We aim to create innovative industrial technologies through the development of
technologies to assess and understand biodiversity in the ecological environment,
in order to grasp and utilize natural capital.
Member
- Group Leader
- Hiroshi AOKI▶
- Senior Researcher
- Hiroshi IZUMI▶
- Senior Researcher
- Ayumi TSUKASAKI
- Senior Researcher
- Yuki OHTA
- Senior Researcher
- Yuhei TERADA▶
- Concurrent
- Nobuo TSURUSHIMA
- AISol
- Masahiro SUZUMURA▶
News
- 2026/1/19
- Dr. Aoki was awarded New Century Award from the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry!
- 2025/12/12
- Dr. Aoki's article was awarded Editor's Choice Article Award (Sensors)!
- 2025/11/27
- Dr. Ikeuchi's research was released in AIST Press!
- 2025/4/1
- The Environmental Evaluation Research Group has been launched!
- 2024/5/31
- Dr. Tsukasaki's research was released in AIST Press!
- 2024/5/13
- Dr. Aoki's research was released in AIST Press!
- 2024/3/15
- Dr. Aoki's article was awarded Hot Article Award (Analytical Sciences)!
- 2023/11/16
- Dr. Terada was awarded Poster Award of the 84th JSAP Autum Meeting 2023!
- 2023/9/14
- Dr. Terada was awarded Young Scientist Poster Award of the 72nd JSAC Annual Meeting 2023!
Overview
Contents
Ecological impact assessment of marine ecosystems related to marine development such as methane hydrate
We will acquire environmental baseline data on the marine ecosystem and material circulation in the development area through chemical and biodiversity analyses using environmental samples such as organisms, seawater, and sediments, and will also promote the evaluation of ecological impacts on the marine ecosystem and the improvement of evaluation methods.
Environmental/ecological/biological evaluation technologies based on biologically relevant substances
We aim to improve the functionality and sensitivity of rapid and simple measurement methods for biologically related substances such as nucleic acids and proteins, which serve as indicators for assessing the ecological environment, as well as related chemical substances that affect these substances, and to develop fundamental technologies for environmental assessment.
Functional organic fragment structure design program for structural understanding of biopolymers
We will promote the development of prediction technologies for the infectivity and interspecies infectivity of seasonal epidemic viruses based on structural prediction analysis that focuses on the flexibility of functional protein structures.
Awards
2026
2026/1/19 New Century Award (The Japan Sociaty for Analytical Chemistry)
Title: Development of environmental and clinical sensing technologies for biomolecules
Recipients: H. Aoki
2025
2025/12/12 Editor's Choice Article（Sensors 2024, 24, 7182）
Title : Sensor Arrays for Electrochemical Detection of PCR-Amplified Genes Extracted from Cells Suspended in Environmental Waters
Recipients: H. Aoki*, M. Kawaguchi, Y. Kumakura, H. Kamo, K. Miura, Y. Hiruta, S. Simizu, D. Citterio
2024
2024/3/15 Hot Article Award（Analytical Sciences 2024, 40, 501-510）
Title: Simplified Capture, Extraction and Amplification of Cellular DNA from Water Samples
Recipients: M. Kawaguchi, H. Aoki*, H. Kamo, K. Miura, Y. Hiruta, S. Simizu, D. Citterio
2023
2023/11/16 Poster Award (The 84th JSAP Autum Meeting 2023)
Title: SPRI biosensing using glycopolymers as molecular recognition elements
recipients: Y. Terada, H. Aoki
2023/9/14 Young Scientist Poster Award (The 72nd JSAC Annual Meeting 2023)
Title: Construction of glycopolymer-SPRI biosensing system
Recipients: Y. Terada, H. Aoki
Papers
2026
Y. Ota, Suzumura M, Tsukasaki A, Suzuki A, Yamaoka K, Nagao M, Iguchi A, Nishijima M, Gibu K, Tamura T, Seike K, Aoki S, Nakano H, Yoshida T. “Anaerobic oxidation of methane-associated biogeochemical signatures in sediments offshore of Kujukuri, eastern Japan: Implication for impacts of grainsize variations”, Marine and Petroleum Geology 2026. accepted
「技術で未来拓く 産総研の挑戦（289）深海に眠る海底資源」, 太田雄貴, 日刊工業新聞, 2026年1月 29日
https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00695651
Y. Ota, T. Aoyagi, T. Hori, Y. Miyajima, H. Yoshioka, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki “Anaerobic oxidation of methane-associated carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotopic signatures in sediments of methane hydrate-bearing areas in northeastern Japan Sea”, Environmental Research 2026, 290, 123441
H. Ishida, E. Seo, R. Mukai, A. Iguchi, M. Nishijima, E. Ikeuchi, H. Kise, A. Suzuki, A. Tsukasaki, M. Suzumura “Growth and respiration rates during rearing of amphipods (Pseudorchomene sp.) collected from the deep-sea floor in the Sea of Japan”, Regional Studies in Marine Science 2026, 93 104656-104656.
2025
青木 寛* “生態環境評価を目指す迅速簡便な環境由来DNAセンシング技術”, 海洋理工学会誌 2025, 30, 51-56.
H. Aoki*, R. Miyazaki, Y. Einaga* “Non-Enzymatic Selective Detection of Histamine in Fishery Product Samples on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes”, Biosensors 2025, 15, 489.
Y. Terada*, M. Futamata, K. Tsutsui, H. Aoki* “Evaluation of Preferential Cytokine Adsorption onto Biosensing Surface modified with Glycopolymer”, Biosensors 2025, 15, 178.
Y. Sato, T. Hamai*, Y. Masaki, H. Aoki, H. Habe* “Comparison of Operating Conditions and Microbial Compositions in an Ethanol-fed Sulfate-reducing Bioreactor for the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage”, Mine Water and the Environment 2025, 44, 122-132.
H. Izumi*, L. A. Nafie, R. K. Dukor, Conformational Variability Prediction of H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinins with Amino Acid Mutations Using SSSCPreds, ACS Omega, 2025/09, 10-35, pp.40416-40421.
H. Izumi*, L. A. Nafie, R. K. Dukor, Supersecondary Structure Code for RNA: Trace of Conformational Change on the Mycoplasma pneumoniae Ribosome and the R-Loop Formation of Cas9, ACS Omega, 2025/01, 10-5, pp.4998-5005.
H. Ishida, R. Mukai, E. Ikeuchi, H. Kise, M. Nishijima, A. Iguchi, A. Suzuki, M. Suzumura “Capture and long-term rearing of deep-sea amphipod Pseudorchomene sp. (Lysianassoidea) from the Sea of Japan”, Oceanography in Japan 2025, 34(2), 37-53.
H. Ishida, E. Seo, A. Iguchi, M. Nishijima, E. Ikeuchi, H. Kise, A. Suzuki, A. Tsukasaki, M. Suzumura “Hydrogen sulfide, hypoxia, and low salinity tolerance of deep-sea amphipods (Pseudorchomene sp.) collected from the sea floor off Joetsu, Sea of Japan”, Marine pollution bulletin 2025, 219, 118340-118340.
N. Saito, H. Kise, T. W. Washburn, E. Ikeuchi, A. Iguchi, H. Kamoshida, A. Suzuki “Seamount larval dispersal networks: A potential strategy for conserving ecological connectivity from deep‐sea mining”, Ecological Applications 2025, 35(7)
産総研プレス発表（齋藤 2025年11月27日）深海における海山間の生態系のつながりを明らかに
Y. Zhu, Y. Ota, Y. Shikamori, K. Nakano, K. Yamaoka “Determination of Lithium in Seawater Samples by Tandem Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry”, Atomic Spectroscopy 2025, 46(06), 622–688.
「表層型メタンハイドレートの研究開発に係る環境影響評価」, 塚崎あゆみ，宮嶋佑典，青柳智，吉岡秀佳，林正裕，石田洋，井口亮，鈴木淳，鈴村昌弘，海洋理工学会誌，第29巻，第2号，p.63-67，2025.07
「メタンハイドレート賦存域海底における好気・嫌気メタン酸化の共存 -メタン動態と生物群集へのインパクト-」, 堀知行，太田雄貴，宮嶋佑典，井口亮，塚崎あゆみ，鈴木淳，鈴村昌弘，青柳智，吉岡秀佳，日本微生物生態学会誌，第40巻，第1号，ISSN2424-1989，2025.03.
2024
H. Aoki*, M. Kawaguchi, Y. Kumakura, H. Kamo, K. Miura, Y. Hiruta, S. Simizu, D. Citterio* “Sensor Arrays for Electrochemical Detection of PCR-Amplified Genes Extracted from Cells Suspended in Environmental Waters”, Sensors 2024, 24, 7182.
H. Aoki* “Enhancement of microRNA Detection Signal Based on Au-nanoparticle-catalyzed Ag Accumulation Observed by Electrochemical and Surface Plasmon Resonance Analyses”, Sensors & Materials 2024, 36, 3701-3712.
Y. Sato, K. Hasemi, K. Machikawa, H. Kinjo, N. Yashiro, Y. Iimura, H. Aoki, H. Habe* “Assessing microbial stability and predicting biogas production in full-scale thermophilic dry methane fermentation of municipal solid waste”, Bioresource Technology 2024, 402, 130766.
産総研プレス発表（佐藤・羽部 2024年5月13日）廃棄物の乾式メタン発酵によるガス発生量を正確に予測
M. Kawaguchi, H. Aoki*, H. Kamo, K. Miura, Y. Hiruta, S. Simizu, D. Citterio “Simplified Capture, Extraction and Amplification of Cellular DNA from Water Samples”, Analytical Sciences 2024, 40, 501-510.
H. Izumi*, Conformational variability prediction of influenza virus hemagglutinins with amino acid mutations using supersecondary structure code, Methods Mol. Biol., 2024/11, 2870-5, pp.63-78.
H. Izumi*, L. A. Nafie, R. K. Dukor, Effect of Conformational Variability on the Drug Resistance of Candida auris ERG11p and FKS1, ACS Omega, 2024/04, 9-18, pp.19816-19823.
E. Ikeuchi, A. Iguchi, T. Nakamura, H. Fukami “Seasonal variation of grazing scars on massive Porites corals in Sekisei Lagoon, Okinawa, Japan”, Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies 2024, 26(1), 3-8.
Y. Ota, A. Iguchi, M. Nishijima, R. Mukai, M. Suzumura, H. Yoshioka, A. Suzuki, A. Tsukasaki, T. Aoyagi, T. Hori “Methane diffusion affects characteristics of benthic communities in and around microbial mat-covered sediments in the northeastern Japan sea”, Chemosphere 2024, 349, 140964.
K. Kamezaki, T. Maeda, S. Ishidoya, A. Tsukasaki, S. Murayama, N. Kaneyasu “Low blank sampling method for measurement of the nitrogen isotopic composition of atmospheric Nox”, Plos One 2024, 19(2), e0298539
Y. Miyajima, T. Aoyagi, H. Yoshioka, T. Hori, HA. Takahashi, M. Tanaka, A. Tsukasaki, S. Goto, M. Suzumura “Impact of Concurrent aerobic-anaerobic Methanotrophy on Methane Emission from Marine Sediments in Gas Hydrate Area”, Environmental Science and Technology 2024, 58(11), 4979-4988
A. Iguchi, M. Nishijima, E. Ikeuchi, H. Yokooka, H. Sugishima, K. Ikeda, R. Miwa, Y. Sekido N. Iwasaki, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki, Y. Tanaka, S. Kato, J. Minatoya, N. Okamoto, T. Kunishima, Y. Ise, A. Suzuki “Utilizing environmental DNA and imaging to study the deep-sea fish community of Takuyo-Daigo Seamount”, npj Biodiversity 2024, 3(1), 14
産総研プレス発表（井口・鈴木・鈴村・塚崎・岩崎・國島 2024年5月31日）深海における生物多様性を調査する手法の高度化
鉄鋼新聞掲載（2024年6月11日）産総研など／深海の生物多様性調査で新手法／海洋資源開発に寄与
「ラボ間比較試験による環境水中のリン酸分析の妥当性検証」, チョン千香子，大畑昌輝，荒岡大輔，飯島真理子，塚崎あゆみ，町田功，山内喜通，鈴村昌弘，山岡香子，青木伸行，分析化学，第73巻，第9号，p.553-559，2024.09
2023
H. Aoki, R. Miyazaki, M. Ohama, M. Murata, K. Asai, G. Ogata, Y. Einaga “Urine Protein Quantification in Human Urine on Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes based on Electrochemical Reaction of Coomassie Brilliant Blue”, Analyst 2023, 148, 4396-4405.
第83回分析化学討論会「展望とトピックス」誌掲載（青木 2023年5月8日）尿タンパク質を尿中で手早く簡単に定量
H Izumi*, H. Aoki, L. A. Nafie, R. K. Dukor, Effect of Conformational Variability on Seasonable Thermal Stability and Cell Entry of Omicron Variants, ACS Omega, 2023/02, 8-7, pp.7111-7118.
Y. Terada, A. Obara, J. C. Briones, X. Luo, W. V. Espulgar, M. Saito, H. Takamatsu, E. Tamiya*, Development of Nano-Micro Fused LSPR Chip for In Situ Single-Cell Secretion Analysis. Micromachines 2023, 14(7), 1404.
H. Ishida, R. Mukai, E. Ikeuchi, H. Kise, M. Nishijima, A. Iguchi, A. Suzuki, M. Suzumura “Preliminary study on the acute effects of hydrogen sulfide on Amphipoda (Lysianassoidea; Pseudorchomene sp. and Anonyx sp.) collected from deep-sea floors in the Sea of Japan”, Marine Pollution Bulletin 2023, 192, 115102
Y. Miyajima, D. Araoka, T. Yoshimura, Y. Ota, A. Suzuki, H. Yoshioka, M. Suzumura, D. Smrzka, J. Peckmann, G. Bohrmann “Lithium isotope systematics of methane-seep carbonates as an archive of fluid origins and flow rates” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2023, 361, 152-170.
「トカラ列島周辺の深海域における表層堆積物の微生物群集構造」, 池内絵里, 鈴木克明, 井口亮, 鈴木淳, 地質調査研究報告，第 73 巻，第 5/6 号，p. 323-328，2023. 1.
2022
H. Aoki*, Material-specific determination based on microscopic observation of single microplastic particles stained with fluorescent dyes. Sensors, 2022, 22, 3390.
K. Gibu, E. Ikeuchi, T. Bell, T. Nakamura, Y. Yoshioka, A. Suzuki, A. Iguchi “Calcification rates of a massive and a branching coral species were unrelated to diversity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates” Molecular Biology Reports 2022, 49, 9101-9106.
Y. Ota, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki, A. Suzuki, K. Yamaoka, M. Asada, M. Satoh “Anaerobic oxidation of methane and trace-element geochemistry in microbial mat-covered sediments related to methane seepage, northeastern Japan Sea”, Chemical Geology 2022, 611, 121093
産総研の研究成果（太田・鈴村・鈴木・佐藤 2022年11月7日）海底メタン湧出域の生物地球化学システムを調査
Y. Ota, H. Kawahata, J. Kuroda, A. Suzuki, A. Abe-Ouchi, F.J. Jimenez-Espejo “Millennial-scale variability of Indian summer monsoon constrained by the western Bay of Bengal sediments: Implication from geochemical proxies of sea surface salinity and river runoff”, Global and Planetary Change 2022, 208, 103719
Y. Ota, M. Suzumura, A. Tsukasaki, A. Suzuki, K. Seike, J. Minatoya “Sediment accumulation rates and particle mixing at northwestern Pacific seamounts” Journal of Marine Systems 2022, 229, 103719
A. Maeda, M. Nishijima, A. Iguchi, Y. Ota, M. Suzumura, A. Suzuki “Environmental DNA metabarcoding of foraminifera for biological monitoring of bottom water and sediments on the Takuyo-Daigo Seamount in the northwestern Pacific”, Frontiers in Marine Science 2022. 10
「宝島及び諏訪之瀬島周辺海域における海洋環境」, 板木拓也, 鈴木克明, 池内絵里, 及川一真, 片山肇, 飯塚睦, 鈴木淳, 高柳栄子, 地質調査研究報告書, 第73巻, 第5/6号, 301-311, 2022.12
2021
H. Aoki*, M. Torimura, H. Habe, Spectroscopic Investigation of Increased Fluorescent Intensity of Fluorescent Dyes When Adsorbed onto Polystyrene Microparticles. Analytical Sciences, 2021, 37, 773-779.
日本分析化学会第70年会「展望とトピックス」誌掲載（青木・鳥村・羽部 2021年9月22日）蛍光色素の吸着を利用した簡便なマイクロプラスチック分析法
H. Aoki*, Label-free Ratiometric Electrochemical DNA Sensing Based on beta-Cyclodextrin-modified Probe Immobilized on Fluorescence Monolayers. Sensors and Materials, 2021, 33, 2857-2865.
H. Aoki*, Sensors with Highly Ordered Nucleotides. Analytical Sciences, 2021, 37, 1191.
Y. Terada, A. Obara, H. Takamatsu, W. V. Espulgar, M. Saito, E. Tamiya*, Au-Capped Nanopillar Immobilized with a Length-Controlled Glycopolymer for Immune-Related Protein Detection. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2021, 4, 7913-7920.
K. Nagano, Y. Terada, A. Araki, S. Osaki, M. Saito, E. Tamiya*, Gold Nanocatalysts Towards Digital Sensing Probes with Electrochemiluminescence Based Micro Electrodes Array. Electroanalysis 2021, 34, 8-14.
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