Division of Life Sciences

Biological Function and Information Group

Name Faculty Position
Shigeta Yasuteru Professor/Cheif
Harada Ryuhei Associate Professor
Shoji Mitsuo Assistant Professor
Nishizawa Hiroaki Assistant Professor
Hori Yuta Assistant Professor
Yosuke Harashima Assistant Professor
Mishima Kenji Researcher
Morita Rikuri Researcher
Mitsuta Yuki Researcher
Kowit Hengphasatporn Researcher
Miyagawa Koichi Researcher
Hiromitsu Shimoyama Researcher
Hirokawa Takatsugu Faculty of Medicine Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
Yoshino Ryunosuke Faculty of Medicine Assistant Professor (Collaborative Fellow)

Biological Science Group

Name Faculty Position
Inagaki Yuji Professor/Group Leader
Takuro Nakayama Assistant Professor
Ishitani Yoshiyuki Researcher
Hashimoto Tetsuo Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences Professor (Collaborative Fellow)

Biological Function and Information Group

氏名 重田 育照
Name Shigeta Yasuteru
Faculty
Section
Position Professor/Cheif
Theme Computational analyses on nano- and bio-systems
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Email shigetaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
harada 氏名 原田 隆平
Name Harada Ryuhei
Faculty
Section
Position Associate Professor
Theme
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Email ryuheiccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 庄司 光男
Name Shoji Mitsuo
Faculty
Section
Position Assistant Professor
Theme Theoretical investigation on the reaction mechanisms of enzymes
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Email mshojiccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 西澤 宏晃
Name Nishizawa Hiroaki
Faculty
Section
Position Assistant Professor
Theme QM/MM molecular dynamics for middle molecular drug discovery
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Email nisizawaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 堀 優太
Name Hori Yuta
Faculty
Section
Position Assistant Professor
Theme Theoretical studies for proton, electron, and hydride transfer reactions; Theoretical analysis for enzymatic and catalytic reactions; Theoretical studies on organic molecules in interstellar space
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Email horiccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 原嶋 庸介
Name Yosuke Harashima
Faculty
Section
Position Assistant Professor
Theme Machine learning and first-principles approaches for high-performance materials
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Email harashimaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
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  • Awards & Honors
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写真 氏名 三嶋 謙二
Name Mishima Kenji
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme
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氏名 森田 陸離
Name Morita Rikuri
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme
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Email moritaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 満田 祐樹
Name Mitsuta Yuki
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme The development of free-energy reaction root mapping method by using molecular dynamics simulation
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Email mitsutayccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名
Name Kowit Hengphasatporn
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme Molecular modeling and Structure-based virtual screening on the biological systems
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写真 氏名 宮川 晃一
Name Miyagawa Koichi
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme
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氏名 下山 紘充
Name Hiromitsu Shimoyama
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme Molecular simulation of proteins
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Email simoyamaccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
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氏名 広川 貴次
Name Hirokawa Takatsugu
Faculty Faculty of Medicine
Section
Position Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
Theme
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氏名 吉野 龍ノ介
Name Yoshino Ryunosuke
Faculty Faculty of Medicine
Section
Position Assistant Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
Theme Drug discovery and structural optimization using molecular simulation techniques
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Biological Science Group

氏名 稲垣 祐司
Name Inagaki Yuji
Faculty
Section
Position Professor/Group Leader
Theme Molecular phylogeny of eukaryotes Investigation of lateral genetransfers at the whole-gene and sub-gene levels Estimation of protein functions by combining structural and evolutionary parameters Artifacts in molecular dataanalyses
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Email yujiccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
氏名 中山 卓郎
Name Takuro Nakayama
Faculty
Section
Position Assistant Professor
Theme Organellogenesis through intracellular symbiosis, Diversity and ecology of eukaryotic unicellular organisms
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  • Academic & Professional Experience
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  • Awards & Honors
  • Books etc
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氏名 石谷 佳之
Name Ishitani Yoshiyuki
Faculty
Section
Position Researcher
Theme Divergence time estimation of major eukaryotes based on multi genes analysis
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Email ishitaniccs.tsukuba.ac.jp
  • Research Interests
  • Academic & Professional Experience
    Apr 2017
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    Present
    Tsukuba University Center for computer science Postdoc
    May 2015
    -
    Mar 2017
    The University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute Project Researcher
    Sep 2013
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    Apr 2015
    University of Glasgow School of Geographical & Earth Sciences Post-doc scientist
    Apr 2013
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    Aug 2013
    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
    Apr 2013
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    Aug 2013
    The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Project Researcher
    Apr 2010
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    Mar 2013
    JAMSTEC Biogeoscience Visiting Researcher
  • Published Papers
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    Nanoparticle-Biological Interactions in a Marine Benthic Foraminifer.
    Ciacci, C, Grimmelpont, M. V, Corsi, I, Bergami, E, Curzi, D, Burini, D, Bouchet, V. M. P, Ambrogini, P, Gobbi, P, Ujiié, Y, Ishitani, Y, Coccioni, R, Bernhard, J. M, Frontalini, F
    Scientific Reports 19 (9) Dec 2019[Refereed]
    Evolution of a Planktonic Foraminifer during Environmental Changes in the Tropical Oceans
    Yurika Ujiie, Yoshiyuki Ishitani
    PLOS ONE 11 (2) Feb 2016[Refereed]
    Molecular evidence for wide vertical distribution of the marine planktonic protist Larcopyle buetschlii (Radiolaria) in a semi-enclosed marginal sea
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Kiyotaka Takishita
    JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH 37 (5) Sep 2015[Refereed]
    "Retaria" hypothesis, a sister relationship between Foraminifera and Radiolaria
    Ishitani Yoshiyuki, Takishita Kiyotaka
    化石 (97) Mar 2015[Refereed]
    Uncovering sibling species in Radiolaria: Evidence for ecological partitioning in a marine planktonic protist
    Yoshiyui Ishitani, Yurika Ujiie, Kiyotaka Takishita
    MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 78 Sep 2014[Refereed]
    Evolution of Elongation Factor-Like (EFL) Protein in Rhizaria is Revised by Radiolarian EFL Gene Sequences
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Ryoma Kamikawa, Akinori Yabuki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Yuji Inagaki, Kiyotaka Takishita
    JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY 59 (4) Jul 2012[Refereed]
    Longitudinal differentiation among pelagic populations in a planktic foraminifer
    Yurika Ujiie, Takahiro Asami, Thibault de Garidel-Thoron, Hui Liu, Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Colomban de Vargas
    ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 2 (7) Jul 2012[Refereed]
    Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolutionary Patterns of the Order Collodaria (Radiolaria)
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Yurika Ujiie, Colomban de Vargas, Fabrice Not, Kozo Takahashi
    PLOS ONE 7 (5) May 2012[Refereed]
    Two distinct lineages in the radiolarian Order Spumellaria having different ecological preferences
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Yurika Ujiie, Colomban de Vargas, Fabrice Not, Kozo Takahashi
    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 61-64 Feb 2012[Refereed]
    Multigene phylogenetic analyses including diverse radiolarian species support the "Retaria" hypothesis - The sister relationship of Radiolaria and Foraminifera
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Sohta A. Ishikawa, Yuji Inagaki, Masashi Tsuchiya, Kozo Takahashi, Kiyotaka Takishita
    MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY 81 (1-2) Nov 2011[Refereed]
    Seasonal flux changes of radiolarians at Station K2 in the Western Subarctic Gyre
    Ikenoue Takahito, Takahashi Kozo, Ishitani Yoshiyuki, Tanaka Seiji
    Umi no Kenkyu (Oceanography in Japan) 19 (4) Jul 2010[Refereed]
    Vertical and geographic distribution of selected radiolarian species in the North Pacific
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Kozo Takahashi, Yusuke Okazaki, Seiji Tanaka
    MICROPALEONTOLOGY 54 (1) 2008[Refereed]
    The vertical distribution of Radiolaria in the waters surrounding Japan
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Kozo Takahashi
    MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY 65 (3-4) Dec 2007[Refereed]
  • Awards & Honors
    Oct 2011
    放散虫研究集会 学術賞 第11回放散虫研究集会
    Jul 2010
    ISEP young scientist award
  • Books etc
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    Paleobiology of the Polycystine Radiolaria
    (Role:Contributor, Genetics and high-level relationships of Radiolaria.)
    アメーバのはなし
    石谷 佳之, 土屋正史 (Role:Contributor, 海の中にいるヒトに感染しない原生生物)
    Radiolaria
    Yoshiyuki Ishitani, Colette Febvre-Chevalier, Jean Febvre (Role:Joint author)
    Distribution and geochemical properties of hydrothermal plumes in the Rodriguez Triple Junction
    Noguchi T, Fukuba T, Okamura K, Ijiri A, Yanagawa K, Ishitani Y, Fujii R, Sunamura M (Role:Joint author)
  • Research Grants & Projects
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    生体分子に着目した“化石種にも使える”高精度有孔虫Mg/Ca水温計の開発
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
    Research period: Apr 2020 - Mar 2023Representative: 氏家 由利香, 遠藤 博寿, 石谷 佳之, Ulanova Dana, 吉村 寿紘
    海洋原生生物に共生する細菌多様性の実態解明
    国際共同研究強化B【研究分担者】
    Research period: Oct 2018 - Mar 2023Representative: 稲垣 祐司
    ミトコンドリアDNAポリメラーゼの多様性と進化の全容解明
    基盤研究(B)【研究分担者】
    Research period: Apr 2019 - Mar 2022Representative: 稲垣 祐司
    大規模分岐年代推定ー真核生物の誕生と進化を解き明かす!!ー
    基盤研究(C)【研究代表者】
    Research period: Apr 2018 - Mar 2021Representative: 石谷 佳之
    有孔虫における殻形成機構の解明ー石灰化のブラックボックスを開くー
    基盤研究(B)【研究分担者】
    Research period: Apr 2017 - Mar 2020Representative: 氏家 由利香
    原核藻類と原生生物の光共生に関する研究
    基盤研究(C)【研究分担者】
    Research period: Apr 2016 - Mar 2019Representative: 藤木 撤一
    浮遊性有孔虫の新規環境指標の確立：遺伝子・安定同位体・形態の複合解析から
    基盤研究（C）【研究協力者】
    Research period: Apr 2014 - Mar 2017Representative: 氏家 由利香
    放散虫のバイオミネラリゼーションと殻形態進化：化石の分子生物学への応用に向けて
    海外特別研究員
    Research period: Sep 2013 - Apr 2015Representative: 石谷 佳之
    浮遊性有孔虫の生物多様性と炭素循環の関係の解明
    若手研究（B）【研究協力者】
    Research period: Apr 2011 - Mar 2014Representative: 氏家 由利香
    環境変遷に基づく放散虫の進化と多様性,古海洋環境指標としての新展望
    特別研究員
    Research period: Apr 2010 - Mar 2013Representative: 石谷 佳之
    生物学に基づく古海洋学の新展開~放散虫・環境指標としての有用性・可能性の追求~
    日仏二国間交流事業【企画/立案/協力】
    Research period: Nov 2009Representative: 高橋 孝三
氏名 橋本 哲男
Name Hashimoto Tetsuo
Faculty Faculty of Life and Enviromental Sciences
Section
Position Professor (Collaborative Fellow)
Theme Molecular evolutionary studies on the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes
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