2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Life Science and Technology Undergraduate major in Life Science and Technology
Biological Science
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Life Science and Technology
- Instructor(s)
- Susumu Kajiwara / Nobuhiro Hayashi / Masato Nikaido / Kanami Orihara / Xinyue Chen
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
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- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Tue (S3-215(S321)) / 1-2 Fri (S3-215(S321))
- Class
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- Course Code
- LST.A391
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Oct 20, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
1) Students will have a clear idea of what living organisms are.
2) Students are able to understand and discuss living organisms at the molecular level.
3) Students are able to consider and discuss the utilisation of biological resources as engineering.
4) Students are able to understand complex biological phenomena and consider and discuss them from the perspective of Life Science and Technology.
Course description and aims
The subject provides a basic understanding of living organisms from the molecular, metabolic and cellular levels, as well as an overview of practical applications such as bioengineering, genetic engineering and medical science, to acquire the fundamentals of biological science.
Keywords
biology, science
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
5 professors will take turns to give lectures (1-3 classes/prof.).
Mid term and Final assessment will be provided for grading.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Evolutionary Biology 1: Concept and Theory of evolution (Assoc. Prof. Nikaido) |
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| Class 2 | Evolutionary Biology 2: Actual Examples of Evolution (Natural Selection and Drift) (Assoc. Prof. Nikaido) |
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| Class 3 | Evolutionary Biology 3: Taxonomy and Evolutionary Tree (Assoc. Prof. Nikaido) |
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| Class 4 | Metal in Biology 1: Introduction to bioinorganic chemistry (Prof. Kamachi) |
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| Class 5 | Metal in Biology 2 : Electron transfer protein (Prof. Kamachi) |
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| Class 6 | Metal in Biology 3: Oxygen transport protein (Prof. Kamachi) |
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| Class 7 | Midterm Assessment |
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| Class 8 | Global health: Introduce life-threatening infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, using world epidemiological data (Assoc. Prof. Orihara) |
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| Class 9 | Innate immunity and adaptive immunity: Learn about two immune systems in our body (Assoc. Prof. Orihara) |
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| Class 10 | Metabolism: introduce the synthesis and degradation of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids with emphasis on energy generation and consumption (Prof. Kajiwara) |
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| Class 11 | Biotechnology: introduce the application of various biotechnologies in major industrial areas, including medical field, agriculture, environment (Assist. Prof. Chen/Prof. Kajiwara) |
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| Class 12 | Genetic engineering: introduce the methodologies of gene cloning, gene analyses and the application of genetic engineering technologies (Assist. Prof. Chen/Prof. Kajiwara) |
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| Class 13 | Vaccination and allergy: Learn how vaccination works in our body. Also, using allergy as an example, learn how our immune system (Assoc. Prof. Orihara)works in the body. |
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| Class 14 | Final Assessment |
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Study advice (preparation and review)
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Textbook(s)
Handout will be provided through LMS
Reference books, course materials, etc.
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Evaluation methods and criteria
This class is conducted face-to-face and are assessed based on reports, midterm evaluations, and final evaluations.
Related courses
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Prerequisites
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Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Nikaido; nikaidou.m.40fc[a]m.isct.ac.jp
Kamachi: kamachi.t.6f46[a]m.isct.ac.jp
Kajiwara: kajiwara.s.48bc[a]m.isct.ac.jp
Chen: chen.x.ee0a[a]m.isct.ac.jp
Orihara: orihara.k.fc01[a]m.isct.ac.jp
Office hours
Please contact via email