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Professor

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Yasushi Sugano

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Ph.D.
Scientific back ground
Applied Microbiology, Protein Engineering
Society
American Society for Microbiology(ASM), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology(ASBMB)
motto
Time and tide wait for no man.

Biography

Mar. 1986
Graduated from Department of Chemistry, Keio University
Mar. 1988
Graduated from Graduate school of Tokyo Institute of Technology
Apr. 1988
Researcher, Seawater Science Research Lab. Japan Tobacco Inc.
Apr. 1996
Assistant professor, Chemical Resources Lab. Tokyo Institute of Technology
Oct. 2009
Associate professor, Chemical Resources Lab. Tokyo Institute of Technology
Sep. 2011
Visiting associate professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Apr. 2012
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women’s University

Assistant professor

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Ayako Aoki

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Ph. D., The University of Tokyo
Scientific back ground
Microbial Functional Science, Food Immunology
Society
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (JSBBA), Japanese Association for Food Immunology (JAFI), Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science (JSNFS)

Biography

Mar. 2011
Ph.D. in Agricultural Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2011
Project Researcher, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Aug. 2012
Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
Oct. 2013
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO
Apr. 2014
Fixed-term Researcher, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO
Apr. 2015
Research Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr. 2018
JSPS Research Fellow (RPD), Department of Food and Nutrition, Japan Women’s University
Apr. 2022
JSPS Research Fellow (RPD), Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO
Apr. 2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women’s University

Master/Bachelor/Researcher

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M2

Mihoshi Hanazawa
Manaka Motohiro
Hinako Yamada

B4

Aoi Shizuma
Haruna Shima
Moeko Nakajima

Academic Researcher

Kanako Sugawara
Study of bacterial cellulose ssynthetic process
Biochemistry
Toru Yoshida
Structural analysis of bacterial cellulose synthase complex
Structural biology

Alumni

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