Nagoya University
​School of Agricultural Sciences /
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
​Lab of Molecular Biotechnology

(2026/07/11) M1 student Akimichi Yoshino received the Outstanding Discussion Award at the Summer Seminar 2026 of the Young Researchers’ Association of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan. (2026/07/02) D2 student Khairil ANWAR received the GteX Poster Award at the 20th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition. (2026/03/25) The graduation and degree conferment ceremonies were held. Congratulations to all our graduates! (2026/03/25) B4 student Akimichi Yoshino received the Chubu Branch Chairperson’s Award from the Japanese Biochemical Society (see the News section for details). (2026/03/19) Our laboratory’s research findings were featured in a press release (see the News section for details). (2025/11/22) A collaborative research project involving Associate Professor Kato, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Waseda University was featured in the Chubu Keizai Shimbun (see the News section for details). (2025/11/11) Research results from a collaborative project involving Associate Professor Kato, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and Waseda University were featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (see the News section for details). (2025/11/10) D2 student Yuma Nishikawa and B4 student Akimichi Yoshino received the Student Poster Award at the International Conference on Bottom-up Biotechnology for Understanding and Engineering Living Systems 2025 (BB2025), held at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) (see the News section for details). (2025/10/29) Our laboratory’s research findings were featured in a press release (see the News section for details). (2025/09/30) A paper published by Associate Professor Kato and colleagues in ACS Synthetic Biology was featured as an article in Medicine Innovates (see the News section for details). (2025/09/20) B4 student Akimichi Yoshino received the Academic Encouragement Award at the 202nd Chubu Branch Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry. (2025/07/06) D2 student Yuma Nishikawa and B4 student Akimichi Yoshino received the Outstanding Presentation Award at the Summer Seminar 2025 of the Young Researchers’ Association of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (see the News section for details). (2025/04/03) New members joined the laboratory, and we held a joint hanami (cherry blossom viewing) and welcome party with two other laboratories. (2025/03/25) The graduation and degree conferment ceremonies were held. Congratulations to all our graduates! (2024/10/18) D1 student Yuma Nishikawa received a Poster Award at the 29th Symposium of the Young Asian Biological Engineers’ Community (see the News section for details). (2024/09/10) D3 student Monami Kihara and M1 student Yuki Oba received the Student Outstanding Presentation Award for their oral presentations at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, selected from 236 presentations evaluated (see the News section for details). (2024/06/21) Assistant Professor Kato received the Research Encouragement Award at the 25th Enzyme Application Symposium (see the website for details). (2024/05/22) D1 student Kalhari received the Poster Award for an Original and Unique Idea at the FEBS 2024 Transglutaminase Meeting. (2024/04/04) New members joined the laboratory, and a joint hanami (cherry blossom viewing) event was held with the Laboratory of Applied Enzymology and the Laboratory of Animal Cell Physiology as a welcome party. (2024/03/29) An article about Professor Hideo Nakano was published on the career website Elite Network (see the website for details). (2024/03/24) Lecturer Jasmina received the Young Female Researcher Award from the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, and Assistant Professor Kato received the Agricultural Chemistry Encouragement Award at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry. (2023/12/02) An alumni reunion of the Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology (formerly the Laboratory of Bioreaction Engineering) was held (see the News section for details). (2023/12/02) A paper published by Assistant Professor Kato and colleagues in JCB was featured as a “Breakthrough Technology” in Medicine Innovates (see the News section for details). (2023/11/17) M2 student Yuma Nishikawa received the Amano Enzyme Research Student Award at the 3rd Amano Enzyme Research Grant Presentation Meeting (see the News section for details). (2023/10/05) B4 student Misato Tsuda received the Chubu Branch Corporate Encouragement Award for her oral presentation at the 2023 Joint Meeting of the Chubu and Kansai Branches of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry (see the website for details). (2023/10/01) Assistant Professor Kato’s proposed research project was selected for the Innovative Elemental Technology Research Program in the GteX Biotechnology for Monodzukuri field, sponsored by JST (see the website for details). (2023/09/12) D3 student Baixi Jia and M1 student Rikuto Takai received the Student Outstanding Presentation Award for their oral presentations at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, selected from 241 presentations evaluated (see the News section for details). (2023/09/12) M2 student MUNAWEERA Kalhari received the Poster Award at the 3rd Japan-Switzerland-Germany Workshop on Biocatalysis and Bioprocess Development (see the News section for details). (2023/07/25) A farewell party was held for the fourth-year undergraduate students before their entrance examinations for graduate school. (2023/07/14) Assistant Professor Kato received the 7th Bioindustry Encouragement Award (see the website for details). (2023/06/25) M1 student Sho Ikeda received the Rising Star Award at the Summer Seminar of the Young Researchers’ Association of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (see the News section for details). (2023/06/05) We went on a laboratory trip to Ise. (2023/04/07) New members joined the laboratory, and we held a welcome party. (2023/03/27) The graduation ceremony was held. Congratulations to all our graduates! (2023/03/17) Assistant Professor Kato received the 20th Planning Award from the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the society (see the News section for details). (2023/03/01) Assistant Professor Kato’s research on translation-promoting peptides was selected for the 2022 Emerging Research Support Program of JST (see the website for details). (2023/01/31) Assistant Professor Kato received the Excellence Award in the Applied Research Division of the 17th Wakasachi Encouragement Awards (see the News section for details). The presentation video is available here. (2023/02/08) The laboratory website was renewed. (2022/06/01) Akiyo Kato joined the laboratory as an Assistant Professor. (2022/05/20) Lecturer Jasmina’s activities were featured in a special article by the University of North Carolina (see the News section for details). (2022/04/19) We held a welcome party via Zoom. (2022/04/01) Professor Iwasaki was promoted to Professor at Chubu University, and Professor Kojima was promoted to Associate Professor at Meijo University. Thank you very much for everything you have done for us. We wish you continued success in your future endeavors. (2021/10/21) Congratulations to Professor Nakano on his 60th birthday! (2021/04/22) We held a welcome party. (2020/09/28) Two presentations from our laboratory at the Chubu Branch Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry received the Branch Encouragement Awards. (2020/09/02) A joint research project between iBody Inc. and our laboratory received the 2020 Biotechnology Technology Award.