Hirohide Saito Lab

IQB, The University of Tokyo

CiRA, Kyoto University

RNA-Protein (RNP) complex plays a central role in gene expression by controlling translation, transcription, RNA processing, and so on. 

Then, we came up with the idea that understanding of the necessary factors to form the RNP such as RNA sequences and structures would enable us to artificially create RNP complexes to control molecular mechanisms and cell-fates. 

With this idea of synthetic biology, we are working on elucidating the programming mechanism of cells and controlling cell-fate precisely through the development of new technologies to understand, control and create RNP-based life systems.