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Staff

Position	Name	Place of Work
Director	Yasuo Mitani	Kansai Center
Deputy Director	Mototada Shichiri	Kansai Center
Assistant Director	Kazuo Shin-ya	Tsukuba Center
Principal Research Manager	Yuji Sekiguchi	Tsukuba Central 6
Principal Research Manager	Yasuyuki Kida	Kansai Central 6
Emeritus Advisor	Tsuneaki Sakata	Kansai Center
Prime Senior Researcher	Takema Fukatsu	Tsukuba Central 6
Invited Senior Researcher	Youichi Kamagata	Tsukuba Central 6
Invited Senior Researcher	Shinya Honda	Tsukuba Central 6
Invited Senior Researcher	Motonari Shibakami	Tsukuba Central 6

Bioanalytical Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Akira Sasaki	Tsukuba Central 6
(MP)Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute	Naohiro Noda	Tsukuba Central 6
	Tetsushi Suyama	Tsukuba Central 6
	Akiko Yokota	Tsukuba Central 6
	Daisuke Miura	Tsukuba Central 6
	Yukako Senga	Tsukuba Central 6
	Satoko Matsukura	Tsukuba Central 6
	Akinobu Nakamura	Tsukuba Central 6

Biosystem Diversity Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Ryo Futahashi	Tsukuba Central 6
(MP)Prime Senior Researcher	Takema Fukatsu	Tsukuba Central 6
	Ryuichi Koga	Tsukuba Central 6
	Minoru Moriyama	Tsukuba Central 6
	Shigeyuki Kakizawa	Tsukuba Central 6

Bio-Structure-Activity Relationship Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Yoshio Kato	Tsukuba Central 6
	Daijiro Takeshita	Tsukuba Central 6
	Yuuichi Furuhata	Tsukuba Central 6
	Yuko Takagi	Tsukuba Central 6
	Takashi Nishio	Tsukuba Central 6
	Nanami Nishijima	Tsukuba Central 6

Biosystems Design Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Hideki Watanabe	Tsukuba Central 6
	Tsukasa Ishihara	Tsukuba Central 6
	Yu Yue	Tsukuba Central 6
	Shota Shiga	Tsukuba Central 6

Biosystems Engineering Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Kazutoshi Murotomi	Tsukuba Central 6
	Masakazu Namihira	Tsukuba Central 6
	Tourlousse Dieter	Tsukuba Central 6
(MP)Department of Life Science and Biotechnology Collaboration Promotion Office of Life Science and Biotechnology	Yukio Ohtsuka	Tsukuba Central 6
	Takashi Hayashi	Tsukuba Central 6
	Yuki Shimizu	Tsukuba Central 6
	Christine Lee Li Mei	Tsukuba Central 6

Biomolecular Sensing Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Shunsuke Furutani	Kansai Center
	Hidenori Nagai	Kansai Center
	Shigetaka Nishiguchi	Kansai Center
	Hiroki Shigemori	Kansai Center
	Maiko Sasano	Kansai Center
Invited Senior Researcher	Eiichi Tamiya	Kansai Center

Biomolecule Design Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Mototada Shichiri	Kansai Center
	Norioki Kawasaki	Kansai Center
	Shouhei Mine	Kansai Center
	Hideto Hoshino	Kansai Center
	Tomoki Himiyama	Kansai Center
	Kentaro Akiyama	Kansai Center

Biomolecular Evaluation Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Nobuo Fukuda	Kansai Center
	Mio Takeuchi	Kansai Center
	Tomonori Deguchi	Kansai Center
	Hideaki Takata	Kansai Center
(MP)Research Strategy Headquarters Regional Affairs Division Regional Strategy Planning Office	Shodai Hino	Kansai Center
	Takehiro Mukae	Kansai Center
Invited Senior Researcher	Atsuyoshi Nakayama	Kansai Center

Biomolecular Modality Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Yoko Akazawa	Kansai Center
	Yoshiharu Soeta	Kansai Center
	Tetsuya Okuda	Kansai Center
	Hironori Yamazoe	Kansai Center
	Nozomi Hara	Kansai Center

Operating Biomolecule Research Group

Position	Name	Place of Work
Group Leader	Masamune Morita	Kansai Center
	Riki Toita	Kansai Center
	Hideaki Maseda	Kansai Center
	Chun Wu	Kansai Center
	Marie Mita	Kansai Center
	Michiyo Maruyama	Kansai Center
	Shoji Iwabuchi	Kansai Center

Career Researcher / Career Expert

Position	Name	Place of Work
	Tomomi Kubota	Tsukuba Central 6
	Kazuhiko Yamasaki	Tsukuba Central 6
	Hidetoshi Inagaki	Tsukuba Central 6
	Kiyonori Hirota	Tsukuba Central 6
	Tatsuyuki Takenawa	Tsukuba Central 6

 

Position	Name	Place of Work
	Tomoka Nakazumi	Tsukuba Central 6
Specific Technical Senior Officer (AP)Environment and Safety Division, Bioethics and Biosafety Management Office	Kazuyuki Kiyosue	Kansai Center

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MP=Main Post