Food Development Laboratory (Tsurunaga Lab.)

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Introduction to Tsurunaga Laboratory

Welcome to the Food Development Laboratory (Tsurunaga Lab)

Faculty of Human Science, Shimane University
Graduate School of Human and Social Sciences, Master's Program
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University
Professor Yoko Tsurunaga, Ph.D, Doctoral Program

Yoko Tsurunagai

Food has three functions (primary: nutritional, secondary: palatability, tertiary: biological regulation). In the Food Development Laboratory, we aim to make the most of the three functions of food ingredients through cooking and processing techniques, and we are conducting research with a particular focus on antioxidant effects.
We use the techniques of “Food component analysis”, “Food functional evaluation”, “Cooking and Food processing” as research methods.
We are conducting research with the aim of developing technologies that can be put to practical use, rather than just presenting research at academic conferences or publishing papers.
If you are interested in food or just love food, why not join us in the Food Development Laboratory?
We would be delighted to welcome any applicants who wish to join our undergraduate or graduate programs.

The specific research themes are as follows.

  • Development of low allergen foods
  • Development of processed products using the chemical properties of tannin
  • Research into methods of making the most of the characteristics of unused resources
  • Search for agricultural, forestry and marine products with high health functionality and development of optimal processing methods
  • Development of health tea with high health functionality

We warmly welcome those with a strong desire to study and research, as well as those who wish to enter the undergraduate or graduate school of this laboratory.

We also accept working adults who wish to obtain a doctorate, and we can accept them into the latter doctoral course.
The research theme will be decided after consultation.

Introduction of Faculty Members

Yoko Tsurunaga

After working as a senior researcher at the Shimane Prefectural Agricultural Technology Center, an associate professor at Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, and a professor at the Faculty of Education at Shimane University,
April 2018: Professor, Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, Shimane University
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shimane University
Professor, Department of Agricultural Production Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tottori University
Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University
Visiting professor, Faculty of Biological Production, Hiroshima University

Academic degrees:

Doctor (Agriculture), United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University

Career:

Born in Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture. After working as a researcher at the Shimane Prefectural Agricultural Technology Center and as an associate professor at Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University, became an associate professor at Shimane University in 2011. 2018 - Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Shimane University (present post)

Awards
  • The Japan Society for Japan Assosiation of Food Preservation Scientists Award (2024)
  • Shimane University Women's Research Award (2017)
  • Shimane University Research Award (2103)
  • The Japan Society of Home Economics, The Regional Branch of the Chugoku and Shikoku Award (2012)
  • The Japan Society for Japan Assosiation of Food Preservation ScientistsAward for Encouragement (2008)