GL: KOGA Ryuichi (AIST)
Experimental Symbiotic Evolution/Genomics Group
Experimental symbiotic evolution between insect and E. coli ; Genomics/transcriptomics/metabolomics of insect-E. coli symbiosis, etc.
GL: FURUSAWA Chikara (RIKEN/Univ. Tokyo)
Symbiotic Evolution Analysis/Evaluation/Control Group
Evolutionary trajectory analysis of symbiotic E. coli ; High-throughput phenotype evaluation; Manipulation of evolutionary direction, etc.
GL: KAKIZAWA Shigeyuki (AIST)
Symbiont Genome Manipulation Group
Symbiont genome cloning/manipulation/synthesis/transplantation/functional analysis; Synthetic biological approaches to symbiotic bacteria, etc.
GL: HARUMOTO Toshiyuki (Univ. Kyoto)
Symbiotic Interactions/Communication Group
Analysis of symbiotic interactions and communication at the host-symbiont interface; Imaging and functional analysis of symbiosis, etc.
GL: WAKAMOTO Yuichi (Univ. Tokyo)
Symbiotic System Analysis/Reconstruction Group
Symbiont culturing in microfluidic device; Single-cell monitoring and tracking; Symbiont cell lineage analysis, etc.
GL: FUKUDA Shinji (Keio Univ./Univ. Tsukuba)
Interspecific Symbiont Transfer/Experimental Evolution Group
Experimental symbiotic evolution between mouse and E. coli ; Insect-mouse transfer experiments of symbiotic E. coli, etc.
