About ISAS
Collaborating Labs
Agricultural Ecology (Agricultural and Environmental Biology)
Overview
Agricultural research in recent years tends to be individualized and subdivided and separated from the field of agricultural production. Under such circumstances, our laboratory is conducting research based on agricultural ecology focusing on the interaction between agricultural products, the environment, and humans. In other words, targeting organisms that live in the ecosystem of cultivated land, increasing biological production, improving quality and efficiency, reducing the burden on the environment and preserving the production environment, environmental response and utilization of genetic resources, etc. We are conducting research aimed at building a new sustainable production system based on this.
Instructors
Professor | Saneyuki Kawabata | ||
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Associate Professor | Chikako Honda | ||
Associate Professor | Wataru Yamori | ||
Associate Professor | Wei Guo | ||
Assistant Professor | Hiroyuki Kakui | ||
Assistant Professor | Yu Wakabayashi |
Ecological Harmony Engineering (Biological and Environmental Engineering)
Overview
Building a next-generation agricultural system that connects fields and society and environmental technology with the aim of breaking away from the conventional productivity-oriented agricultural system and using nature's blessing ecosystem services in a sustainable and effective manner. We are conducting research on development based on the Tanashi Campus, which is a series of cultivated land, green land, and forest land. The research target is a complex system from the mechanism of the ecosystem service itself to the relationship between humans and society related to agriculture and food in the food chain such as producer-distributor-consumer, and the research method is field level. It covers a wide range of fields, from micro to macro at the laboratory level, to measurement, control, and analysis that make full use of engineering methods from the viewpoint. Currently, I am mainly conducting research on the development of various applications including practical use, cultivation and the construction of post-harvest technology aiming at high added value.
Instructors
Professor | Saneyuki Kawabata | ||
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Associate Professor | Wataru Yamori |
Biosphere Correlation Science (Department of Ecosystem Studies)
Agricultural Land Ecology Laboratory Overview
Human society is built upon various types of ecosystem services, ranging from food and material provisioning to environmental conservation, biogeochemical cycle regulations, and landscape maintenance. Our laboratory seeks agriculture, forestry, and greenspace systems where we can receive various ecosystem services in harmony with nature, based on the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. Currently, we mainly focus on plant ecology and evolution, and our study topics include (1) the maintenance of population, (2) conservation of genetic and species diversity, (3) functions of wildlife in agriculture and forestry, and (4) ecological risk of chemicals such as pesticides. We aim to elucidate how ecosystem services are produced and maintained and to obtain implications for managing agroecosystems and urban greenspaces.
Instructors
Associate Professor | Chikako Honda | ||
Assistant Professor | Yoichi Tsuzuki |
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Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem Overview
We are conducting research related to the dynamics of forest ecosystems and mechanisms to sustain biodiversity. Research topics include interactions among organisms, genetic structures, adaptation to the environment, impacts of climate change and wildlife management, which have been studied at the individual, population and community levels for a variety of forest dwelling organisms as well as the forest itself.
Instructor
Associate Professor | Susumu Goto | ||
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Assistant Professor | Tadashi Maehara |