airport, Narita Airport, and Tokyo Station to National Cancer Center East Hospital (国立がん研究センター, Kokuritsu-Gan-Kenkyu Center) Stop, which is just next to the Kashiwa Campus, or Kashiwanoha-campus Station.
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