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Researcher Introductions

[Private University Research Branding Project] Summary of Project Members from Azabu University

Project Title: Developing a Science of Human-Animal Symbiosis to Realize a Healthy Human Society
※Research Supervisor＝●，Assistant Research Supervisor＝○，Public Relations Supervisor=▲,Public Relations Officer=△，Responsible for Multiple Projects=*

As of 12 Mar. 2019

3 Themes	No.	Affiliated Department	Study Representative	Co-Researchers	Study Collaborators (Non-Azabu University)	Title	Research Contents
① Human-Animal Cognitive Interaction Analysis	1	Environmental Science (E)	Takehiro Okura△	Yukio Kato	－	Conditions for a Pet Friendly Community: Enacting Deliberative Polling (DP) with “Mini-Publics” and Community Epidemiology Surveys in America and Sagamihara
	2	Education	Tomonori Fukui▲△	Shigeru Ooki	－	A study of the construction of scientific communication in the science of human-animal symbiosis and its transmission
	3	Animal Science and Biotechnology(A)	Takefumi Kikusui●	Kazutaka Mogi* Yoko Fujii Miyoko Saito Takuma Aoki Yasuko Tobari△ Miho Nagasawa	－	Elucidation of the cognitive interaction between humans and canines from the perspective of behavioral genetics and assessment of the symbiotic QOL brought about by that interaction
	4	Animal Science and Biotechnology (A)	Masato Minami△	Kensuke Taira Shiro Takeda* Shinpei Kawarai	－	Microbial research for establishing a mutualistic system by wild animals resource recycling and effective utilization
②Identification of Coevolutionary Genes in Humans and Animals	５	Foundational Studies	Hiroeki Sahara△	Takuya Maruo	－	Analysis of common genes expressed in cancer stem cells of humans and canines
	６	Veterinary Medicine(V)	Tadashi Yamashita	Eiichi Kanai△ Masaki Nagane△ Kikumi Ogihara	－	Exploration of metastasis and infiltration driver genes through gene signature analysis and construction of a canine tumor repository
	７	Veterinary Medicine(V)	Masaru Murakami △	Ken Onda Reiichiro Sato Masaharu Hisasue* Mitsuyuki Shirai△	Masayuki Funaba	Improvement of productivity and health in animals, focusing on the energy-dissipating protein Ucp1 gene
	８	Environmental Science(E)	Masashi Sekimoto△	Osamu Endo Junpei Yamamoto Yuko Yoshinaga Yukihiko Takagi Kazutoshi Sugita	－	Analysis of changes in carcinogenic susceptibility in human and companion animals: Toward establishment of healthy environment
	９	Foundational Studies	Shinji Kamisuki	Hironobu Murakami△* Kan Fujino	－	Identification of pathogenic genes of viral infection through chemical genetics
	10	Veterinary Medicine(V)	Ohoshi Murayama△	Shoichiro Miyatake	Une Yumi Kametani Fuyuki	Coevolutionary consideration of dementia based on comparative analysis of dementia pathology in animal systematics and evolution
	11	Veterinary Medicine(V)	Junichi Kamiie	Motoharu Sakaue△ Tomoki Fukuyama	－	Identification of causative genes of human AA amyloidosis based on comparative pathology
③Human and Animal Microbe Cross-Talk	12	Foundational Studies	Yuji Hirota	Shiro Takeda△* Jumpei Uchiyama* Toru Moriguchi Kazutaka Mogi*	－	Study of the mechanism underlying health-promoting benefits by dog ownership, especially focusing on microbiome cross-talk
	13	Veterinary Medicine (V)	Masahiro Sakaguchi○	Jumpei Uchiyama△* Masaharu Hisasue* Sakurako Neo Hironobu Murakami* Hirotaka Igarashi	－	Exploration of allergy-suppressing bacteria from canine bacterial flora
	14	Food and Life Science(F)	Yoshiko Konishi	Takashi Kuribayashi Yoshihito Shimazu△ Naoki Kobayashi	Watanabe Maiko	Foundational research on the effect of indoor mold flora due to pet ownership on the human immune system