広島大学

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

• Doctor of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Master of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Research Fields

• Biology;Basic biology;Plant molecular biology / Plant physiology

Research Keywords

• Plant physiology, Plant development, Plant lipids

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students
2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Basic Biological Science B
3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Seminar for Plant Genetic Resources
4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology I
5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology IV
6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Practice for Fundamental Biology IV
7. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Basic Biology
8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Molecular Physiology
9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Basic Biology A
10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Basic Biology B

Research Activities

Academic Papers

1. Promoter replacement by genome editing creates gain-of-function traits in Arabidopsis., Plant biotechnology journal, 2025
2. Extranuclear function of Arabidopsis HOOKLESS1 regulates pleiotropic developmental processes in a non-cell-autonomous manner., The New phytologist, 246(2), 2025
3. Structural Coloration and Epicuticular Wax Properties of the Distinctive Glaucous Leaves of Encephalartos horridus., Journal of experimental botany, 2025
4. The WSD-type wax ester synthase is widely conserved in streptophytes and crucial for floral organ formation under high humidity in land plants., Journal of plant research, 138(3), 2025
5. Early flowering phenotype of the Arabidopsis altered meristem program1 mutant is dependent on the FLOWERING LOCUS T-mediated pathway., Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan), 39(3), 2022
6. Highly pleiotropic functions of CYP78As and AMP1 are regulated in non-cell-autonomous/organ-specific manners., Plant physiology, 186(1), 2021
7. Reduction in organ-organ friction is critical for corolla elongation in morning glory., Communications biology, 4(1), 2021
8. A homolog of Arabidopsis SDP1 lipase in Nannochloropsis is involved in degradation of de novo-synthesized triacylglycerols in the endoplasmic reticulum., Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids, 1864(9), 2019
9. Betaine Lipid Is Crucial for Adapting to Low Temperature and Phosphate Deficiency in Nannochloropsis., Plant physiology, 177(1), 2018
10. Differently localized lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases crucial for triacylglycerol biosynthesis in the oleaginous alga Nannochloropsis., The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 90(3), 2017
11. Tangled evolutionary processes with commonality and diversity in plastidial glycolipid synthesis in photosynthetic organisms., Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1861(9 Pt B), 2016
12. Primitive Extracellular Lipid Components on the Surface of the Charophytic Alga Klebsormidium flaccidum and Their Possible Biosynthetic Pathways as Deduced from the Genome Sequence., Frontiers in plant science, 7, 2016
13. Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation., Nature communications, 5, 2014
14. A dual-color marker system for in vivo visualization of cell cycle progression in Arabidopsis., The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 80(3), 2014
15. Synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids in the epidermis controls plant organ growth by restricting cell proliferation., PLoS biology, 11(4), 2013
16. Restriction of cell proliferation in internal tissues via the synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids in the epidermis., Plant signaling & behavior, 8(8), 2013
17. Very-long-chain fatty acids have an essential role in plastid division by controlling Z-ring formation in Arabidopsis thaliana., Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms, 17(8), 2012
18. Quantitative and cell type-specific transcriptional regulation of A-type cyclin-dependent kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana., Developmental biology, 329(2), 2009

Publications such as books

1. 2024/03/18, Development of a CRISPR-Cas9-Based Multiplex Genome-Editing Vector and Stay-Green Lettuce (Gene Editing in Plants), Springer, 2024, 3, Scholarly Book, Joint work, Takeshi Ito, Hiroshi Yamatani, Takashi Nobusawa, Makoto Kusaba