People
Director
Kaoruko Iida (Nutrition metabolism)
Faculty
Yasunori Miyamoto (Neurobiology)
Teikichi Ikura (Biophysics)
Kei Hashimoto (Neurobiology )Yoko Ito (Plant cell biology)

Ochanomizu University

Researchers
Kyoko Aikawa (Glycobiology)
Rie Akamatsu (Nutrition education)
Ikuyo Ichi (Lipid nutrition)
Tomohiro Uemura (Plant cell biology)
Noriko Sudo (Nutrition assistance in disasters)
Aya Tanatani (Medicinal chemistry)
Kazuyoshi Chiba (Molecular and developmental biology)
Masayuki Hatta (Biology of the coral)
Hidehiko Miyake (Clinical genetics)
Yasujiro Morimitsu (Functional foods and food chemistry)
Kei Yura (Computational biology)
Rumi Kondo (Population genetics)
Atsuko Sato (Environment, Development and Evolution)
Makoto Shimizu (Molecular nutrition)
Yoko Nitta (Culinary food science）
Kenji Ohgane (Chemical biology)
Masaki Kobayashi (Molecular Metabolism and Basic Nutrition)
Motoko Sasaki (Genetic counseling)
Yoko Sato (Food service management）
Kyoko Noda (Food preservation and processing）
Hiromu Monai (Neurophysiology and biophysics)

Institute for
Human Life Science

Visiting Faculty
Tomoko Ishikawa (Nutritional chemistry)
Yasuhiko Kizuka (Glyco-biochemistry )Yoko Fujiwara (Nutritional chemistry)
Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Structural glycobiology)
Kazuo Yamaguchi (Ｍolecular recognition )Yang, Suh-Ching (Nutrition)
Mari Gotoh (Lipid biochemistry)
Yuka Toyoshima (Nutritional science)
Mieko Nakamura (Public health )Visiting Researcher
Kimie Date (Glycoscience)
Research Support Member
Chikako Tomozawa (Genetic Counseling)
Motoko Watanabe (Genetic Counseling)
Project Associate Fellow
Yosuke Kittaka
Kanae Tsuji
Academic Assistants
Yoshie Hosaka

Life innovation for a healthy andactive life

Institute for Human Life ScienceOchanomizu University
2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
E-mail: office-ihls@cc.ocha.ac.jp
URL: http://www-w.cf.ocha.ac.jp/ihli/―Research and development ofInstitute for Human Life Scienceー
http://www-w.cf.ocha.ac.jp/ihli/

About the IHLS
The Institute for Human Life Innovation (IHLI)
is organized with the academic faculty at
Ochanomizu university, who specializes inbiological sciences and human life sciences. It wasfounded in April 2016, aimed at research anddevelopment for people to live healthy lives, aswell as innovation for a safe and secure socialenvironment. In April 2022, the name was changed
to The Institute for Human Life Science due toorganizational restructuring.
To address social issues facing an aging society
with fewer children, the IHLS has the following
goals:
1. Fostering healthy, vibrant, and active children
2. Improvement of QOL throughout life andelongation of a healthy life-span
3. Achieve a healthy-longevity with QOL
maintained

Organization & Research content
The Institute for Human Life Science (former name: The Institute for Human Life Innovation) consistsof “Division of Biochemistry and Metabolomics”, “Division of Nutritional Science”, “Division of FoodScience”, “Division of Glycoscience”, “Division of Genetics” and “Division of Development andEvolution”. It promotes research focusing on the following keywords.
○Healthy growth○Healthier senior citizens

Fostering healthy, vibrant, and active children

Achieve a healthy-longevity with QOL maintained

For the young generation supporting the future of ourcountry grow healthier, the IHLS promotes the research topropose dietary habits for the healthy growth of mental andphysical of children.

To increase self-management skills of senior citizens, the IHLS
supports the development of medical treatment for locomotive
syndrome and neurodegenerative disease, and the promotion
for appropriate diet and exercise for senior citizens.

○Active daily life

○Application and development

Improvement of QOL and maintenance ofhealth

Development of pharmaceutical products incollaboration with companies and other research
institutions

To make mental and physical health withstand stress anddiseases throughout life, the IHLS promotes the research anddevelopment for prevention and improvement ofinflammation, infection and metabolic syndrome. The IHLS
produces education programs for various generations fromadolescence to child rearing generation.

For a healthy and active life, the IHLS collaborates withcompanies and promotes the research and development of“Development of pharmaceutical products for osteoarthritis”,“Suppression of inflammation associated with traumatic brain
injury and hemorrhagic shock”, and “Prevention of life-style
related diseases and development of the foods that contributeto the QOL for elderly people”.

Spreading effect of research results○ Basic understanding of biological phenomena, creation ofnovel regulatory strategies and elucidation for biologicalactivities. (Scientific effects)○ Promotion of healthy-longevity through research anddevelopment on policies for overcoming from the stress,lifestyle related diseases and aging. Healthy growth of thechild, improvement of QOL, and fruition of active life for theelderly. (Social effects)