Research Projects

Please contact me (ryoichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp) if you are interestead in our research and wish to  go to the course of our graduate school.
Dr. Ryoichi Sato,  Graduate School of Bio-Applications & Systems Engineering,  Tokyo University ofAgriculture and Technology,  Naka-cho 2-24-16, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.   E-mail: ryoichi@cc.tuat.ac.jp

○Bacillus thuringiensisinsecticidal protein and its' mode of action

１．Directed evolution of the insecticidal protein ２．Structure and function of the insecticidal protein ３．Receptors and mode of action of the insecticidal protein

〇 Insect immunity

１．C-type lectins which induce nodule reaction against invading microorganisms ２．Molecules regulating nodule reacion

○Molecules, especially taste receptors determining monophagous behaviorof the silkworm,Bombyx mori

１．Mapping of gustatory receptors-expressing neurons　 ２．functional assay of the gustatory receptors ３．Carier proteins expressing in the taste sensilla