Researchers identify the protein rbm7 as a novel regulator of. Laboratory of ecodevo plant biology, graduate school of science. The human sciences international undergraduate degree program aims to cultivate self. Plant applied biology graduate school of life and environmental. The aim of this program is to impart fundamental knowledge and research. The longaccepted model for chloroplast protein import, as also described by li et al. Department of molecular and cellular biochemistryosaka. Publication released by osaka university press on march 31, 2011 dynamic research activities. In 1928, the college became osaka university of commerce, the first municipal university in japan.
Discoveries in plant biology discoveries in plant biology, pp. Two of them were protein chemistry professors akabori and okunuki and one for cell biology professor kamiya. Not only the general education courses, but various lectures on biology will start in the very first year. In this line, her actual interests lie on the question of how plant specific. He was appointed research associate at the national institute of genetics in 1978, and started to analyze chloroplast genes and their expression. Our laboratory studies molecular mechanisms underlying the development and function of the vertebrate central nervous system cns using various research methods of molecular biology, mouse genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and neural physiology. The arabidopsis thaliana bluelight photoreceptor phototropin1 phot1 is a blue lightactivated serthr protein kinase that mediates various light responses including phototropism. Our laboratory is composed by staff of botanical garden of tohoku university in kawauchi, sendai and a branch garden in mt. From conductivity of the inner core, it can be estimated that the year of birth of. A group of researchers measured the electrical conductivity of iron, the major component of the inner core of the earth, under highpressure and hightemperature conditions, clarifying that the electrical and thermal conductivities at the inner core of the earth were 3 times higher than conventional expectation. Dna replication initiates from a number of different locations known as replication origins, said author hisao masukata, a professor of biology in the graduate school of science at. It is usually ranked among the top three public universities in japan, along with the university. Plant science conferences plant physiology conferences.
Applicants should visit the application registration website s. In addition, it aims to demystify structural biology for researchers by providing important mechanistic insights underlying plant development. Tatsuya saitoh professor graduate school and school of pharmaceutical sciences, osaka university 16 yamadaoka, suita, osaka 5650871, japan fax. Graduate school of life and environmental sciences, osaka prefecture university, osaka 5998531, japan. His phd was on the topic of discontinuous dna replication of t7 bacteriophage. All the biomajor students are required to take of core subjects of science which is a set of courses of foundation mathematics, physics, chemistry, earth science and biology, so that the students will be able to acquire basic science knowledge. Admission procedures human science osaka university. Osaka prefecture university school of life and environmental sciences.
Human science international undergraduate degree program. Osaka university, mahidol university and chulalongkorn university. Interuniversity biobackup project for basic biology ibbp a foothold on frontier research publication april 2010 ten winners of the title osaka university special professor announced. Takashi hotta phd osaka city university, osaka ocu. 2006 lecturer, department of biology, okayama university, okayama, japan. Best global universities for biology and biochemistry in japan. Kitazawa of osaka university, as an invited speaker. The laboratory of cell biology in the department of anatomy was founded in may 1931. Department of biotechnology graduate school of engineering, osaka university japanese society for plant cell and molecular biology japanese society of plant.
Department of biological sciences graduate school of science, and faculty of science osaka university. We will be accepting applications for the human sciences international undergraduate degree program from december 1st, 2019. Graduate school, topics in plant bioresources, topics in bioinformatics, topics. The best universities for biology and biochemistry show strength in producing research in the field and have topnotch reputations. It is said that the university of tokyo has well over one thousand faculty members involved in areas related to biology. These are the top universities in japan for plant and animal science.
The field of biology and biochemistry includes many subjects. She was invited to a symposium of the botanical society of japan bsj, entitled beyond fibonacci patterns and the golden angle. Department of biological sciences university of tokyo. In plants and algae, the eukaryotes, photosynthesis is carried out in a. Department of biology, faculty of science, osaka city university, sumiyoshiku, osaka 5588585, japan.
Applications for this program will no longer be accepted following october 2019 admission. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Applicants who are curious, have a strong interest in chemistry and biology, and have a desire to participate in the creation of a new academic discipline. Department of biotechnology, graduate school of engineering, osaka university c2111, 21 yamadaoka, suita, osaka 5650871, japan phone. Akihiro harada has served as professor of the laboratory since 2009. Graduate school of frontier biosciences, osaka university. After the closure of the bsj meeting, she kindly visited our laboratory to have a seminar in the hongo campus. Department of biology, faculty of science, osaka city university, 338 sugimoto sumiyoshiku, osaka 5588585, japan phone. Plant cell and tissue culture a tool in biotechnology. The chemistrybiology combined major program cbcmp offers students a new opportunity to learn two fundamental and interacting fields, while preparing them for the challenges of the rapidly advancing scientific frontier.
Laboratory of conservation biology professor satoshi chiba laboratory of conservation biology professor satoshi chiba email schibahoku. I used this book for a college level plant biology class, but i could see people using it as early as middle school for an introduction to botany. Key mechanism of dna replication discovered sciencedaily. Department of biological sciences graduate school of science, and faculty of science osaka university department of biological sciences graduate school of science, and faculty of science osaka university. With a background in agronomical sciences and plant biotechnology, maria doroteia campos has developed her scientific career on the molecular response of plants to environmental constraints, both abiotic and biotic. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The chemistrybiology combined major program welcomes. Department of biological sciences osaka university school of. The course note focuses on building the basic knowledge of biotechnology, but it also includes advanced topics in the subject today. Osaka prefecture university school of life and environmental sciences nakamozu campus. The function of phot1 in hypocotyl phototropism is dependent on the light induction of root phototropism2 rpt2 proteins within a broad range of blue light intensities. We are currently focusing on the cancer biology and the bone metabolism and leading the fields in japan and the world.
Topics include cell and molecular biology of plant cells and systems, laboratory animal science, and zoology. Masato nakai department of biological sciences graduate school. Rohani has been appointed as a research scientist at institute of systems biology, university kebangsaan malaysia. Associate professor yasuhiko katos study about long noncoding rna was introduced at osaka university homepage resou. Wasimul chowdhury regular limitedterm assistant professor phd, osaka university, japan office. Graduate school of frontier biosciences, osaka university yamadaoka, suita, osaka 5650871, japan. The plant physiology 2020 theme has broad interests, which address many aspects of plant biology, plant science, plant physiology. The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for osaka university published between 1 december 2018 30 november 2019 which are tracked by the nature index. The department of biology was founded with three laboratories in 1949.
This book provides a general introduction as well as a selected survey of key advances in the fascinating field of. Graduate school of science, and faculty of science osaka. The inner core of the earth is 700 million years old. I myself learned a lot from the classical literature on this topic, including. In the molecular plant sciences group, we study molecular mechanisms underlying reception and transduction of outer environmental signals, biological timing system and its diversification, morphogenesis in primitive multicellular eukaryotes, functional differentiation of organelles of plant cells, and regulation of photosynthesis. Hover over the donut graph to view the fc output for each subject. Utilizing stateoftheart technology to explore the dynamics of cell polarity. Laboratory of interdisciplinary biology plant science. Osaka university is one of japans national seven universities and is generally considered one of japans most prestigious institutions of higher learning. Applicants who aim to contribute to the development of science and technology and thus to the whole of society. Bioenvironmental sciencewatanabe lab osaka university. Kirin joins osaka university and uc davis to train the next. The number responsible for education in the department of biological sciences is under 80, which, though modest, is no smaller than the personnel establishments of other departments.
Kazuo shinozaki studied biology as an undergraduate at osaka university bsc 1972, and then molecular biology at nagoya university. This is a book written by 3 authors karlhermann neumann, ashwani kumar and jafargholi imani. Germline biology group, integrated biology laboratories, graduate school of frontier biosciences, osaka university yamadaoka, suita, osaka 5650871 japan tel. The department was different from ordinary biology, zoology andor botany departments, which are common in the other university at that time. Arabidopsis root phototropism2 is a lightdependent. We will invite students to choose one of three areas. Research fieldslaboratory graduate school and school of. Department of biological sciences, osaka university. Educators from osaka university and uc davis are proud to announce. Plant molecular biology old graduate school of life.