About us
Secondary metabolites found in plants and microorganisms have a variety of chemical structures and various biological activities derived from these chemical structural diversity. Therefore, many secondary metabolites (natural products) are used as medicines, pesticides or drug candidates.
In our laboratory, we aim to search for new natural products, new medicinal seeds, and new agrochemical seeds by combining the following four research pillars.
1. Construction of screening system related to medicine and agriculture
2. Development of methods to activate cryptic or silent gene clusters in microorganisms
3. Search for new natural products and bioactive natural products from our plants & microorganisms collections or pathogenic microorganisms including Nocardia
4. Analysis of molecular mechanisms of new bioactive natural products and Analysis of biosynthetic gene clusters of new natural products
The students in our laboratory are expected to grow as researchers with both organic chemistry and biological perspectives through their research.
