Members – Bioproduction Research Institute, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Members

Applied Molecular Microbiology Research Group

Group Leader

MIYAFUSA Takamitsu

Protein engineering by using peptide ligation for improvement of stability and function.

Senior Researchers

KITAGAWA Wataru

Exploration, utilization and improvement of useful microbial genes/enzymes
Construction of P450 expression library
Development of new gene cloning technology
TAMANO Koichi

Enabling efficient production of valuable compounds by filamentous fungi via metabolic modification
Improvement of culture condition of filamentous fungi for mass production and secretion of valuable compounds
Development of efficient breeding technique of filamentous fungi
YASUTAKE Yoshiaki

Structural and functional analysis of proteins
Exploration and creation of functional proteins
FURUBAYASHI Maiko

Designing artificial biosynthetic pathways to useful compounds
Functional modification of biosynthetic enzymes through evolutionary engineering
Development of engineering tools for non-model environmental microorganisms
ISHIYA Koji

Development of bioinformatics technologies

Researchers

Other Staffs

10 Technicians and one secretary.