時間学研究所　兼務所員
山口大学共同獣医学部　教授

PROFILE
1963年生まれ。
北海道大学農学部学士卒、論文博士（獣医学、東京大学）
農業・食品産業技術総合研究機構主任研究員、山口大学准教授を経て現職。

RESEARCH
ウシなどの動物の繁殖。排卵や妊娠開始のタイミングを精密に調節する重要細胞である下垂体前葉のゴナドトロフ細胞などについて、分子、細胞、個体、群れのレベルで研究している。研究は国内外から高く評価され、日本の重要な学会賞受賞等に結びつき、多数の留学生の指導もしている。

山口大学共同獣医学部臨床獣医学講座 獣医予防管理学研究室

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Professor Kadokawa studied animal science in the faculty of agriculture of Hokkaido university, worked as professional scientists in the most important national institute of ministry of agriculture JAPAN, and obtained a PhD degree from the University of Tokyo for veterinary medical sciences. Then, he joined Yamaguchi University. His field of research is animal reproduction from the views of molecule, cells, live body, and flocks. He was awarded in the most important society, because he discovered several important receptors in pituitary and hypothalamus. He will be happy to invite Ph.D course students from foreign countries. Actually, he has already supervised more than 10 PhD students and more than 20 undergraduate students. Now, he is studying “Reproductive Physiology & Management” to minimize risks of infertility in domestic animals.