Members
Professor

Yasushi Sugano
Profile
- 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
Ayako Aoki
Profile
- 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
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
Laboratory
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