[Plant Sciences for CO2 Utilization] Creation of essential technologies to utilize carbon dioxide as a resource through the enhancement of plant productivity and the exploitation of plant products

※ Affiliations and titles are as of the end of the research activity.

Research Supervisor

Akira Isogai(Professor Emeritus, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Overview

 This research area targets the creation of essential technologies for utilizing carbon dioxide, as a resource, through the enhancement of plant photosynthesis and the exploitation of plant products.
 In detail, the research topics include
 1) developing essential technologies that enhance photosynthetic potential through an integrative and systematic approach to understanding the regulatory mechanisms of photosynthesis, the basis of material productivity in plants, with consideration of the interaction between metabolism and translocation of photosynthetic products and other metabolic pathways such as nitrogen assimilation;
 2) developing essential technologies that improve the photosynthetic activity, carbon storage potential, and biomass productivity of plants, through the elucidation of the mechanisms by which plants adapt to various environments; and
 3) the study of mechanisms of biomass production and decomposition, and the development of technologies for improved biomass utilization.
 In parallel with these three research topics, this research area focuses on collaboration and synergy in the fields of plant science and biomass engineering.

Research Area Advisors

Shiro Saka
Takuji Sasaki
Fumihiko Sato
Kazuo Shinozaki
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshiharu Doi
Naoko K. Nishizawa
Toshiharu Hase
Tetsuya Higashiyama
Hiroo Fukuda
Tomoyuki Yamaya

Year Started: 2011

Researcher
Takashi Ueda
Researcher
Ken Naito
Researcher
Hiroyuki Kasahara
Researcher
Iwai Masakazu
Researcher
Keiji Nakajima
Researcher
Norihito Nakamichi
Researcher
Kyoko Miwa
Researcher
Yoshihisa Oda
Researcher
Takanori Kobayashi
Researcher
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Researcher
Yoshiaki Nakao

Year Started: 2012

Researcher
Atsushi J. Nagano
Researcher
Nobutaka Hirano
Researcher
Kiyotaka Nakajima
Researcher
Takuya Akiyama
Researcher
Shin-ichi Arimura
Researcher
Yukako Chiba
Researcher
Tsukagoshi Hironaka
Researcher
Ken’ichiro Matsumoto
Researcher
Ryo Fujimoto

Year Started: 2013

Researcher
Wataru Yamori
Researcher
Miyako Kusano
Researcher
Taishi Umezawa
Researcher
Masatsugu Toyota
Researcher
Masao Iwamoto
Researcher
Shunsuke Adachi
Researcher
Yuya Tachibana
Researcher
Ryushiro Kasahara
Researcher
Aritomo Yamaguchi
Researcher
Tomonao Matsushita
Researcher
Yusuke Saijo

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