 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?ｿｽ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 rankingshttps://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3. |
| Dec. 7, 2021 |
Prof. Ma was awarded by JSPP award for 2022. The ceremony will be held in next March. For detail, see https://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/information/20211208-1/ |
| Dec. 1, 2021 |
Our review paper on metalloid was selected as a cover image of Plant Physiology. See https://academic.oup.com/plphys/issue/187/4#1306413-6320796 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 |
Prof. Ma and Assoc. Prof. Yamaji were selected as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2021. See https://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/information/20211119-1/ |
| Nov. 4, 2021 |
Our PCP paper on OsPHO1:1 and 1:2 was selected as PCP best paper award for 2022. For detail, see https://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/information/20211104-1/ |
| Oct. 29, 2021 |
A joint paper on Lsi1 structure with Suga's group was published in Nature Communications. See press release at http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/tp/release/release_id894.html. For paper access, click https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26535-x. |
| Oct. 7, 2021 |
We harvested rice grown in the field (see gallery). |
| 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’s 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 ?ｿｽE?ｿｽgKanemitsu?ｿｽE?ｿｽh 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?ｿｽE?ｿｽ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)?ｿｽE?ｿｽ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’s 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?ｿｽE?ｿｽuHighly Cited Researchers 2015?ｿｽE?ｿｽ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?ｿｽE?ｿｽihttp://youtu.be/-yNuldmwyuI?ｿｽE?ｿｽ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.?ｿｽE?ｿｽ@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. |
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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". |
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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. |