| April. 1, 2024 | New members were updated. NEW |
| December. 22, 2023 | Collaborative work with Prof. Shinsuke Shigeto (Kwansei Gakuin University) entitled "Transcriptional heterogeneity of catabolic genes on the plasmid pCAR1 causes host-specific carbazole degradation" was accepted in AEM. Previous lab members, Saki Takahira, Natsumi Yamamoto, and Yutaro Takeda performed the experiments. Congratulations!. |
| September. 1, 2023 | Members were updated. |
| August. 25, 2023 | Congratulations! Satoko Suzuki (M1) won the Excellent Poster Presentation Award in the JSBBA Kanto Region Annual Meeting 2023. |
| August. 3, 2023 | Congratulations! Youming Liu (D1) won the Poster Award in the TERPNET2023 Meeting at UC Davis. |
| July. 4, 2023 | Collaboration with Prof. Minoru Ueda (Tohoku Univ.) "Difference in the ligand affinity among redundant plant hormone receptors of rice OsCOI1a/1b/2-OsJAZs " was published in BBB. |
| June. 1, 2023 | Members were updated. |
| April. 17, 2023 | Collaboration with Dr. Koji Miyamoto (OB, Teikyo Univ.) "Genome Editing Reveals Both the Crucial Role of OsCOI2 in Jasmonate Signaling and the Functional Diversity of COI1 Homologs in Rice" was published in PCP and appeared on the cover! |
| November. 28, 2022 | Collaborative work with Dr. Fumihiro Sassa (Kyushu University) and Dr. Robert Duran (UPPA, France) entitled "Low Cost Gel Filled Microwell Array Device for Screening Marine Microbial Consortium" was accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology. |
| November. 22, 2022 | Congratulations! Masaaki Hidaka (M1) and Satoko Suzuki (B4) won the Excellent Poster Presentation Award in the Japan Society for Environmental Biotechnology Meeting 2022. |
| September. 26, 2022 | Kyoka Sugiyama (M2), Liangning Lu (M2), and Masaaki Hidaka (M1) gave poster presentations at the International Symposium on Plasmid Biology 2022 in Toulouse, France. |
| August. 27, 2022 | Congratulations! Kyoka Sugiyama (M2) won the Incentive Award in the 10th Bio-SPM Summer School at WPI-NanoLSI, Kanazawa University. This is collaborative research with Dr. Keisuke Miyazawa (Kanazawa University). |
| August. 27, 2022 | Congratulations! Zhu Yuanhao (M2) won the Excellent Poster Presentation Award in the JSBBA Kanto Region Annual Meeting 2022. Dr. Felipe Vejarano supported his work. |
| July 22, 2022 | Joint research with Dr. Masaki Shintani (OB, Shizuoka Univ.), Dr. Haruo Suzuki (Keio Univ.), and Dr. Hitoshi Suzuki (Infectious Research Institute) "Correction of misclassification in giant plasmid group IncP-2 group" is published and appeared on the cover of Society of Genome Microbiology of Japan News Letter No.25! |
| July 1, 2022 | Publications were updated. |
| June 30, 2022 | In collaboration with Prof. Longjian Fan (Zhejian University), we reported in Plant Journal the results of lateral gene transfer in grass that led to the birth of momilactone biosynthetic gene clusters. |
| June 29, 2022 | A study of Mushroom-Like α 3 β 3 -Type Oxygenase Component of Rieske Non-heme Iron Oxygenases done by Dr. Pi-Cheng Tsai (OB PD) was accepted in AEM. Congratulations! |
| June 21, 2022 | A study of bioremediation using Rhodococcus species in the collaboration with Prof. Onruthai (Chulalongkorn University) was accepted in Scientific Reports. |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Lab members, PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| May 4, 2022 | A collaborative work with Prof. Takabayashi (Kyoto Univ) titled "Aerial (+)-borneol modulates root morphology, auxin signalling and meristematic activity in Arabidopsis roots" was accepted in BIOLOGY LETTERS. |
| April 28, 2022 | Publications were updated. |
| April 20, 2022 | The study by Dr. Chongyang Yang showing the plant-microbe synergistic interactions achieve efficient arsenic phytoextraction by pteris vittata was published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. Congratulations! |
| April 1, 2022 | Members were updated. |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Lab members, PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| Nov 6, 2021 | Collaborative study with Prof. Tomonori Shinya tilteld "Chitooligosaccharide elicitor and oxylipins synergistically elevate phytoalexin production in rice" was accepted. |
| July 21, 2021 | Years of study made by Dr. Ioana Valea (OG) , Mr. Atsushi Motegi (OB), and Ms, Naoko Kawamura (OG) showing the rice wound-inducible transcription factor RERJ1 is necessary for defense response to herbivory and bacterial blight via physically interacting with OsMYC2 was published in the special issue Molecular Biology of Chemical Defenses of Plant Molecular Biology. Congratulations! |
| May 6, 2021 | PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| May 3, 2021 | The research for the oxylipin signal of Momilactone-producing moss, which had been done by Miyu Teruya, was accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science as a co-authored paper with Dr. Miyamoto of Teikyo University. |
| April 29, 2021 | Genome-wide Screening of Genes Associated with Momilactone B Sensitivity in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Keisuke Tomita (PD) et al. was accepted in G3_Genes Genomes Genetics. Congratulations! |
| April 1, 2021 | Now we have a new year semester. Our Biotechnology Research Center became Agro-Biotechnology Research Center (AgTECH), making a new start. |
| April 1, 2021 | Lab members were updated. |
| March 17, 2021 | PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| March 10, 2021 | Research results on lignin monomer degradation in Thermus oshimai JL-2 by Joydeep Chakraborty have been accepted in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. |
| March 3, 2021 | Research results on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in bacterial consortium by Faang (NattharigaLaothamteep) have been published on line in Environmental Pollution. |
| June. 12, 2020 | MEMBERS , PUBLICATIONS, and GALLERY were updated. |
| May. 25, 2020 | A novel small RNA on the Pseudomonas putida KT2440 chromosome is involved in the fitness cost imposed by IncP-1 plasmid RP4 by Hibiki Kawano (D2) et al. was accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology. Congratulations! |
| May. 25, 2020 | H-NS Family Proteins Drastically Change Their Targets in Response to the Horizontal Transfer of the Catabolic Plasmid pCAR1 by Taisuke Nakamura et al. was accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology. Congratulations! |
| May. 25, 2020 | A paper on the moss momilactone biosynthetic gene cluster that Toshiya Higuchi (M2：Ａt the time of research) worked hard in an international collaborative research with Zhejiang University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology was published in PNAS. Congratulations! |
| May. 7, 2020 | New members joined our lab. Gathered at the ZOOM meeting! |
| Mar. 14, 2020 | Hibiki Kawano (D2) was chosen to present their research as selected presentations in JSBBA 2020. |
| Mar. 14, 2020 | Hibiki Kawano (D2) was chosen to present their research as Topics Award in JSBBA 2020. |
| Mar. 14, 2020 | Taisuke Nakamura (M2) was chosen to present their research as selected presentations in JSBBA 2020. |
| November. 15, 2019 | MEMBERS , GALLERY and PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| Aug. 4, 2019 | Yixia Wang (PD) received Poster award for the Protein Research Conference in China. Congratulations! |
| July. 11, 2019 | Complete Genome Sequence of Thalassococcus sp. Strain S3, a Marine Roseobacter Clade Member Capable of Degrading Carbazole by Felipe Vejarano (D3) et al. was published in Microbiol. Resour. Announc. |
| July. 11, 2019 | Complete Genome Sequence of Thalassococcus sp. Strain S3, a Marine Roseobacter Clade Member Capable of Degrading Carbazole by Felipe Vejarano (D3) et al. was published in Microbiol. Resour. Announc. |
| Jun. 28, 2019 | MEMBERS and GALLERY were updated. |
| Jun. 8, 2019 | We had our lab reunion. |
| Apr. 10, 2019 | PUBLICATIONS, and GALLERY were updated. |
| Apr. 2, 2019 | New members joined our lab. |
| Mar. 24, 2019 | Shiho Tomiyama (M2) and Ayako Sakuda (D2) were chosen to present their research as selected presentations in JSBBA 2019. |
| Mar. 14, 2019 | Complete Genome Sequence of an Anaerobic Benzene-Degrading Bacterium, Azoarcus sp. Strain DN11 by Allan Devanadera (D1) et al. was published in Microbiol. Resour. Announc. |
| Mar. 8, 2019 | Joint paper regarding ecological impact assessment of a bioaugmentation site on remediation of chlorinated ethylenes by multi-omics analysis in collaboration with Profs. Masao Fukuda (Chubu Univ.) was published in J Gen Appl Microbiol. |
| Feb. 22, 2019 | The chapter "Xenogeneic Silencing and Horizontal Gene Transfer" by Dr. Navarre (Univ. of Toronto) and Dr. Suzuki-Minakuchi was published in the book "DNA Traffic in the Environment." |
| Feb. 8, 2019 | PUBLICATIONS, and GALLERY were updated. |
| Dec. 19, 2018 | Complete genome sequence of Bacillus licheniformis TAB7 by Enock Mpofu (D3) et al. was accepted in Microbiol. Resour. Announc. |
| Dec. 13, 2018 | PUBLICATIONS, MEMBERS, and GALLERY were updated. |
| Dec. 13, 2018 | PUBLICATIONS, MEMBERS, and GALLERY were updated. |
| Dec. 2, 2018 | Conjugative selectivity of plasmids is affected by coexisting recipient candidates by Ayako Sakuda (D2) et al. was accepted in mSphere. |
| Aug. 30, 2018 | Complete Genome Sequence of the Marine Carbazole-Degrading Bacterium Erythrobacter sp. Strain KY5 by Felipe Vejarano (D2) et al. was published in Microbiol. Resour. Announc. |
| May.15, 2018 | MEMBERS were updated. |
| Apr.3, 2018 | MEMBERS were updated. |
| Apr.2, 2018 | Several students had graduated from our Lab in a few weeks ago. But, we now welcome new members. We hope graduated members will encounter with new good friends and partners at his/her new position. For new members, please become used to a new environment as soon as possible. Eenjoy the experiment in our lab with us! |
| Mar.22, 2018 | Hibiki Kawano (M2) received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement. Congratulations! |
| Mar.15, 2018 | Biochemical synthesis of uniformly 13C-labeled diterpene hydrocarbons and their bioconversion to diterpenoid phytoalexins in planta by Dr. Ye Zhongfeng et al. was selected to BBB Awards for Excellence to Authors (2017) Vol. 81. Congratulations! |
| Mar.12, 2018 | Potential role of acyl post-translational modifications in the plasmid-host interactions by Delyana Vasileva (D3) et al. was accepted in Environmental Microbiology Reports. Congratulations! |
| Dec. 18. 2017 | Ms. Natsumi Yamamoto received Poster Award of The 16th Biseibutu kenkyukai 2017 on her presentation titled "Single-cell analysis of expression pattern of carbazole degradative genes on pCAR1". Congratulations! |
| Dec. 18. 2017 | Divalent cations increase the conjugation efficiency of the incompatibility P-7 group plasmid pCAR1 among different Pseudomonas hosts by Ayako Sakuda (D1) et al. was accepted in Microbiology.Congratulations! |
| Dec. 11. 2017 | Mr. Keisuke Tomita received Presentation Award of The 10th Hokuriku Joint Synposium 2017 at Toyama Prefectural Uni. Congratulations! |
| Nov. 6, 2017 | GELLERY were updated. |
| Oct. 28. 2017 | Prof. Okada was awarded the 33rd JSCRP Award. Congratulations! |
| Oct.17, 2017 | In planta functions of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes in the phytocassane biosynthetic gene cluster on rice chromosome 2 by Dr. Zhongfeng Ye (PD in Bonn Univ.) et al. was accepted in Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. |
| Sep. 22. 2017 | MEMBERS and PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| Sep. 1. 2017 | OsTGAP1 is responsible for JA-inducible diterpenoid phytoalexin biosynthesis in rice roots with biological impacts on allelopathic interaction by Ms. Yuri Yoshida (D3) et al. was accepted in Physiol Plant. |
| Aug. 23. 2017 | Joint paper regarding Synergistic degradation of pyrene by five culturable bacteria in a mangrove sediment-derived bacterial consortium with Prof. Onruthai Pinyakong (Chulalongkorn Univ.) was published in Journal of Hazardous Materials. |
| Aug. 18. 2017 | Joint paper regarding Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) genome analysis provides insight into its adaptation and invasiveness as a weed with Prof. Longjiang Fan (Zhejiangn Univ.) was accepted in Nature Communications. . |
| Jun. 1. 2017 | New member Mr. Mickael Gegout (Postgraduate) joined our lab. |
| Jun. 1. 2017 | Prof. Nojiri was awarded the 2016 Environmental Awards from JSCE. Congratulations! |
| Apr. 19, 2017 | OsMYC2 mediates numerous defence-related transcriptional changes via jasmonic acid signalling in rice. by Satoshi Ogawa et al. (PD in RIKEN CSRS) was published in BBRC. |
| Apr. 18, 2017 | Growth phase-dependent expression profiles of three vital H-NS family proteins encoded on the chromosome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and on the pCAR1 plasmid by Ms. Zongping Sun (D3) et al. was published in BMC Microbiology. |
| Apr. 18, 2017 | Dr. Satoshi Ogawa's work "Potential key regulator to enhanced production of specialized metabolite on rice disease resistance" went out to the GSALS topics. |
| Apr. 18, 2017 | MEMBERS and GELLERY were updated. |
| Apr. 13, 2017 | We had a wellcome party. |
| Apr. 3, 2017 | New members joined our lab. |
| Mar. 9, 2017 | PUBLICATIONS, GALLERY were updated. |
| Feb. 10, 2017 | PUBLICATIONS were updated. |
| Jan.17, 2017 | Biochemical synthesis of uniformly 13C-labeled diterpene hydrocarbons and their bioconversion to diterpenoid phytoalexins in planta by Mr. Zhongfeng Ye (D3) et al. was accepted in Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. |
| Jan. 7, 2017 | OsMYC2, an essential factor for JA-inductive sakuranetin production in rice, interacts with MYC2-like proteins that enhance its transactivation ability by Satoshi Ogawa (D3) et al. was accepted in Scientific Reports. |
| Jan.4, 2017 | Thermophilic bacteria are potential sources of novel Rieske non-heme iron oxygenases by Dr. Chakraborty Joydeep (PD) et al. was accepted in AMB Express. |
| Nov. 25, 2016 | Bachelor 4th student Tomomi UEDA received a Poster Award at the 17th Symposium on the Japanese Society for Extremophiles. |
| Nov. 14, 2016 | PhD 3rd year student Zongping SUN received a Poster Award at the 19th Chinese National Symposium on Environmental Microbiology. |
| Nov. 10, 2016 | PUBLICATIONS, MEMBER, GALLERY were updated. |
| Oct. 15, 2016 | Master 2nd year student Ayako Sakuda received a Poster Award of the Kanto branch of JSBBA. |
| Sep. 23, 2016 | Amirah joined our lab. from Malaysia. |
| Sep. 19, 2016 | Joint paper regarding stress tolerance conferred by the overexpression of RSOsPR10, a root-specific rice PR10 gene in collaboration with Prof. Tomokazu Koshiba (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.) was published in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. |
| Sep. 19, 2016 | Joint paper regarding functional and evolutionary analysis of diterpen cyclase genes in wild rice O. rufipogon in collaboration with Prof. Tomonobu Toyomasu (Yamagata Univ.) and Dr. Koji Miyamoto (OB, Teikyo Univ.) was accepted in BBRC. |
| Sep. 15, 2016 | Structural analysis of an H-NS family protein TurB in Pseudomonas putida by Dr. Suzuki-Minakuchi (Assistant Prof.), Kawazuma (OB) et al., was accepted in FEBS Lett. |
| Sep. 13, 2016 | Joint paper regarding pathogenicity of blast fungus through Glycine-Rich Secretion Protein in rice in
collaboration with Dr. Yoko Nishizawa (NARO) was accepted in PLOS pathogen. http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005921 |
| Sep. 1, 2016 | Joint paper regarding modulation of plant defense responses to herbivores by simultaneous recognition of different herbivore-associated elicitors in rice in collaboration with Profs. Tomonori Shinya and Ivan Galis (Okayamaa Univ.) was accepted in Scientific Reports. |
| Jun. 21, 2016 | The PUBLICATIONS and GALLERY were updated. |
| Jun. 14, 2016 | Master 1st year student Hibiki Kawano received a Poster Award of the Japan Society for Environmental Biotechnology. |
| Jun. 10, 2016 | We went to Izu (Shizuoka prefecture) for our yearly laboratory trip. |
| May. 2, 2016 | We had a BBQ wellcome party in Odaiba for the freshmen. |
| May. 9, 2016 | The PUBLICATIONS was updated. |
| May. 9, 2016 | The MEMBERS and GALLERY were updated. |
| Apr. 22, 2016 | Jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine is required for the production of a flavonoid phytoalexin but not diterpenoid phytoalexins in ultraviolet-irradiated rice leaves by Dr. Koji Miyamoto (Teikyo Univ.) et al. was accepted in Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. |
| Apr. 15, 2016 | Evolutionary trajectory of phytoalexin biosynthetic gene clusters in rice by Dr. Koji Miyamoto (Teikyo Univ.), Dr. Kazunori Okada (Associate Prof.), and Prof. Tomonobu Toyomasu (Yamagata Univ.) et al. was accepted in the Plant Journal |
| Apr. 14, 2016 | Joint paper regarding momilactone biosynthetic gene in the moss Hypunam plumaeforme with Prof. Ken-ichiro Hayashi (Okayama Univ., of Science), Dr. Hiroshi Kawaide (Associate Prof. of Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.), Dr. Koji Miyamoto (Teikyo Univ.), and Ms. Kaoru Fujiwara (M2) was published in Scientific Reports |
| Apr. 4, 2016 | New members joined our lab. |
| Apr. 1, 2016 | Lab rooms were rearranged. |
| Jan. 27, 2016 | The PUBLICATIONS was updated. |
| Jan. 1, 2016 | Happy New Year! |