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June 22, 2024 Prof. Ma received The Dennis Robert Hoagland Award from ASPB. The ceremony was held in Hawaii (for the detail, refer to Dennis R. Hoagland Award | American Society of Plant Biologists (aspb.org)).
June 19, 2024 We planted rice in our paddy field (see gallery).
April, 2024 Miho Kashino joined our lab as a new technician (see member).
March 29, 2024 Our technician, Ms. Sanae Rikiishi is retiring at the end of March. Thank you for your hard work during long period in our lab! (see galley of farewell party).
March 25, 2024 Hengliang Huang was awarded by Dean’s Scientific Award (see gallery).
Congratulation!
Feb. 21, 2024 Our invited review paper on “Metal Transport Systems in Plants“ has been published in Annual Review of Plant Biology ( https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-062923-021424)
Dec. 12, 2023 We had a year-end party (see gallery). (see gallery).
Nov. 29, 2023 Prof. Ma received the IFA Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition Award. The ceremony was held in Doha (see gallery). (see gallery).
Oct. 21, 2023 Prof. Ma received “Kanemitsu award” (see gallery).
Oct. 19, 2023 Our paper on SIET4 by three co-first authors (Mitani, Yamaji and Huang), was published in Nature Communications!
Oct. 16, 2023 Four members in our lab attended 11th PSILPH held in Nanjing (see gallery).
Oct. 4, 2023 We harvested rice (see gallery).
Sept. 13, 2023 Huang Sheng was awarded by Young Scientist Award from Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. The ceremony was held at the annual meeting in Ehime (see gallery). Congratulation!
Sept. 13, 2023 Huang Hengliang was awarded by the best presentation award at the annual meeting of JSSSPN (see gallery). Congratulation!
August 14, 2023 Wang Peitong found a job in China and left us. Thank you for staying with us for 6 years!
June 21, 2023 We planted rice in our experimental field.
April 26, 2023 Prof. Ma received the first National Champion of Frontier Planet Prize (https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/news/index_id12106.html). The ceremony was held in Montreux, Switzerland (see gallery).
March 31, 2023 Konishi Noriyuki, Huang Sheng and Wang Peitong won the poster prize at the 19th IWPMB held in Taipei (see gallery). Congratulation!
March 9, 2023 Our paper on polar localization of Lsi1 by Konishi et al. has been published in Plant Cell.
Feb. 2, 2023 We had an annual progress meeting on our project (see gallery).
Nov. 18, 2022 A party for cerebrating Prof. Ma???fs medal was held (see gallery).
Nov. 15, 2022 Yu En found a job in China and left us. Thank you for staying with us for more than 5 years!
Nov. 15, 2022 Prof. Ma and Assoc. Prof. Yamaji were selected as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2022. Refer to https://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/information/20221117/.
Nov. 2, 2022 Prof. Ma received national Medal with Purple Ribbon! Thanks to all staffs, students, postdoc., and collaborators for your continuous support and hard work!
Oct. 28, 2022 Dr. Huang Sheng was awarded by Awards for Young Scientists from Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Congratulation!
Oct. 13, 2022 We harvested rice (see gallery).
Oct. 5, 2022 Indi Wiseno from French joined our lab (see member).
Sept. 28, 2022 Sheng Huang was awarded by the best presentation award at the annual meeting of JSSSPN. Congratulation!
August 19, 2022 Our paper on Cd accumulation in rice was published in Nature Food.See press release at https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/release/release_id995.html
June 15, 2022 Takahashi-san left our lab. Thank you for her experimental assistance!
May 31, 2022 We had an annual progress meeting of our joint project (Kiban S) (see Gallery).
May 29, 2022 Invited by JSPS, Dr. Mohammad Pourkheirandish from the University of Melbourne came to our lab. He will stay for 2 months for cooperation (see members).
May 25, 2022 Dr. Guan Meiyan from China National Rice Research Institute came to our lab for one-year visit (see members).
April 29, 2022 Ge Jun from Zhejiang University joined our lab as a joint Ph. D. student (see members).
April 1, 2022 Fujii-kun and Takao-san joined our lab as a doctor and master course student, respectively.
March 23, 2022 A ceremony for JSPP award 2022 was held (see gallery).
March 23, 2022 A ceremony for PCP best paper award 2022 was held (see gallery).
Jan. 11, 2022 Prof. Ma was ranked No. 1 in Japan and No. 3 in the world in Plant Science and Botany field in single year 2020 according to Elsevier rankings?https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3?.
July 30, 2021 Yokosho-kun moved and we had a farewell party for him (see gallery). Wish him good luck at the new position!
June 22, 2021 We planted rice in our experimental field (see gallery).
March 29, 2021 We had an annual report meeting in Kurashiki for our project on mineral transport system.
March 15, 2021 Huang Sheng received Nishina Award and the ceremony was held at Okayama Prefectural Hall (see gallery). Congratulation!
Dec. 25, 2020 Huang Hengliang joined our lab as a Ph. D student (see member).
Dec. 23, 2020 Lei Guijie has been back to China. We had a farewell party for him (see gallery). Thank you for staying with us for 7 years!
Oct. 6, 2020 We have harvested rice grown in paddy field(see gallery).
Oct. 1, 2020 Jing Che has been back to China. Thank you for staying with us for 7 years(see gallery).
Sept. 25, 2020 Sheng Huang received his Ph.D degree and was awarded by Dean???fs Scientific Award(see gallery).Congratulation!
August 18, 2020 Sheng Huang gave his Ph. D. defense(see gallery).
August 14, 2020 Our work on HvHMA3 in barley was published in Nature Food.
June. 22, 2020 We planted rice in paddy field(see gallery).
June. 15, 2020 A rice magnesium transporter, OsMGT3 was published in Nature Plants. This is a collaborative work with Prof. Chen in FAFU.
April 1, 2020 Sheng Huang was awarded by "Kanemitsu" award. The ceremony has been postponed to October. Congratulation!
March. 25, 2020 En Yu received his Ph.D degree (see gallery). Congratulation!
Feb. 12, 2020 En Yu made his Ph.D defense presentation(see gallery).
Dec. 19, 2019 We had a year-end party at a restaurant(see gallery).
Nov. 19, 2019 Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as a Highly Cited Researcher 2019. For detail, refer to https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id8937.html.
Nov. 5, 2019 Some lab members attended the International Symposium of Rice Functional Genomics held in Taiwan and Yokosho got the poster award(see gallery).
Nov. 1, 2019 Our work on Casparian strip was selected as a cover image of Plant Cell.
http://www.plantcell.org/content/31/11.cover-expansion
Oct. 1, 2019 We harvested rice grown in the field (see gallery).
Sept. 25, 2019 We found that AtSPDT is involved in preferential distribution of P in Arabidopsis. This work has been accepted by Molecular Plant.
Sept. 3, 2019 Prof. Ma and Dr. Yokosho gave lectures for their awards received at the annual meeting of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition held in Shizuoka. We had a celebration party for them with many colleagues (see gallery).
Aug. 20, 2019 Collaborated with Prof. Xia???fs group in Guangxi University, we identified a gene involved in formation of Casparian strip in rice. This work has been accepted by Plant Cell.
July 29, 2019 We had a beer garden party (see gallery).
April 5, 2019 Award ceremony for Japan Prize of Agricultural Science and Yomiuri Prize of Agricultural Science was held in Tokyo (see gallery and refer to https://www.sanyonews.jp/article/886733)???B
March 7, 2019 We had a farewell party for Drs. Gu and Wang (see gallery).
Feb. 21, 2019 We had a progress meeting for Specially Promoted Research project (see gallery).
Feb. 9, 2019 Prof. Ma received the Japan Prize of Agricultural Science and Yomiuri Prize of Agricultural Science. The ceremony will be held on April 5. Refer to https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20190325-OYT1T50224/
Dec. 11, 2018 We had a year-end party(see gallery).
Nov 30, 2018 Prof. Ma was selected as Highly Cited Researcher in 2018.
Oct 19, 2018 Dr. Yokosho was awarded by Young Scientist Award of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Congratulation! The ceremony will be held in September, 2019.
Oct 5, 2018 We harvested rice in the field.
Sept 10, 2018 We had a farewell party for Dr. Ji Feng Shao (see gallery). He obtained a professor position in Zhejiang A&F University. Congratulation!
Sept 7, 2018 Sheng Huang (D2) was awarded by Best Posters Prize at the 16th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (see gallery). Congratulation!
July 30, 2018 We had a party at beer garden. (see gallery).
June 24-29, 2018 Six persons in our lab attended the 10th International Symposium on Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH (10th PSILPH), which was held in Malaysia. Prof. Ma became the Chairman of Steering Committee of PSILPH. (see gallery)
June 20, 2018 We planted rice in paddy field (second time). (see gallery).
May 25, 2018 A ceremony for Highly Cited Researcher 2017 was held in Kurashiki campus. For detail, see https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id7589.html. (see gallery)
May 11, 2018 Prof. Ma was invited to give a plenary lecture at the annual meeting of Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science held in Okayama.
May 10, 2018 We planted rice in a small paddy field. (see gallery).
May 8, 2018 Prof. Ma was interviewed by TV on Cd research. It was 50th anniversary after identification of Itai-itai disease.
April 7, 2018 We had Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) at a park (see gallery).
April 1, 2018 Our work on boron distribution in rice was selected as the cover image of Plant Physiology (see pdf).
April 1, 2018 Okada-san was enrolled as a master-course student (see members).
March 16, 2018 We had a farewell party for Kawami-san and Ota-san, welcome party for Dr. Gu Mian (see gallery).
March 14, 2018 Dr. Gu Mian from Nanjing Agricultural University joined our lab (see members).
March 1, 2018 Hikasa-san and Murasawa-san joined our lab as part-time technician (see members).
Feb. 25, 2018 We had a progress meeting for Specially Promoted Research project (see gallery).
Jan. 25, 2018 Invited by John Innes Center, Prof. Ma visited UK and gave Friday Seminar (see gallery).
Dec. 13, 2017 We had a year-end party (see gallery).
Dec. 7, 2017 Dr. Ji Feng Shao was awarded by "Best Presentation award" at the Annual meeting of Kansai Branch meeting in Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (see gallery).
Oct. 20, 2017 We had a farewell party for Alex and Dr. Ding (see gallery).
Oct. 11, 2017 We harvested rice in field (see gallery).
Oct. 1, 2017 Peitong Wang and Sheng Huang joined our group (see members).
Sept. 29, 2017 Guijin Lei got his Ph. D degree and awarded by Dean???fs Scientific Award. Congratulation!
Sept. 26, 2017 We had a farewell party for Dr. Cai and Kashino-san and welcome party for Takahashi-san (see gallery).
August 22, 2017 Yokosho-kun was awarded by Marschner Young Scientist Award at 18th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium (IPNC). Congratulation!(see gallery). Congratulation!
May 10, 2017 We planted rice in the field.
May 1, 2017 Por from Thailand joined our lab. He will study heavy metal accumulation in rice.
April 11, 2017 Dr. Yamaji was awarded by The Young Scientists' Prize from MEXT.
April 5, 2017 We had Hanami in Sakatsu park (see gallery)
April 1, 2017 Yu En was enrolled as a Ph. D student in our lab.
March 1, 2017 Dr. Mitani was promoted to Associate Professor.
March 1, 2017 We had ten visitors from Institute of Soil Science, CAS, which was supported by JST Sakura Science Program (see gallery)
Dec 26, 2016 We had a year-end party and welcome party for Ding Guangda and Liu Xiangpei (see gallery)
Dec 22, 2016 Our paper on P transporter was published in Nature.
Dec 3-4, 2016 We organized an international workshop on soil-microbe-plant interaction in our institute (see gallery)
Dec 2, 2016 We had three new comers in our lab (see members)
Nov. 22, 2016 Orathai Pakdee left for Thailand and we had a farewell party for her (see gallery)
Oct 4, 2016 We harvested rice in our paddy field (see gallery)
Aug 31, 2016 Prof. Ma was awarded by Miki Memorial Award (see gallery)
July 9, 2016 Prof. Ma was awarded by Corresponding Membership Award from ASPB.
http://www.aspb.org/awards-funding/aspb-awards/corresponding-membership/ (see gallery)
July 8, 2016 Our paper on OsHMA4 was published in Nature Communications. This is a corroborative work with David Salt's lab in UK.
July 1, 2016 Dr. Wenguang Wang joined our lab as a postdoc.
June 23, 2016 We planted rice in the field as usual (see gallery)
June 14, 2016 We had a welcome barbecue party for Uchida-san, Kawami-san and Louise (see gallery)
June 1, 2016 Yokosho-kun was appointed as an assistant professor in our lab. Congratulation!
May 29, 2016 Louise Lerault from French joined our lab.
May 16, 2016 Uchida-san and Kawami-san joined our lab as technician.
April 27, 2016 Prof. Ma and Assoc. Prof. Yamaji were awarded by???uHighly Cited Researchers 2015???vFor details, refer to http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id5750.html
April 13, 2016 Dr. Yamaji was awarded by top researcher. For details, refer to http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id5674.html
March 23, 2016 Takemoto-kun has completed his master course and was awarded by the dean award (see gallery).
Jan. 18, 2016 A review paper on heavy metal and metalloid has been published online in Annual Review of Plant Biology.
See: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-arplant-043015-112301
Jan. 1, 2016 Sasaki-kun has got a permanent job! Congratulation!
Dec. 18, 2015 Chen-kun has left for China to work as a full-professor. Congratulation!
Dec. 14, 2015 We had a farewell part for Chen-kun and Sasaki-kun (see gallery)
Dec. 11, 2015 Shao-kun was awarded the "best presentation award" at the Annual meeting of Kansai Branch meeting in Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (see gallery).
Nov. 9, 2015 Our activity was introduced in Okayama Univ. E-Bulletin. For detail, refer to http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/pdf/vol12.pdf.
Nov. 2015 Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as Highly Cited Researcher 2015. For detail, refer to http://highlycited.com/?utm_source=Eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GA%20Highly%20 Cited%20Researchers%20Email%20v2_2015&utm_term=oct&utm_content=hcr-website
Nov. 2015 Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as Highly Cited Researcher 2015. For detail, refer to http://highlycited.com/?utm_source=Eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GA%20Highly%20 Cited%20Researchers%20Email%20v2_2015&utm_term=oct&utm_content=hcr-website
Nov. 2015 Mr. Liu left our lab and we had a farewell party for him (see gallery).
Oct. 2015 Ji Feng Shao from Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, CAS joined us for a collaborative research.
Aug. 2015 Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as top authors by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) For detail, refer to
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/my.aspb.org/resource/resmgr/docs/
aspbtopauthors.pdf#search='top+author+ASPB'
Aug. 18, 2015 Our work on preferential Zn distribution in rice has been accepted by Plant Journal.
Aug. 18, 2015 Our work on molecular mechanism of Si distribution in rice has been published in PNAS.
July 10, 2015 We had a beer garden party (see gallery).
July 10, 2015 We hosted an International workshop on metal and metalloids in plants (see gallery).
June 22, 2015 We planted rice in field (see gallery).
June 11, 2015 We have moved to the second floor of a new building (see gallery).
May. 30, 2015 We had a farewell party for Dr. Wu, who has got a job in Zhejiang University.
Apr. 8, 2015 Matsushima joined our lab as a master course student.
Mar. 26, 2015 Yamaki has completed his master course and was awarded by the dean award (see gallery).
Mar. 24, 2015 We had a farewell party for Yamaki, Sun and Shao at a restaurant (see gallery).
Feb. 28, 2015 Our collaborative work with Zhejiang University on regulation of P transporter has been published in Plant Cell.
Jan. 5, 2015 Our collaborative work with Dr. Miyaji in Okayama University has been published in Nature Communications. This is the first identification of ascorbic acid transporter in plants. Oct. 2, 2014 Four OB came to join the 100 year ceremony (see gallery).
Jan. 2, 2015 Shao, Liu and Sun came to our lab for collaborative work (see gallery). They will stay for three months or one year.
Dec. 16, 2014 We had a year-end party at a restaurant (see gallery).
Dec. 3, 2014 Our paper on HvAACT1 was selected as a leading paper of Plant Cell Physiology. For detail,
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/pcp/leading_papers.html.
Oct. 21, 2014 Our paper on OsABCC1 in rice was published in PNAS. This is collaboration with Prof. Lee at POSTECH. NHK and other media reported our paper.
Oct. 16, 2014 We harvested rice in the field (see gallery).
Oct. 02, 2014 Four OB came to join the 100 year ceremony (see gallery).
Oct. 01, 2014 Guijie Lei was enrolled as a Ph.D student.
Aug. 24, 2014 A video abstract on our node review in Trends in Plant Science could be viewed at YouTube???ihttp://youtu.be/-yNuldmwyuI???j.
May. 24, 2014 Our review paper on "Node" has been accepted by Trends in Plant Science
Apr. 16, 2014 Kashino(Fujii)-san came back to our lab.
Apr. 1, 2014 Takemoto-kun joined our lab as a master-course student.
Apr. 1, 2014 Dr. Yamaji was promoted to Associate Professor from April 1, 2014. Congratulation!
Mar. 26, 2014 Sasaki-kun got Ph. D degree and was awarded by Dean Award for his excellent work during doctor course. Congratulation!
Feb. 11, 2014 Our paper on Cd transporter in Thlasphi was accepted by Plant Journal. This is a collaborative work with Leon's lab in Cornell University.
Feb. 11, 2014 Our paper on rice short root was accepted by Plant Journal.
Feb. 10, 2014 Sasaki-kun had a Ph. D-defense.
Jan. 06, 2014 Mrs. Ueda and Ogawa joined our lab as technicians.
Jan. 03, 2014 Prof. Ma was awarded by Sanyo-Shinbun award for his work on mineral transporters. For detail, refer to http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id3175.html.
Dec. 12, 2013 We had a year-end party at a restaurant.
Nov. 10, 2013 Che Jing joined our lab for a collaborative work on Al in rice.
Oct. 30, 2013 Our paper on Si uptake in wild rice has been published in Physiologia Plantarum.
Oct. 15, 2013 We harvested rice in the paddy field.
Sep. 29, 2013 We had a farewell party for Drs. Kondo and Xia on Sep. 29.
Sep. 22, 2013 A transporter (OsHMA5) involved in xylem loading of Cu was published in Plant Physiology.
Sep. 19, 2013 A node-localized Mn transporter, OsNmrap3, has been published in Nature Communications.
Sep. 12, 2013 The ceremony for Dr. Yamaji' s young award from JSSSPN was held in Nagoya.
Mid-Aug. 2013 Ma, Yamaji, Yokosho, Sasaki and Chen attended the 16th INPC held in Turkey and gave presentations.
Aug. 1, 2013 We had a joint meeting with Kinoshita's lab in Nagoya University.
July 18, 2013 We identified a small peptide, which is required for Al tolerance in rice. This work has been accepted by Plant Journal.
June 23, 2013 Dr. Fangjun from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, came to our lab for collaborative work. He will stay for three months.
June 14, 2013 Dezhi Wu from Zhejiang University joined our lab as a postdoc fellow.
June 12, 2013 We found a novel mechanism for regulating expression level of ALMT1 in Holcus lanatus. This work has been accepted by Plant Journal.
Apr. 02, 2013 Dr. Zheng has been back to China and became a professor in Nanjing Agricultural University
Apr. 01, 2013 Murakami-kun and Yamaki-kun were enrolled into doctoral and master course, respectively.
Apr. 01, 2013 We found that OsHMA2 is involved in preferential delivery of Zn to developing tissues in rice. This works has been accepted by Plant Physiology.
Apr. 01, 2013 IWPMB2013 was held in Kurashiki, March 26-31, 2013. Three hundreds and ten participants from 22 countries joined this meeting.
Feb. 01, 2013 Kashino (Fujii)-san left the lab and gave a birth on March 1st.
Nov. 01, 2012 Dr. Yamaji was awarded by Young Scientist Award from Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Congratulation!
Nov. 01, 2012 We identified a transporter (OsYSL16) for Cu distribution in rice. This work has been published in Plant Cell.
Nov. 01, 2012 We identified a silicon transporter (HvLsi6) in barley and found that this transporter is implicated in Si distribution with HvLsi2 at the node. For details, refer to Plant Physiology.
Nov. 01, 2012 Kuya-san left our lab.
Nov. 01, 2012 Dr. Kondo joined us as a postdoc fellow.
Nov. 01, 2012 We had a welcome party for Dr. Kondo.
Aug 01, 2012 We identified a major transporter (OsNramp5) for Mn and Cd uptake in rice. This work has been published in Plant Cell.
Aug 01, 2012 We identified a Mg transporter (OsMGT1) and found that this transporter is required for conferring Al tolerance in rice. For details, refer to Plant Physiology.
Aug 01, 2012 Ceremony for Kihara Award was held on 17 May in Yokohama. See gallery.
Aug 01, 2012 We had a beer garden party. See gallery.
Aug 01, 2012 We planted rice in May and June in our paddy field.
Aug 01, 2012 Tsutsui-kun, Yonamine-san and Sakamoto-san left our lab.
Aug 01, 2012 Komiyama-san, Sekimoto-san and Ishii-san joined our lab as technicians.
Aug 01, 2012 Dr. Fenglin Deng joined us as a postdoc fellow.
Apr 05, 2012 Professor Ma was awarded by Kihara Award for his work on mineral transporters in plants. For details, refer to http://old.kihara.or.jp/.
Apr 05, 2012 Our paper on HvAACT1 regulation has been published in Nature Communications.  For full paper, please refer to
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n3/full/ncomms1726.html.
Apr 05, 2012 Yokosho has obtained his Ph.D degree and awarded by Dean Award.
Apr 05, 2012 Oogai was awarded by Dean Award.
Apr 05, 2012 Our paper on DOCS1 was featured in Plant Journal and selected as a cover page.
Apr 05, 2012 We had a farewell party for Hiramatsu-san, Shimoda-san and Oogai-kun.
Apr 05, 2012 A paper on wheat Si transporter collaborated with Richard’s lab in Canada has been published in Plant Molecular Biology
Dec 1st, 2011 An international symposium "Strategies of Plants against Global Environmental Changes" will be held in Kurashiki, Dec. 8-10, 2011. For details, visit http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/sympo/sympoJFM/index_j.html
Dec 1st, 2011 Ms. Sakamoto and Haruna joined our group from Dec. 1 as a part time job.
Dec 1st, 2011 Sasaki-kun has published his work on Mn in Plant Physiology.
Dec 1st, 2011 A paper on a gene (Docs1) involved in outer cell layer specification has been accepted by Plant Journal.
Dec 1st, 2011 A paper on OsALS1, a tonoplast-localized ABC transporter for Al tolerance, has been accepted by Plant Journal
Dec 1st, 2011 Barry Rosen visited us.(see picture in gallery)
Sep 14, 2011 Our paper on OsFRDL4 has been accepted by Plant Journal.
Sep 14, 2011 We had a summer party at beer garden.(see picture in gallery)
May 26, 2011 Third Japan-China workshop has been successfully held in Kurashiki, March 27-29, 2011 (see picture in gallery)
May 26, 2011 Akimasa Sasaki was awarded by Dean Award (see picture in gallery)
May 26, 2011 We had a party for Yoshida-san and Sasaki-kun (see picture in gallery)
May 26, 2011 Shimoda-san joined our lab from April 1, 2011.
May 26, 2011 Drs. Kuya and Yonamine joined our lab as postdoctoral fellows from May 16.
May 26, 2011 Our paper on ART1 cis-element has been accepted by Plant Physiology.
February 28, 2011 Third Japan-China workshop will be held in Kurashiki, March 27-29, 2011.???@For detail, see the program.(PDF)
February 28, 2011 Our paper on TcHMA3 has been accepted by Plant Journal.
February 28, 2011 Our work on pumpkin Si transporter was published in Plant Journal.
February 28, 2011 Sasaki-kun made a defense presentation for his master degree on Feb. 17..
February 28, 2011 We had a welcome party for Drs. Sueyosh and Ishikawa and new year party (see picture in gallery).
February 28, 2011 Dr. Yamaji got married with a lady in Barley Group (see picture in gallery) in December..
February 28, 2011 A workshop for young people, supported by "Plant power to overcome environment" project, was held in Kurashiki, during Nov. 4-6, 2010. See picture in gallery.
February 28, 2011 Daimon joined our lab from Nov. 1, 2010, as a postdoc.
October 23, 2010 We identified a transporter specific for alumium in rice, which has been published in PNAS
October 23, 2010 We identified a gene controlling Cd accumulation in rice. This work has been published in PNAS.
October 23, 2010 Zhi Chang Chen from China joined our lab as a doctoral course student.
October 23, 2010 Ms. Hashimoto and Katayama joined our lab as a part-time worker.
October 23, 2010 We harvested rice during Oct. 12-13.
October 23, 2010 Dr. Chao Feng Huang left for USA
April 08, 2010 We had a welcome party for Ogai and Yoshida on April. 6
April 08, 2010 We found that a Si influx transporter Lsi1 is also involved in the efflux of arsenite in rice. This work has been published in New Phytologist.
April 08, 2010 Yokosho published his paper on MATE in Functional Plant Biology. Congratulation!
April 08, 2010 Yoshida joined our lab as a research. She will work on Al in rice.
April 08, 2010 Ogai joined our lab as a master course student from April 1. He will work on Si.
April 08, 2010 Emi Koyama got master course degree. She was also awarded by Dean Awards for her work on Cd in rice. Congratulation!
April 08, 2010 Dr. Mitani was selected as a WTT (women tenure track) of Okayama University. Congratulation!
April 08, 2010 Dr. Daisei Ueno moved to Kochi University as an Associate Professor from April 1. Congratulation!
April 08, 2010 We had a farewell party for Ueno and Koyama on March 22.
April 08, 2010 Six of our group made presentations on Si, Al and Cd work at the Annual Meeting of Japanese Plant Physiologists, which was held in Kumamoto, from March 17 to 21.
December 24, 2009 We identified a novel QTL with large effect for Cd accumulation in rice, which has been published in PCP.
October 16, 2009 Dr. Luqing Zheng from China joined us from Oct. 1 as a postdoctoral fellow.
October 16, 2009 We have identified a C2H2 transcription factor regulating Al tolerance in rice. This work has been accepted by Plant Cell.
August 25, 2009 Added it to the RESEARCH page.
August 25, 2009 Added it to the ACHIEVEMENTS page.
August 25, 2009 Dr. Lu from China joined us from August
August 25, 2009 Added 4 new news.
March 25, 2009 Ago-san (Master course student) was awarded by Dean Awards for 2008 for her work on "Mechanism of silicon uptake in dicots".
March 13, 2009 Yokosho kun (Master course student) was awarded by "Nishina Awards" for 2008 for his work on "Role of MATE genes in metal stress tolerance".
March, 2009 We have identified two genes (STAR1 and STAR2), which are involved in Al tolerance in rice. This work has been published in Plant Cell.
Feb. 2009 We have identified an influx silicon transporter in barley. This work has been published in Plant Journal.
Jan. 2009 We have identified two genes involved in silicon uptake and distribution in maize. The work has been published in Plant Cell Physiology (Open access).
Jan. 2009 We have identified a citrate transporter which is required for efficient translocation of iron from the root to the shoot in rice. For details, refer to following paper.

News

  • Our work on Mn efflux transporter (OsMTP9) in rice was published in Nature Plants. This is a collaborative work with Dr. Ueno in Kochi University.
  • Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as Highly Cited Researcher 2015. For detail, refer to http://highlycited.com/?utm_source=Eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GA%20Highly%20 Cited%20Researchers%20Email%20v2_2015&utm_term=oct&utm_content=hcr-website
  • Mr. Liu left our lab and we had a farewell party for him (see gallery).
  • Ji Feng Shao from Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, CAS joined us for a collaborative research.
  • Prof. Ma and Dr. Yamaji were selected as top authors by American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) For detail, refer to
    http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/my.aspb.org/resource/resmgr/docs/aspbtopauthors.pdf#search
    ='top+author+ASPB'
  • Our work on preferential Zn distribution in rice has been accepted by Plant Journal.
  • Our work on molecular mechanism of Si distribution in rice has been published in PNAS.
  • We had a beer garden party.(see picture in gallery)
  • We hosted an International workshop on metal and metalloids in plants.(see picture in gallery)
  • We planted rice in field.(see picture in gallery)
  • We have moved to the second floor of a new building.(see picture in gallery)
  • We had a farewell party for Dr. Wu, who has got a job in Zhejiang University.
  • Matsushima joined our lab as a master course student.
  • Yamaki has completed his master course and was awarded by the dean award.(see picture in gallery)
  • We had a farewell party for Yamaki, Sun and Shao at a restaurant.(see picture in gallery)
  • Our collaborative work with Zhejiang University on regulation of P transporter has been published in Plant Cell.
  • Our collaborative work with Dr. Miyaji in Okayama University has been published in Nature Communications. This is the first identification of ascorbic acid transporter in plants. Oct. 2, 2014 Four OB came to join the 100 year ceremony.(see picture in gallery)
  • Shao, Liu and Sun came to our lab for collaborative work.(see picture in gallery) They will stay for three months or one year.
  • We had a year-end party at a restaurant.(see picture in gallery)
  • Our paper on HvAACT1 was selected as a leading paper of Plant Cell Physiology. For detail,
    http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/pcp/leading_papers.html.
  • Our paper on OsABCC1 in rice was published in PNAS. This is collaboration with Prof. Lee at POSTECH. NHK and other media reported our paper.
  • We harvested rice in the field.(see picture in gallery)
  • Four OB came to join the 100 year ceremony.(see picture in gallery)
  • Guijie Lei was enrolled as a Ph.D student.
  • A video abstract on our node review in Trends in Plant Science could be viewed at YouTube???ihttp://youtu.be/-yNuldmwyuI???j.
  • Our review paper on "Node" has been accepted by Trends in Plant Science
  • Kashino(Fujii)-san came back to our lab.
  • Takemoto-kun joined our lab as a master-course student.
  • Dr. Yamaji was promoted to Associate Professor from April 1, 2014. Congratulation!
  • Sasaki-kun got Ph. D degree and was awarded by Dean Award for his excellent work during doctor course. Congratulation!
  • Our paper on Cd transporter in Thlasphi was accepted by Plant Journal. This is a collaborative work with Leon???fs lab in Cornell University.
  • Our paper on rice short root was accepted by Plant Journal.
  • Sasaki-kun had a Ph. D-defense.
  • Mrs. Ueda and Ogawa joined our lab as technicians.
  • Prof. Ma was awarded by Sanyo-Shinbun award for his work on mineral transporters. For detail, refer to http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/news/news_id3175.html.
  • We had a year-end party at a restaurant.
  • Che Jing joined our lab for a collaborative work on Al in rice.
  • Our paper on Si uptake in wild rice has been published in Physiologia Plantarum.
  • We harvested rice in the paddy field.
  • We had a farewell party for Drs. Kondo and Xia on Sep. 29.
  • A transporter (OsHMA5) involved in xylem loading of Cu was published in Plant Physiology.
  • A node-localized Mn transporter, OsNmrap3, has been published in Nature Communications.
  • The ceremony for Dr. Yamaji' s young award from JSSSPN was held in Nagoya.
  • Ma, Yamaji, Yokosho, Sasaki and Chen attended the 16th INPC held in Turkey and gave presentations.
  • We had a joint meeting with Kinoshita's lab in Nagoya University.
  • We identified a small peptide, which is required for Al tolerance in rice. This work has been accepted by Plant Journal.
  • Dr. Fangjun from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, came to our lab for collaborative work. He will stay for three months.
  • Dezhi Wu from Zhejiang University joined our lab as a postdoc fellow.
  • We found a novel mechanism for regulating expression level of ALMT1 in Holcus lanatus. This work has been accepted by Plant Journal.
  • Dr. Zheng has been back to China and became a professor in Nanjing Agricultural University
  • Murakami-kun and Yamaki-kun were enrolled into doctoral and master course, respectively.
  • We found that OsHMA2 is involved in preferential delivery of Zn to developing tissues in rice. This works has been accepted by Plant Physiology.
  • IWPMB2013 was held in Kurashiki, March 26-31, 2013. Three hundreds and ten participants from 22 countries joined this meeting.
  • Kashino (Fujii)-san left the lab and gave a birth on March 1st.
  • Dr. Yamaji was awarded by Young Scientist Award from Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Congratulation!
  • We identified a transporter (OsYSL16) for Cu distribution in rice. This work has been published in Plant Cell.
  • We identified a silicon transporter (HvLsi6) in barley and found that this transporter is implicated in Si distribution with HvLsi2 at the node. For details, refer to Plant Physiology.
  • Kuya-san left our lab.
  • Dr. Kondo joined us as a postdoc fellow.
  • We had a welcome party for Dr. Kondo.
  • Professor Ma was awarded by Kihara Award for his work on mineral transporters in plants. For details, refer to http://old.kihara.or.jp/.
  • Our paper on HvAACT1 regulation has been published in Nature Communications.  For full paper, please refer to
    http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n3/full/ncomms1726.html.
  • Yokosho has obtained his Ph.D degree and awarded by Dean Award.
  • Oogai was awarded by Dean Award.
  • Our paper on DOCS1 was featured in Plant Journal and selected as a cover page.
  • We had a farewell party for Hiramatsu-san, Shimoda-san and Oogai-kun.
  • A paper on wheat Si transporter collaborated with Richard’s lab in Canada has been published in Plant Molecular Biology
  • Our paper on OsFRDL4 has been accepted by Plant Journal.
  • We had a summer party at beer garden.(see picture in gallery)
  • Third Japan-China workshop has been successfully held in Kurashiki, March 27-29, 2011 (see picture in gallery)
  • Akimasa Sasaki was awarded by Dean Award (see picture in gallery)
  • We had a party for Yoshida-san and Sasaki-kun (see picture in gallery)
  • Shimoda-san joined our lab from April 1, 2011.
  • Drs. Kuya and Yonamine joined our lab as postdoctoral fellows from May 16.
  • Our paper on ART1 cis-element has been accepted by Plant Physiology.
  • A beer garden party was held on June 22.
  • A grant titled ???gIntegrated analysis of strategies for plant survival and growth in response to global environmental changes???h has been approved. For detail, refer to http://bsw3.naist.jp/JFM/
  • A review paper on mineral transporters has been published in ???uRegulation of Plant Growth & Development???v
  • We found that AtSTAR1, a bacterial-type transporter, is involved in Al tolerance in Arabidopsis. This work has been published in Plant Physiology.
  • We identified a transporter for selenite in rice, which has been published in Plant Physiology
  • We have identified a transporter responsible for the inter-vascular transfer of silicon in rice node. This work has been accepted by Plant Cell.
  • We have identified an efflux Si transporter in barley and maize. This work has been published in Plant Cell.
  • A transporter responsible for methylated arsenic has been published in Plant Physiology.
  • Postdoc, Tijen, has left in July and Dr. Lu from China joined us from August. He will stay for six months and work on Si uptake in maize.
  • Our paper on arsenite transporters in rice has been published in PNAS. For detail, see???@http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/07/11/0802361105.full.pdf+html
  • We have identified a Si transporter involved in the distribution of Si in rice. This work has been published in Plant Cell. For detail, refer to http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/20/5/1381
  • WESTBROOK,JARED W from the University of Florida joined us from June 24. He will work on interaction between Al and Si.
  • Ruth Sagardoy from CSIC, Spain, came to our lab on June 2. She will stay two months to learn isolation of vacuoles from sugar beet.
  • An efflux transporter of silicon has been identified in rice by Prof. Ma???fs group. For detail, see Nature, 448, 209-211 (2007)
  • Prof. Ma was awarded by Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Award for his research on ???eBeneficial effect and uptake mechanism of silicon in rice???f. The ceremony and lecture will be given at Annual meeting of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, which will be held in Tokyo on August 22-24, 2007.
  • Prof. Ma was awarded by Best Presentation Award at the first Transporter Symposium, which was held in Tokyo on Dec. 16-17, 2006.
  • A silicon transporter has been identified in rice by Prof. Ma???fs group. For detail, see Nature, 440, 688-691 (2006)
  • Prof. Ma was awarded the JSPS Prize for 2005 and Japan Academy Medal for his Studies on Tolerance Mechanisms of Mineral Stresses in Higher Plants.