OutlookforstudentsaftergraduationOutlookforresearchDivision?of?Gene?ResearchElucidating?genome?functions?for?food?production55IuseDNAsequencingtechnologythathasshownsignificanttechnicaladvancementinrecentyearstocarryoutresearchthatcontributestotheselectivebreedingofcrops.MylabhasusedplantmaterialsrangingfromriceandmulberriestotropicalcropsobtainedincollaborationwithOkinawaPrefecturetocarryoutresearchintotheefficientbreedingofnewvarieties.Ihopetoutilizegenomicinformationtoimprovebreedingsystemssothatwecanachievestablefoodproduction.Ihopethatgraduateswillpursuecareersinresearchorfood‐relatedbusinesses.AssociateProfessorHideoMatsumuraAssociateProfessorMatsumuratookhiscurrentpositioninJanuary2010afterworkingasaseniorresearcherattheIwateBiotechnologyResearchCenter.Hisareasofresearchincludefunctionalgenomicsforlarge‐scaleanalysisofgeneexpressionandplantbreeding.A?DNA?sequencer?can?be?used?to?sequence?isolated?genes.WecollaboratewithOkinawaPrefecturetounderstandthepapaya’ssexdeterminationmechanism.Division?of?Gene?ResearchOutlookforresearchOutlookforstudentsaftergraduationUnderstanding?the?development?of?biofilms?to?explore?the?survival?strategies?of?bacteria?based?on?genomic?informationInthenaturalenvironment,manybacterialspeciesformbiofilms,andcommunicatewitheachother.Wearecarryingoutresearchtobacteriaattachedtosolidsurfacestounderstandwhichgenesworkinwhichwaysastheydevelopintobiofilms.Webelieveourresearchwillplayausefulroleinthefuturedevelopmentofmedicinestargetingbacteriawhichareharmfultotheindustrialandmedicalfields.Bacteria,whichcanadapttonumerousenvironments,donotalwaysexpressallofthegenespresentintheirgenomes.Toclarifythemechanismbywhichbacteriaexpresscertaingenesdependingonspecificconditions,itwillbecomepossibletoutilizethecapabilitiesofeachbacteriumtomaximumeffect.Youcanlearntheknowledgeofbiotechnologywithstrongsocialdemand.Previousgraduatesareemployedbyfood,biopharmaceutical,textile,andrecycling‐relatedcompanies,etc.SwitchingmechanismbetweenplanktonicgrowthandbiofilmformationinEscherichiacoli(left).Manybacterialspeciesformbiofilms,andswitchbetweenplanktonicgrowthandbiofilmmorphologyinresponsetochangesintheexternalenvironment.Thereisincreasinginterestinbacterialamyloidscontributetobiofilmformationasusefulbiomaterials.AssistantProfessorHiroshiOgasawaraAssistantProfessorOgasawaratookhiscurrentpositionin2011afterworkingasaResearchFellowattheResearchCenterforMicro‐nanoTechnologyanddepartmentofFrontierBioscienceinHoseiUniversity.Heexploresthenetworkofgeneexpressionrelatedtothebiofilmformationinbacteria.Electron?micrograph?of?Bacillus?subtilis?(left).?We?analyze?details?of?genes?involved?in?the?bacterial?biofilm?formation?based?on?genomic?information.
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