Academic staff list of Dept. of
Biofunctional Chemistry

（As of Apr. 1, 2022）

Research Areas	Instructors	Theme
Applied Natural Product Chemistry	Prof. KIYOTA Hiromasa	Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds and Development of New Methodologies in Organic Synthesis
Applied Natural Product Chemistry	Assoc. Prof. IZUMI Minoru	Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds and Development of New Methodologies in Organic Synthesis
Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds	Prof. KANZAKI Hiroshi	Search and Production of Useful Bioactive Compounds Using Cells or Enzymes
Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds	Prof. NITODA Teruhiko	Search for Natural Bioactive Compounds
Functional Glycobiochemistry	Prof. KIMURA Yoshinobu	Functional Analysis and Application of Bioactive Glycoconjugates
Functional Glycobiochemistry	Assoc. Prof. MAEDA Megumi	Immunomodulatory Effects on Antigenic N-glycans of Plant Glycoproteins
Applied Enzyme Chemistry
	Assoc. Prof. MORIYA Hisao	Analysis of Concequences of Protein Overexpression
	Assoc. Prof. NEMOTO Michiko	UUnderstanding of molecular mechanisms of biomineralization
Food Biochemistry	Prof. NAKAMURA Yoshimasa	Molecular Basis for Physiological Functions of Food Chemicals
Food Biochemistry	Asst. Prof. NAKAMURA Toshiyuki	Functional Mehcanism and Bioavailability of Food Factors
Chemistry of Bio-signalling	Prof. MURATA Yoshiyuki	Elucidation of Mechanisms of Response and Tolerance to Environmental Stresses in Plants
Chemistry of Bio-signalling	Assoc. Prof. MUNEMASA Shintaro	Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Environmental Stress Responses in Plants
Microbial Function	Prof. TAMURA Takashi	Structure-Function Study on Selenium-Containing Enzymes
Microbial Function	Assoc. Prof. KANAO Tadayoshi	Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular biological Research on Acidophilic Chemoautotrophic Bacteria

Academic staff list of Dept. of Biofunctional Chemistry

Academic staff list of Dept. of
Biofunctional Chemistry