Staff

Project Members

Management Members

Masayuki Shimada
Department	Professor/RCAS Leader, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
e-mail	mashimad?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Reproductive Molecular Endocrinology, Reproductive technology.
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/anat/english2/index.html

Naoki Isobe
Department	Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
e-mail	niso?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/ p_gz3lcb.html

Toshihisa Sugino
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
e-mail	sugino?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Ruminant metabolism and endocrinology
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/p_ 3bmmnc.html

Members at Hiroshima University

Naoki Isobe
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	niso?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Innate immunity of mammary gland in ruminants and mastitis
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/anat/english2/

Taketo Obitsu
Department	Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	tobitsu?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Nutrient metabolism in ruminants
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/p_ 3bmmnc.html

Shin-ichi Kawakami
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	skawak?at?hirshoima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Animal management and neurology
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/p_ jfm27l.html

Tomonori Kindaichi
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
e-mail	tomokin?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes
Link	http://www.civil-hu.jp/sanitary/

Sayaka Kindaichi
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
e-mail	kindaichi?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes
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Yuzo Kurokawa
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	yuzokuro?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Dairy milk production and grassland utilization
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/Field_Science_in_ Setouchi_Areas/p_kaz9qz.html

Hajime Kobayashi
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	yount?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Rural area management and agricultural Co-operatives
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/shijyou/

Yusuke Sotomaru
Department	Professor, Natural Science Center for Basic Research and Development
e-mail	sotomaru?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Studies on developmental engineering technologies in mammals.
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/top/kenkyusyo/p_svwkno.html

Masaoki Tsudzuki
Department	Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	tsudzuki?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Genome of Japanese native chickens
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/ p_1uvuzx.html

Yoshiaki Nakamura
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	ynsu?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Avian and mammalian biotechnologies using germ cell transplantation
Link	https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/graduateschool/bioresource/animal_breeding

Takahiro Nii
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	tanii?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Mucosal immunity of intestinal and reproductive organ in poultry
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/anat/

Masahide Nishibori
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	nishibo?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Genome and Polymorphism of Animals and Poultry
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/ p_1uvuzx.html

Takashi Bungo
Department	Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	bungo?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Animal Behavior and Physiology
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/ p_jfm27l.html

Yumi Hoshino
Department	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	hoshimi?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Reproductive Molecular Endocrinology
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/ p_jfm27l.html

Kenji Hosono
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	kjhosono?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Agricultural marketing, Policy for maintaining regional agriculture
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/food0709/

Teruo Maeda
Department	Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	temaeda?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Artificial manipulation of germ cells in domestic animals
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/animal_science/p_ gz3lcb.html

Ikuo Miura
Department	Associate Professor, Amphibian Research Center
e-mail	imiura?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Sex determination and gonadal sex differentiation
Link	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/bio/en/course.html

Noriyuki Yanaka
Department	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
e-mail	yanaka?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Nutritional factors and obesity
Link	http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/gsbs/organization/ Food_Science_and_Biofunctions/p_w3t5xa.html

Other Members

Tetsuji Okazaki
Department	Researcher, Oita Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Reserach Center
e-mail
Main Research Themes
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Shiro, Kushibiki
Department	Senior Researcher, NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
e-mail	mendoza?at?affrc.go.jp
Main Research Themes	Functional analysis of hormones for growth and lactation in dairy cows
Link

JoAnne S. Richards
Department	Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
e-mail	joanner?at?bcm.edu
Main Research Themes	Molecular and Cell Biology
Link

Masahito Oba
Department	Professor, Univercity of Alberta,Canada
e-mail	masahito.oba?at?ualberta.ca
Main Research Themes	feed utilization and digestive physiology in daily cattle
Link	http://www.afns.ualberta.ca/StaffProfiles/AcademicProfiles/Oba.aspx

Zeng Wenxian
Department	Professor, Northwest A & F University, China
e-mail	wzeng?at?hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Main Research Themes	Reproductive Molecular Biology
Link	http://olden.nwsuaf.edu.cn/html/About_A_F/Faculty/College_of_ Animal_Science_and_Technology/20100812/1332.html

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