Research



Development of Enzymes Beneficial to Human Society

  • Basic research for developing enzymes with both thermostability and low-temperature activity towards promoting the use of enzymes
  • Development of enzymes useful for human society, such as plastic-degrading enzymes
  • Ressurection of enzymes possessed by extinct species and exploration of useful enzymes



    • Research on the Origin and Early Evolution of Life and the Primordial Earth's Environment

  • Ressurection of proteins from primitive organisms such as the last universal common ancestor and the estimation of the past environment
  • Research on the origin of proteins, particularly the amino acid composition in primitive proteins
  • Astrobiology research on synthesizing proteins from amino acid species that could exist in space



    • Study of microbial ecosystems

  • Analysis of microbial dynamics in water, soil, and on the surfaces of animals including humans





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