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Advance into a new dimension of microorganisms

Department of Molecular Microbiology

Advance into a new dimension of microorganisms

In the Department of Molecular Microbiology, in addition to basic knowledge about microbiology, you can acquire specialized knowledge of molecular microbiology, which will ever continue to develop in the future and the handling technology of advanced equipment necessary for conducting the research.  We train human resources who are capable to address unsolved problems in the fields of agriculture, food, environment, medicine, etc., and to solve them with ideas and technics.

In addition to a wide range of knowledge in the field of Life Sciences, students learn to understand beneficial or harmful biological functions in the invisible micro biosphere, and then be required to acquire safe handling of microorganisms and usage of them in consideration of their functions.

Graduate School Advisory Faculty

Take a look at who you may be able to work with as part of the department.

UCHINO Masataka, Professor

Application of microorganisms on food production and safety

Research Activity

KASAHARA Koji, Professor

Regulatory mechanism oftranscription in eukaryotic cell

Research Activity

KAWASAKI Shinji, Professor

Isolation of novel microorganisms and identification of useful metabolic systems.

Research Activity

SAITOH Hiromasa, Professor

Elucidation of symbiosis, infection and innate immune induction mechanisms of plant symbiotic and parasitic microbes

Research Activity

TANAKA Naoto, Professor

The discovery of useful gene resources from microbes with integrated multi-omics analyses

Research Activity

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Undergraduate

Teacher-training Course

This is a course for obtaining a regular teaching certificate for junior high schools and high schools based on Japan’s Education Personnel Certification Act.

Teacher-training Course

Students who take this course are awarded a teaching certificate at the time of graduation by earning specified credits while taking specialized education in their department. This course creates a heavier workload compared to other students, as it entails taking more classes, with many lectures in the evening and many practice sessions off campus, but this could lead to a student life that much richer.

Many students who have completed this course are playing active roles as teachers in junior high schools and high schools as well as other educational institutions around the country. In the academic year 2016, 130 people obtained 291 teaching certificates (including specialized certificates for those who completed a graduate program). While passing the teacher employment examination is a difficult hurdle, every year about 150 NODAI alumnae (including former graduates) become teachers.

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert (including information usage education using computers), which includes surveying, accumulating, organizing, storing, searching, and providing (including displaying) information related to science and technology in public institutions such as museums, science museums, children’s facilities, and public libraries, as well as corporate information departments and R&D departments.

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