Professor
Department of Biological Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
- Fields of Speciality
- Evolutionary and Developmental Biology in Plants
- Subject of Research
- Understanding for molecular mechanisms of plant development and environmental responses in terms of evolution and genomic or cellular level.
Background
Born in Kashihara, Nara, on October 3rd, 1964,
Went to Masuga Elementary School, Masuga Kita Elementary School (1 home run total in boys baseball),
Taisei Junior High School (Track and Field),
Tennoji High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University (Wandervogel Club FWV),
Went to preparatory school,
Enrolled in Waseda University, School of Education, Department of Science, Biology Major, Graduated (Mountain Climbing Club)
I advanced to the masters program of the University of Tokyo, Scientific Research Department, for a major in physical and chemical science, and received my Ph.D. in this field in 1993 from Professor K. Shono. I was inspired by the amazing regenerative abilities of plants after inducing genetic tumors in minced tobacco shoots.
Research and Work History
1993: Performed functional analysis of human herpes cancer gene at the National Institute of Health, Infectious Diseases, Virus Department 1, as post-doctoral researcher (Lab Chief, Kazuo Yanagi).
1994: Performed functional analysis of stress-dependent polycistronic genes in tomatoes at Purdue University, as post-doctoral researcher (Prof. L. Csonka, R. Bressan and P. Hasegawa).
1998: Performed research on the development and morphogenesis of plants at the Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science, Kyoto University and at the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University as post-doctoral researcher (Prof. Y. Machida).
2000: Took a post as an assistant at the Hasebe Laboratory, at the National Institute for Basic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Research Division (Division of Speciation Mechanisms II), and performed research focused on plants, development, and evolution.
2005: Associate professor, and 2016- Current position.
Affiliated Organizations
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, The Botanical Society of Japan, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Evolution, The Bryophyte Society of Japan.
Associate Professor
- Fields of Speciality
- plant developmental cell biology, plant evolutionary and developmental biology
- Subject of Research
- Understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant development at cellular level with special focus on cell polarity formation and the evolution
Educational Background
1994-1997 Mito First High School
1998-2001 Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science,
The University of Tokyo
2001-2006 Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo
Supervisor: Prof. Hiroo Fukuda
Research and work History
2005-2007 JSPS Fellow (Prof. Fukuda lab), The University of Tokyo
2007-2007 JSPS Fellow (Prof. Nakano lab), RIKEN
2007-2009 JSPS Fellow (Prof. Friml lab), Gent Univ./VIB
2009-2011 Research scientist (Prof. Friml lab), Gent Univ./VIB
2011-2012 Special Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Nakano lab), RIKEN
2012-2015 Specially appointed Assistant Professor (Prof. Fukuda lab), The University of Tokyo
2015-2020 Assistant Professor (Prof. Kyozuka lab), Tohoku University
2020-2022 Assistant Professor (Prof. Fujita lab), Hokkaido University
2022 July. -Present
Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Part-time lecturer
2012 School of Life and Environmental Science, Tsukuba University
2012-2013 College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
2015 Department of Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo
Affiliated Organization
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, The Botanical Society of Japan, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology
Assistant Professor
Affiliated with the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
- Fields of Speciality
- plant nutrition, plant mechanics
- Subject of Research
- Understanding the mechanical properties of plants under various nutrient conditions.
Educational Background
2009 -2012 B.Sc. Heidelberg University (Germany)
2012 -2014 M.Sc. Heidelberg University (Germany)
2015 -2018 Ph.D. Tohoku University (Japan)
Research and work History
2018 – 2019
Post-doc（Prof. Takano lab）
Osaka Prefecture University
2019 – 2021
Specially appointed Assistant Professor（Prof. Fujiwara lab)
The University of Tokyo
2021–Present
Assistant Professor（Prof. Fujita lab）
Postdoctoral fellow
| Name | Birthplace | Course | Subject of Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natusmi Inoue | Hokkaido | Cross-talk between plant development and environmental adaptation |
Graduate student & Undergraduate student
| Name | Birthplace | Course | Subject of Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maki Yokoi | Hokkaido | Graduate student (PhD course) | Moss growth under harsh environments on earth and in space |
| Alisa Vyacheslavova | Russia | Graduate student (PhD course) | Asymmetric cell division in plant stem cells |
| Eggie F. Ginanjar | Indonesia | Graduate student (PhD course) | Growth and stress responses in plants |
| Prerna Singh | India | Graduate student (PhD course) | PD regulation |
| Chang Hyun Maeng | Korea | Graduate student (PhD course) | Extreme environmental stress response |
| Chiyo Jinno | Aichi | Graduate student (PhD course) | Multicellularization in land plants |
| Huong Thi Do | Vietnam | Researcher | Master course student, stress adaptation and chloroplast division evolution |
| Haolin Zong | China | Research student | Molecular mechanism of asymmetric cell division |
| Kohta Taniguchi | Tottori | Graduate student (Master course) | PD regulation |
| Riku Matsumoto | Hyogo | Graduate student (Master course) | Organelle size regulation |
| Phu Thanh Ngo | Vietnam | Graduate student (Master course) | PD regulation |
| Shintaro Aoki | Tokyo | Graduate student (Master course) | Space Moss |
| Yuki Fujii | Aichi | Graduate student (Master course) | PD regulation |
| Sakuta Miyazaki | Hokkaido | Graduate student (Master course) | CDKA function |
| Natsuno Morisaki | Kanagawa | Graduate student (Master course) | |
| Kanta Suemitsu | Chiba | Undergraduate student | Evolutionary process of polar auxin transport |
Alumni
| Name | Birthplace | Enrollment Period | Subject of Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akihiko Hiroguchi | Nara | 2021 | Postdoctoral fellow. Cross-talk between growth and stress response |
| Yuki Yamashita | Aichi | 2019-2021 | Master course student, Space moss |
| Teh Ooi-Kock | Malaysia | 2016-2021 | Assistant Professor |
| Afiifah Machfuudzoh | Indonesia | 2019-2020 | Master course student, RopGEF and development |
| Wickrama Arachchillage Menaka Prasansani Ariyarathne | Sri Lanka | 2018-20 | Postdoctoral fellow. Cross-talk between growth and stress response |
| Chisato Shindoh | Hokkaido | -2020 | Graduate student, Cell polarity |
| Tomorou Morimoto | Hokkaido | 2018-20 | Bsc, Master course student, CDKA function |
| Satomi Yamaya | Aomori | -2020 | Bsc, Graduate student, A cross talk of growth and stress response |
| Tomoki Fukushima | Shiga | -2020 | Bsc, Graduate student, Plasmodesmata |
| Prapaporn Pongthai | Thailand | 2014-19 | PhD, environmental response on chloroplast division |
| Takumi Tomoi | Toyama | 2013-19 | Bsc, Master, PhD, Plasmodesmata regulation |
Renqi Wang
|
China | 2017-19 | Master course student, Asymmetric cell division in plant stem cells |
| Jiawei Yao | China | 2017-19 | Master course student, Cell polarity formation |
| Khattamart Saowani | Khon Kaen University, Thailand | 2019 | Short visiting research student (Hokkaido Summer Institute) |
| Hiroki Tabata | Hokkaido | 2017-18 | Master course student, Gravity response |
| Brody Frink | LA, USA | 2016-18 | Master course student |
| Hayato Sugawara
|
Miyagi | 2016-17 | Master course student (life science) |
| Moe Nishida | Kanagawa | 2014-17 | Bsc |
| Shinya Kawata | Gunma | 2013-16 | Bsc, Master course student (life science) |
| Yudai Suzuki | Chiba | 2015-16 | Undergraduate student |
| Ren Junling | China | 2012-16 | PhD, Cell polarity and a novel membrane protein |
| Bao Liang | China | 2012-15 | PhD, Postdoc., CDKA function |
| Kensuke Kawade | Osaka | 2014 | JSPS PD |
| Hikota Miyazawa | Tokyo | 2014 | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Takuya Fujita | Okayama | 2012-2014 | Bsc, Master course student (life science) |
| Yuko Sugita | Chiba | 2014 | Undergraduate student |
| Munenori Kitagawa
|
Ishikawa | 2007-2013 | Master, PhD, Postdoc, Plasmodesmatal Regulation in P. patens. |
| Yutaro Saiki | Hokkaido | 2011-2013 | Bsc, Master course student |
| Miharu Ayabe | Shizuoka | 2010-12 | Graduate student |
| Mitsuhiro Ishibashi
|
Chiba | 2011-12 | Graduate student |
| Hiroya Funakawa | Kagawa | 2012 | Undergraduate student |
| Kiyoshi Takano | Hokkaido | 2012 | Undergraduate student |
| Natsumi Noda | Hokkaido | 2011 | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Hiroyuki Imai | from Iwate | 2011 | Undergraduate student |
| MIN YA | Sichuan University, China | 2010.10-2011.8 | Hokkaido University Short-Term Exchange Program HUSTEP |
| Yuya Tsuchiya | Shizuoka | 2008-10 | Graduate student |
| Yuma Makiguchi | Hokkaido | 2008-10 | Graduate student |
| Naoko Tsukuda | Kanagawa | 2010 | Undergraduate student |
| Ayako Ichiriki
|
Hokkaido | 2007-09 | Graduate student |
| Kohei Nakamura | Miyazaki | 2007-09 | Graduate student |
| Kanako Ito | Aomori | 2007-08 | Graduate student |
| Takeshi Maruyama
|
Saitama | 2007-08 | Graduate student |
| Ryo Sotooka | Tokyo | 2006 | Undergraduate student |
