Synthetic Genomics Research Team

News

  • 2024/03
    The paper has been awarded the prize for the "SEB-Wiley-TPJ Outstanding Paper awards for 2022 in the Resource Article category".
    A collection of inducible transcription factor-glucocorticoid receptor fusion lines for functional analyses in Arabidopsis thaliana Plant J. 2022 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.16365
  • 2023/07
    The paper has been published.
    Kanchana Pandian, Minami Matsui, Thomas Hankemeier, Ahmed Ali, Emiko Okubo-Kurihara "Advances in single-cell metabolomics to unravel cellular heterogeneity in plant biology",Plant Physiology, kiad357,https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad357
  • 2023/01
    The paper has been published.
    Chika Akagi, Yukio Kurihara, Yuko Makita, Masaharu Kawauchi, Tomohiko Tsuge, Takashi Aoyama, Minami Matsui, "Translational activation of ribosome-related genes at initial photoreception is dependent on signals derived from both the nucleus and the chloroplasts in Arabidopsis thaliana.", Journal of Plant Research, 10.1007/s10265-022-01430-8
    Please also see the press release. "Mechanisms of translational activity of ribosome biosynthesis-related genes by blue light."https://www.riken.jp/press/2023/20230120_2/index.html
  • 2023/01
    The paper has been published.
    Kurihara, Y.*, Makita, Y.*, Kawauchi, M., Kageyama, A., Kuriyama, T., Matsui, M. *These authors are equal contributions., "Intergenic splicing-stimulated transcriptional readthrough is suppressed by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Arabidopsis.", Communications Biology, 10.1038/s42003-022-04348-y
    Please also see the press release. "Uncovering Unknown Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulations,"https://www.riken.jp/press/2023/20230116_1/index.html
  • 2022/12
    The director, a trader, and a researcher from the Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam visited our laboratory.
  • 2022/12
    The 3rd Rubber Research Meeting was held at Tohoku University. Dr. Matsui gave a lecture about SATREPS project. And Research Scientist Dr. Kurihara and Visiting Researcher Dr. Makita gave poster presentations.
  • 2022/10
    A farewell party was held for Kyoko Yokomizo.
  • 2022/08,09
    In the SATREPS Project for "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases",Dr. Matsui and Visiting Researcher Dr. Makita(Maebashi Institute of Technology) and others visited the University of Indonesia and the Indonesian Rubber Research Institute for inspection and the 2nd JCC meeting.
  • 2022/07
    The paper has been published.
    Shimada S, Yanagawa Y, Munesada T, Horii Y, Kuriyama T, Kawashima M, Kondou Y, Yoshizumi T, Mitsuda N, Ohme-Takagi M, Makita Y, Matsui M.
    A collection of inducible transcription factor-glucocorticoid receptor fusion lines for functional analyses in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Plant J. 2022 Jul;111(2):595-607. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15796. Epub 2022 May 21. PMID: 35510416.
  • 2022/06
    In the SATREPS Project for "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases", Dr. Matsui and Dr. Ota (Nagasaki Univ.) visited Indonesia, gave a seminar and inspected rubber tree fields.
  • 2022/06
    The 1st JCC meeting of SATREPS Project for "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases” was held online on June 2nd.
  • 2022/05
    Farewell Party for Mr.Yukio Kurihara.
  • 2022/03
    Farewell for Ms.Yuuko Makita.
  • 2022/03
    Farewell Party for Ms.Yuuko Makita and Ms.Ami Kageyama.
  • 2021/12
    The kick-off meeting of SATREPS Project for "Development of Complex Technologies for Prevention and Control of Rubber Tree Leaf Fall Diseases” was held online.
  • 2021/06
    Press release:"Dual photoreceptor identified in an oceanic green picoplankton"

Group Profile

The genome sequences of many organisms have been determined by recent progress of genome sequencing technology. This huge genome information makes it possible not only to reveal the biological activities but also understand the biodiversity of organism in molecular levels. Our research team will construct the science and technology basis for the recycling social system with reduced environmental impact by accumulating useful genome information including Bioplastics biosynthesis.

Group Director: Minami Matsui

Research Overview

Recent progress of genome information revealed that many proteins and RNAs have various functions not only to support the biological activities but also to produce unique chemicals/metabolites of each organism. Synthetic Genomics Research team will make use of this genome information to produce useful materials for the society.

1. Production of biodegradable plastics in plants.
We will aim at the production of biopolyester, polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in plants by the photosynthetic activity.
2. Elucidation of genes that increase the biomass of plants.
We will aim at improvement of plant biomass by elucidating the mechanism of plant growth.
3. Elucidation of mechanism of starch biosynthesis.
We will aim at increase of starch by elucidating the biosynthesis mechanism of high starch content plants including cassava.
4. Development of rapid gene modification technology by collecting the  gene tools.
We will aim at technology development of rapid gene modification by collecting the gene tools including transcription factors and promoters required for proper gene expression.

Our purpose is to produce new materials to contribute society by designing synthetic pathways using the information obtained by omics researches and huge genome sequencing.

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