News & Updates

Shehei Tsukazaki, a second-year master's student in our laboratory, gave an oral presentation at the annual meeting of Japan Society for Lactic Acid Bacteria 2026, held at Kanazawa from July 24 to 26, 2026. 発表表題は以下の通りです。 タイトル：ビフィズス菌のタンパク質品質管理プロテアーゼが腸内生存とストレス応答に果たす役割の解明 ○塚崎 修平1☆、前田 智也1、吹谷 智1* （1北大院・農）

Yuki Kitahara has joined the laboratory as a researcher. His primary affiliation is Arthur D. Little Japan.

Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda was invited to the KSABC International Symposium 2026 in Jeju, Korea, where he delivered a symposium lecture.(2026.6.21-2026.06.23) Lecture title: “From Genome Editing to Evolutionary Design: Predictability and Constraints in Microbial Systems”

The first ALCA-Next research exchange meeting of 2026 was held at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University. The project is led by Dr. Aya Yoshimura, with Dr. Nozomu Obana and Dr. Tomoya Maeda serving as co-investigators.

Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda delivered an invited lecture at a regular meeting of the Microbial Consortium organized by the Ohsumi Frontier Science Foundation. Lecture title: “Principles at the Individual and Population Levels in Antimicrobial Resistance Evolution”

A collaborative paper by Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda and the research group of Professor Jianshi Jin at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, describing standardized approaches for global collaboration in microbiome research, was accepted for publication in The ISME Journal. The paper title is as follows: Muzi Ge, Tomoya Maeda, Jingdi Li, Maryam Chaib De Mares, Emmanuel George Kifaro, Gizachew Haile Gidamo, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi, Andrew H. Moeller, Zhibin Zhang, and Jianshi Ji

The research group of Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda held a joint research exchange meeting on the J-PEAKS Collaborative Research Platform Incubation Stage project, led by Professor Ryohei Nakano of the Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, in collaboration with the research group of Professor Shinji Nakaoka of the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University. It was a valuable opportunity to learn about research from other fields that we rarely have the

Ryu Goto, a second-year master's student in our laboratory, received the MBSJ Poster Award 2025 for his presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, held at Pacifico Yokohama from December 3 to 5, 2025. Title: "Laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli under two-drug combinations with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim" Authors: 〇Ryu Goto1, Hazuki Kotani2, Chikara Furusawa2,3, Tomoya Maeda1,2 1 Laboratory of Microbial Physiology, Research Facul

Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda and Yu Kasuga (B4) participated in the 20th Annual Meeting of the Society of Genome Microbiology, Japan (SGMJ) held in Kisarazu, Chiba. They delivered an oral and a poster presentation, respectively. (March 4–6, 2026) Assoc. Prof. Tomoya Maeda (Oral Presentation) "Exploring common and unique mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance across diverse bacterial species." Yu Kasuga (B4) (Poster Presentation) "Adaptive laboratory evolution and complete

Associate Professor Tomoya Maeda gave an invited mini-symposium lecture at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ), held at Pacifico Yokohama. Additionally, Ryu Goto (M2) and Shogo Nakabori (M2) gave poster presentations. Assoc. Prof. Tomoya Maeda (Invited Lecture) "How microbial interactions rewire the evolution of resistance" Ryu Goto (M2) "Laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli under two-drug combinations with sulfamethoxazole/trimethopri

Seven new members have been assigned to our laboratory from the second semester. Welcome to our laboratory!!

On September 29–30, 2025 Four of our lab members gave poster presentations at the 3rd Hokkaido Bio "Mix-up" held at Hokkaido University. The presentation titles are as follows: Ryu Goto (M2) "Laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli under two-drug combinations with sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim" Shogo Nakabori (M2) "Adaptive laboratory evolution of Corynebacterium glutamicum lacking the enzymes involved in the oxidation of NADH" Riku Sumihiro (M1) "Analysis of competition dyn

Dr. Maeda participated in the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan (SBJ), held at Hiroshima Institute of...