Tsugama Laboratory — For Genomics of Plant Resources
植物資源ゲノミクス研究室 (津釜研)   (C) 2019 Daisuke Tsugama

Last update: 01/17/2024

Daisuke TsugamaPrincipal Investigator/ 津釜 大侑准教授

Like: Run, ramen, coffee, beer, sake, mouflon

Believe: "Chance favors the prepared mind"

Want to be:
Lifelong "Science Guy"

See also:
ORCID and researchmap

1985-2004Born in Oyama-shi, Tochigi → Utsunomiya High School
栃木県小山市に生まれる → 栃木県立宇都宮高校     Good days.
2004-2008B.S. @ The University of Tokyo
Started research under the supervision of Tetsuo Takano at ANESC.
東京大学 教養学部理科二類 → 農学部 生産生物学専修
アジア生物資源環境研究センターの高野哲夫先生の下で研究を開始。
2008-2013M.Sc. and Ph.D. @ The University of Tokyo (@Takano lab)
Learned the basics of research. Realized the power of science.
東大 大学院農学生命科学研究科 修士・博士課程 (@高野研)
研究の基礎を学ぶ。科学の力を実感。
2013-2015Post-doc @ Sarah M. Assmann lab, Penn State University
→ @ Lab of Plant Molecular Genetics, The University of Tokyo
(PI: Nobuhiro Tsutsumi)
Saw professionalism in colleagues. Failed 50 times in job hunting...
ポスドク @ ペンシルバニア州立大学のSarah M. Assmann先生の研究室
→ @ 東大 院農学生命科学研究科 植物分子遺伝学研究室 (PI: 堤伸浩先生)
恵まれた環境でした。就活では50連敗...
2015-2018Assistant professor @ Lab of Crop Physiology, Hokkaido University
(PIs: Kiyoshi Masuda and Kaien Fujino)
Realized the importance of crops and sustainability.
北海道大学 大学院農学研究院 作物生理学研究室 助教
上司は増田清先生と藤野介延先生。作物研究開始。
2019-Associate professor @ ARC-BRES
アジア生物資源環境研究センター 准教授

Maimuna QaziD3/ カジ マイムナ博士3年

Qazi san is interested in genes regulating abiotic stress tolerance in pearl millet. She has been working to characterize two WRKY transcription factor genes in pearl millet. She has also been analyzing publicly available RNA-Seq data to obtain some consensus about mechanisms of pearl millet transcriptome regulation under drought- and salinity-stressed conditoins.

Pabasara WeerasingheD2/ ウェラシンゲ パバサラ博士2年

Pabasara san is interested in the sex-determining genes in garden asparagus. She eperimentally confirmed that some genes that were previously thought to be male-specific are indeed male-specific. She is also interested in bioinformatic approach to identify genes involved in regulating the asparagus sex.

Eman H ShalabyD1/ シャラビ イマン博士1年

Shalaby san is interested in genes regulating abiotic stress tolerance in tomato. She has been working to characterize tomato WRKY transcription factor genes. She is also interested in developing new tools for genetic modification and genome editing of plants.

Kohta KambaraM2/ 神原 昂太修士2年


Like: Onsen, basketball, travel, sake, cycling(温泉、バスケ、旅行、酒、自転車に乗ること

Believe: "Every cloud has a silver lining(雲の上はいつも晴れ)"

Kambara kun is interested in genes regulating pearl millet traits. He has been using RNA-Seq data and GWAS systems to promote the identification of such genes. He is interested in the panicle traits in particular, and has been using some new quantitative ways to assess them.

Renan YangM2/ 楊 人安修士2年

Yang kun is interested in roles for RNA silencing in plants. He has been characterizing putative RNA silencing components in pearl millet. He also plans to characterize cold-regulated microRNAs in Arabidopsis plants.

Sena IwasakiM1/ 岩崎 世那修士1年

Like: 国際交流 筋トレ 海外旅行 ラーメン巡り

Believe: "人事を尽くして天命を待つ 一期一会 井の中の蛙大海を知らず"

Iwasaki kun is interested in genes regulating flowering in pearl millet. He has been trying to clone one specific candidates for such a gene, and plans to conduct linkage analysis and other eperiments with molecular biology techniques.

Collaborators / 共同研究者

Tetsuo Takano / 高野 哲夫

Professor, ARC-BRES
アジア生物資源環境研究センター 教授
For VIP1, pearl millet and other projects 恩師

Alumni / 元メンバー

Jinping Cheng / 程 金平

2019-2020 Visiting scientist
元 共同研究員
Assistant professor, Nanjing Agricultural University
現 南京農業大学 助教

Hyuk Sung Yoon / 尹 赫晟

2017-2021 Ph.D. candidate
元 博士課程学生
Postdoctoral fellow, Rutgers University
現 米国ラトガース大学 ポスドク