Press releases

  Aug 4, 2026 Use of an AI-powered meal-planning app associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. We found that using Oishi Kenko, a cooking app that recommends Japanese-style recipes and meal plans tailored to individual nutritional needs …

Publication

  ・Use of a culturally and personally tailored cooking application is associated with improved glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Takei S, Hamada K, Shimizu N, Sakurai M, Nojiri T, Yahagi N. Journal of Diabetology 17:362-370, 2026.   ・A …

Builders

Staffs Samia Karkoutly (Postdoctoral fellow)   Graduate students Tsolmon Mendsaikhan (D2) Masato Higaki (D1)   Research Students     OB/OG Yoshihiko Izumida Midori Kubota Makiko Nishi-Tatsumi Ayako Takarada Yukari Oya Naoki Toya Yoshikazu Sawada Xianying Piao Nobuhiro Wada EnXu Li …

Themes

In our laboratory, we have been working on “Nutrigenomics” as a key concept to figure out how the genome is read to control nutrient flows, why foods can make us both healthy and sick, and how fasting and time-restricted feeding …

Video

This is an introduction video of the laboratory (language used: English). Nutrigenicomics commentary video (language used: English).

Contact

We are looking for graduate students and postdocs. If you are interested, please feel free to contact us. Address: Nutrigenomics Research Group, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, JAPAN Phone: +81.285.58.7355 …

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