Outlook?for?research?Using?insects’?high‐performance?sensors?to?develop?methods?for?exterminationSilkworm?eggs.?Non‐diapause?eggs?hatched?9–10?d?after?oviposition?(left),?but?diapause?eggs?never?hatched?60?d?after?oviposition,?and?normal?embryogenesis?was?arrested?(right).50応用生物科学科Department?of?Applied?BiologyDepartment?of?Applied?BiologyDepartment?of?Applied?BiologyIamcarryingoutresearchonthesensorscarriedbyinsectstomonitorthearrivaloftheseasonsviasensorproteinsthatrespondtotemperatureanddaylength.Myfindingscanbeappliedtotheexterminationofpestsandinvasivespeciesthroughsuchtechniquesascausingeggstohatchinwinterandmakingadultinsectswithoutwingsgrowthem.Thisapproachisgarneringattentionasapestexterminationmethodthatdoesnotharmnatureorhumans.Theabilitytocontrolthedormantstageofinsectsisusefulnotonlyforexterminatingpests,butalsoforprotectingecosystems.Further,Ibelievethatexplainingtheecologyofinsectscancontributesolutionsforglobalenvironmental,food‐related,andmedicalproblems.Graduatescanfindemploymentatfoodandpharmaceuticalcompanies,environmentalcompaniesworkingwithnature,companiesengagedingeneticanalysis,andeventrade‐relatedinspectioncompanies.OutlookforstudentsaftergraduationAssociateProfessorKunihiroShiomiAssociateProfessorShiomitookhiscurrentpositionin2007afterservingintheFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversityasanassistantprofessor.Hisareasofresearchincludeenvironmentalmolecularentomologyandappliedentomologywithafocusonthedormancy,metamorphosis,andseasonalmorphologyofinsects.Astudentobservesculturedcellsintowhichinsectsensorgeneshavebeeninserted.UsefulgenesareclonedfrominsectsoftheorderLepidoptera.サイズW7.5cm×H4.35cm配置位置横11cm、縦7.8cmOutlook?for?research?Designing?and?developing?useful?proteins?by?studying?the?structure?and?function?of?proteins応用生物科学科Department?of?Applied?BiologyOutlookforstudentsaftergraduationDepartment?of?Applied?BiologyWearecarryingoutresearchtogainadeeperunderstandingofthestructureandfunctionofproteinsandtodesign,develop,andapplyusefulartificialandengineeredproteins.Inthefieldsofproteindesignandengineering,ourlabusescuttingedgetechnologytosee,analyze,create,andapplyusefulproteins.Ourgoalistoapplyproteinsinvariousfields,forexampleinbiotechnologyandpharmaceuticaldevelopment,inordertodevelopeco‐friendlyhighlyfunctionalnanomaterials,greenchemistrycatalysts,high‐sensitivitybiosensors,andeffectivevaccines.Intheseways,wehopetocontributetheachievementofasustainablesociety.Graduatesareemployedinnumerousfields,includingatfood,pharmaceutical,optics,chemical,andbiochemicalcompanies.AssociateProfessorRyoichiAraiAssociateProfessorAraijoinedShinshuUniversityin2007afterworkingasaresearcheratRIKENandPrincetonUniversityintheU.S.Hisareasofresearcharestructuralbiologytoanalyzethethree‐dimensionalstructureandfunctionofproteins,andproteinengineeringtodevelopusefulproteinsthroughtheirmodificationanddesign.Anexperimentintheresearchlab(upperleft),productionofusefulproteinswithmicroorganisms(upperright),proteincrystalswhichshinelikeapreciousstone(lowerleft),andanX‐raydiffractionexperimentatasynchrotronradiationfacility(lowerright)Self‐assemblingnanoarchitecturesarecreatedfromaproteinnano‐buildingblockbyfusingadimericdenovoproteinWA20andatrimericfoldondomainfromT4phage.(Kobayashi,N.etal.,J.Am.Chem.Soc.,137,11285‐11293,2015)
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