Laboratory for functions of microorganisms

Agriculture Building 403
Yoshida 1677-1
Yamaguchi, 753-8515, JAPAN

Welcome to Laboratory for functions of microorganisms!  » Japanese version

This laboratory is managed by Tomoyuki Kosaka affiliated with Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources of Yamaguchi University.

Aiming to elucidate the functions of microorganisms and their utilization,
our research focuses on metabolism as a function. Please see our research projects!

Undergraduate belongs to Faculty of Agriculture, graduate school belongs to Graduate School of Technology for Innovation. We are looking for undergraduate students! Contact

news

Recent 20 laboratory news.

2024, Jun 10	The photo of members page was updated.
2024, Apr 1	The members page was updated.
2024, Mar 27	Kosaka presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
2024, Mar 22	Ms. Naka, Ms. Hoshino and Mr. Yahara completed their master's degree, and Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Nagatomi graduated from the university.
2024, Mar 7	The proposal with Dr Tamura has been accepted as a 2024 Joint Research Project of the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University.
2024, Feb 13	Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Nagatomi presented their graduation theses at the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture.
2024, Feb 7	Mr. Kanda, Ms. Naka, Ms. Hoshino, and Mr. YAhara presented their thesis at the final presentation of the master's program.
2024, Jan 23	Kosaka presented at the 7th Priority University held at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
2024, Jan 19	Kosaka presented at the research exchange seminar with AIST Chugoku Centre.
2024, Jan 16	Dr Hideyuki Tamaki, AIST group reader, visited the laboratory.
2023, Nov 28	Kosaka and Shiota presented at the The 36th JSME meeting held in Hamamatsu, Japan.
2023, Nov 20	Laboratory members presented at the 20th Young Scientist Seminar.
2023, Oct 19	New members, 3rd grade students, were jointed our laboratory.
2023, Aug 8	Dr Mineyosuke Matsutani, a co-researcher, visited the laboratory.
2023, May 23	Kosaka presented at the Joint Seminar with Center for Applied microbiology renaissance of Shinshu University.
2023, Apr 19	A research paper on succinate dehydrogenase in propionate-oxidizing bacteria has been published in Microbes and Environments.
2023, Apr 4	The members page was updated.
2023, Mar 23	Mr. Miyazaki and Mr. Kumagai completed their master's degree, and Ms. Kida, Ms. Kono, Ms. Hirano, and Ms. Maeda graduated from the university.
2023, Mar 23	Dr. Ai Muto, RIKEN, visited our laboratory.
2023, Mar 22	Mr. Miyazaki received the Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Incentive Award of the Japanese Society for Bioscience and Agrochemistry.