Organization

Director

• Suzuki Kaoru
  

Deputy Director

• Sasaki Masahide

Prime Senior Researcher

• Fukatsu Takema (Member of Symbiotic Evolution and Biological Function Research Group)

Principal Research Manager

• Morita Naoki (Member of Applied Molecular Microbiology Research Group)

Administrative manager (AIST Hokkaido)

• Kise Tatsuto

Administrative managers (AIST Tsukuba)

• Inoue Yumiko

Emeritus Researcher

• Kitano Kunihiro
• Mizutani Fumio
• Katsura Tatsuo
• Mitsuishi Yasushi
• Yoshida Tadashi

AIST Hokkaido

Plant Molecular Technology Research Group

• Matsumura Takeshi
• Tasaka Yasushi
• Matsuo Kouki
• Fukuzawa Noriho
• Atsumi Go

Microbial Ecology and Technology Research Group

• Narihiro Takashi
• Kikuchi Yoshitomo
• Itoh Hideomi
• Otani Yuko
• Yamamoto Kyosuke
• Nakai Ryosuke
• Kuroda Kyohei

Biomolecular Engineering Research Group

• Mie Yasuhiro
• Tsuda Sakae
• Ohyama Yasushi
• Kondo Hidemasa
• Nishimiya Yoshiyuki
• Hirano Yu

Applied Molecular Microbiology Research Group

• Nakashima Nobutaka
• Morita Naoki
• Kitagawa Wataru
• Tamano Koichi
• Yasutake Yoshiaki
• Sakashita Mami
• Ishiya Koji

Environmental Biofunction Research Group

• Mitani Yasuo
• Kawasaki Kosei
• Katou Souichirou
• Igarashi Kensuke
• Kanie Shusei
• Furubayashi Maiko

AIST Tsukuba

Symbiotic Evolution and Biological Function Research Group

• Koga Ryuichi
• Fukatsu Takema
• Anbutsu Hisashi
• Kakizawa Shigeyuki
• Futahashi Ryo
• Moriyama Minoru

Microbial and Genetic Resources Research Group

• Tamaki Hideyuki
• Kanno Manabu
• Miyazaki Ryo
• Nobu Masaru
• Kusada Hiroyuki

Synthetic Bioengneering Research Group

• Miyazaki Kentaro
• Kimura Tadashi
• Shimizu Hiroki
• Umemura Maiko
• Kimura Nobutada

Plant Gene Regulation Research Group

• Mitsuda Nobutaka
• Fujiwara Sumire
• Ohshima Yoshimi
• Sugano Shigeo
• Chung Kwi-Mi
• Nakano Yoshimi
• Nakamura Akiyoshi
• Sakamoto Shingo

Bio-System Research Group

• Kutsukake Mayako
• Fujimori Kazuhiro
• Sahara Takehiko
• Okuda Tetsuya
• Matsuzawa Tomohiko
• Koto Akiko
• Miyafusa Takamitsu

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Research Scientist

• Yumoto Isao
• Aburatani Sachiyo
• Kamagata Youichi (Previous Director)
• Yaoi Katsuro
• Tsuruoka Naoki

　As of July 1, 2020

　*= The leader of each group