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All data is as of April 22, 2024.

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Katou Junichi
Professor
Affiliation Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life
Discipline Biotechnology
Academic Degrees The University of Tokyo Doctor of Agriculture
The University of Tokyo Master of Agriculture
Research Fields Engineering; Process / Chemical engineering; Biofunction / Bioprocess
Agricultural sciences; Agricultural chemistry; Applied microbiology
Research Keywords Molecular microbial ecological engineering / Microbe-plant interaction / Bacterial chemotaxis / Environmental microorganism / Bioremediation / enviromental pollutants / solvent tolerant bacteria / biocatalyst
Comments My interests: Environmental biotechnology. Especially, I am interested in chemotaxis of environmental bacteria including plant pathogens and plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria. To establish ecological interaction such as symbiosis and plant infection, microbes should approach to their hosts and contact them. Many microbes use chemotaxis to facilitate the ecological interactions. I believe that we can control plant infection and plant-growth promoting activities by controlling bacterial chemotaxis in environment.
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Topic Biotechnology
Genome/DNA technology
Living Organism/Plants and Animals
SDGs 1 No poverty 2 Zero hunger 9 Industry, innovation, infrastructure 13 Climate action
Educational Programs [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Engineering : Cluster 3(Applied Chemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering) : Program of Biotechnology
[Master's Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biotechnology
[Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life : Division of Integrated Sciences for Life : Program of Biotechnology
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