Yoshihisa Oda　（Associate Professor, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics）

Development of novel woody biomass materials by regulating intracellular self organization and nano bio machines

　Recently we have established a novel in vitro cell culture system for wood cell differentiation and revealed the key molecules that regulate cellulose patterning. In this project, by using our wood cell culture system, we aim to develop the novel technique that enables us to flexibly regulate cellulose microfibril deposition. This project should contribute to production of useful cellulose biomass materials.

Publication

Yoshihisa Oda, Hiroo Fukuda, The dynamic interplay of plasma membrane domains and cortical microtubules in secondary cell wall patterning, Front. Plant Sci., published online December 17, 2013, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00511

Yoshihisa Oda, Hiroo Fukuda, Rho of Plant GTPase Signaling Regulates the Behavior of Arabidopsis Kinesin-13A to Establish Secondary Cell Wall Patterns, Plant Cell, published online November 2013, doi: 10.1105/tpc.113.117853

Yoshihisa Oda, Hiroo Fukuda, Spatial organization of xylem cell walls by ROP GTPases and microtubule-associated proteins, Curr. Opin. Plant Biol., vol. 16, 743-748 (2013)

Yoshihisa Oda, Hiroo Fukuda, Initiation of Cell Wall Pattern by a Rho- and Microtubule-Driven Symmetry Breaking, Science, vol. 337, 1333-1336 (2012)