course

CATEGORY

Department of Natural Sciences

Department of Natural Sciences

Staff

The Department of Natural Sciences consists of three Divisions : Information Science & Physics;
Chemistry; and Biology. Our department is responsible for the lectures and laboratories in the remedial and general education of Physics, Statistics, Chemistry and Life Sciences for the first-year medical students. We aim to develop and advance the students’ scientific thinking, attitude, skills, and intellectual curiosity, which are the key elements required for medical professionals.

Research themes / Specialty areas

1) Division of Information Science & Physics

  1. Large-area cosmic ray air showers
  2. Charged particle transport
  3. Monte Carlo simulations in radiotherapy dosimetry

2) Division of Chemistry

  1. Improvement of simple electrolyzer
  2. Development of functional materials using titanate nanosheets

3) Division of Biology

  1. Molecular biology of vertebrate body size and allometric scaling
  2. Analysis of circadian clock mechanism in social insects
  3. Research on regulatory mechanism of ovarian follicle functions in female mice
  4. Functional neuroanatomy of the insect nervous system