Research Group
Faculty
Dr. BOMME GOWDA SIDDABASAVE GOWDA
Associate Professor
Laboratory for Lipid Chemistry (GOWDA lab)
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Staff
Ms. Yumiko Utayashiki
Country: JAPAN
Status: Administrative /Technical Assistant
Current Students
Graduate School of Global Food Resources
(Dr. Gowda as Direct Supervisor)
Madhuvanahalli Sundaraswamy Punith
Country: India
Status: DC3
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: Discovery of novel inhibitors for sphingomylein synthase to control fatty liver disease from plant foods.
Scholarship: DX Hokkaido University
Madihalli Gangadhara Rachana
Country: India
Status: DC3
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: Synthesis and development of analytical method for unsaturated short-chain fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids
Scholarship: EXEX Hokkaido University
MD. Abdul Malek
Country: Bangladesh
Status: DC3
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: Application of lipidomics to herbs and grape samples
Scholarship: EXEX Hokkaido University
Kumari Suraksha
Country: India
Status: DC2
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Goat milk based nutraceutical development for icterus control"
Scholarship: MEXT scholarship
Amai Sahana
Country: India
Status: DC1
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Isolation and characterization of Paprika bioactives for obesity control"
Scholarship: Research assistant support
ELA Sabiha Parvin
Country: Bangladesh
Status: DC1
School: Graduate School of Global Food Resources
Research area: "Application of lipidomics for investigating food spoilage mechanism and disease biomarker research"
Scholarship: EXEX Hokkaido University and JASSO.
LI SHUJIN (李 姝瑾)
Country: China
Status: Research student
Research area: "Investigating nettle tea bioactives for obesity control "
SHAO YIFEI I SHUJIN (邵 怡斐)
Country: China
Status: Research student
Research area: "Analysis of topical oils for bioactive lipid discovery"
Lydia Awinloya Nyaabire
Country: Ghana
Status: Research student
Research area: "Investigating coffee bean lipidomics"
Graduate School of Health Science
(Dr. Gowda as co-supervisor)
Inoue Nao
Country: Japan
Status: DC3
School: Graduate School of Health Sciences
Research area: Elucidating the role lysophosphatidylethanolamine in liver cancer
Scholarship: JSPS DC fellowship
Minami Yusuke
Country: Japan
Status: DC3
Research area: Lipidomics of fish and discovery of shishamo dervied anti-obesity molecules acting on lipid metabolism associated with obesity
Scholarship: JSPS DC fellowship
Liu Xinran
Country: China
Status: MC2
Research area: "Development of sensitive analytical method for cardiolipins"
Tomomi Kuno
Country: Japan
Status: MC2
Research area: "Spices and their role in controlling fatty liver disease
Seigo Sometani
Country: Japan
Status: MC2
Research area: "Lipidomics of Fish Roe and its nutritional assessments"
Yuna Masutani
Country: Japan
Status: B4
Research area: "Lipidomics of human milk-A Hokkaido mothers study"
Yuto Shigemura
Country: Japan
Status: B4
Research area: "Analysis of Plasmologens in Fish Roe"
Ex-Gradutes of Gowda LAB
Nath Lipsa Rani
PhD award (03/2025): Application of foodomics towards identification and characterization of bioactive lipids in dietary grains and herbs.
Current Position: JSPS postdoctoral researcher (Kyoto University, Japan)
Jayaprakash Jayashankar
PhD award (03/2025): Application of untargeted lipidomics in biomarker studies related to gut health, obesity, and neurodegenerative disorders
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Ex- Members / Alumni
