１. Research for polyamine regulating protein “Antizyme”（ What is “Antizyme” ?）
　（1）Tumor growth and ubiquitin-independent degradation of Myc proteins mediated by antizyme 2
　（2）Identification of antizyme 1- and antizyme 2-interacting proteins and their function
　（3）Regulatory mechanism of ATP-citrate lyase by antizyme
　（4）Mechanism of polyamine-induced translational frameshifting of antizyme mRNA

２. Function and medical application of polyamines
　（1）Analyses for physiological functions of polyamines
　（2）Analyses of polyamine effects on the translation regulation
　（3）Application of polyamines on medical diagnosis
　（4）Polyamines and cancer: Urinary diacetylspermine as a tumor marker
　（5）Analyses of polyamine effects on RNA structure by using RNA aptamer

1975

Professor Shin-ichi Hayashi was nominated as the Chair of Department of Nutrition

1995

Department name was changed to "Department of Biochemistry 2"

2007

Department name was changed to "Department of Molecular Biology"

Professor Matsufuji was nominated as the Chair