Team Leader

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  FUJIWARA Sumire
  Search and analysis of transcription factors necessary for conferring useful traits to plants
  Development of plants adapted to environmental changes and stressful environments
  Analysis of the flowering time regulation mechanism for improving plant productivity

Chief Senior Researcher

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  SUGANO S. Shigeo
  Development of gene editing technology in plants,
  Development of methodologies of molecular delivery to plants,
  Engineering novel molecular switches using synthetic biology

Senior Researchers

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  NAKAMURA Akiyoshi
  Development of plant genome editing technology
  Structural analysis of protein-nucleic acid complexes
  Structure-guided enzyme discovery and functional engineering
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  NAKANO Yoshimi
  Development of technology for enhancing plant stress tolerance by controlling gene expression
  Integrated regulatory mechanism between flowering and stress responses
  Discovery of useful genes and development of technologies for their utilization to improve the functions and productivity of non-model plants.
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  OSHIMA Yoshimi
  Plant trait modification through regulation of the cell wall–cuticle continuum formation
  Mechanisms of apomictic seed formation and seed longevity
  Exploration of useful genes and development of transcription factor–based technologies

Researchers

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  TAKEI Takahito　
  Development of non-genetically modified gene expression control technology
  Research on gene expression control mechanisms by small RNAs
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  KIJIMA Saku
  Development of technology to control plant growth and morphogenesis by modifying the cytoskeleton
  Understanding the mechanism of plant cell wall formation and development of technology for cell wall engineering
  Breeding development for enhancing the functionality and productivity of Crop Plants

Invited Senior Researcher

• YAMAMOTO Hiroshi

Visiting Researcher (Invited)

• OHME-TAKAGI Masaru
• YEH Chuan-Ming

Other staffs

• 15 Technical Assistants
• 2　Graduate Students (Ph.D. Course)
• 1　Graduate Student (Master Course)
• 1 　Undergraduate Student
• 1　Secretarial Assistant