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Plant Science Lab (Kurata)
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The lab explores the evolution of form and ways of life in plants, from familiar species to endangered ones.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the origins and ways of life of plants.
The Plant Science Lab studies plants on a wide range of themes, including morphology, conservation, and adaptive evolution, covering everything from familiar plants to endangered plants.
Through fieldwork and experiments, the lab explores plants' "origins" (phylogeny and evolution) and their "ways of life" (ecology and morphology).
The lab aims for students to acquire scientific thinking and experimental skills through research, and to send them into society as teachers specializing in science.
The lab's website goes by the name "YNU Team HANA," and the lab also encourages those who want to deepen their expertise to go on to a master's or doctoral program.
Key terms
- Phenology
- The seasonality of plants. Seasonal changes such as flowering time are studied through continuous observation
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The lab works on a wide range of themes, including morphology, conservation, and adaptive evolution, covering everything from familiar plants to endangered plants. Its work includes conservation of endangered plants, observation of plant seasonality, research on the mechanisms that change how plants look, and observation with electron microscopes.
Conservation of Endangered Plants
The lab studies plants whose numbers are declining and whose survival in the wild is at risk, using ecological observation and genetic analysis to explore ways to prevent their extinction. In recent years it has built an ex situ conservation system using two-dimensional codes, and conducts conservation research in cooperation with companies and government agencies.
Phenology (Seasonality of Plants)
The lab clarifies the seasonality and ecology of plants through continuous observation. It relates changes in habitat, temperature, and precipitation to changes in plant seasonality, and observes life histories using interval photography (time-lapse).
Mechanisms That Change How Plants Look
The lab focuses on changes in how plants look, such as the patterns (variegation) that appear on leaves and seasonal changes in leaf color. It aims to clarify, through anatomical and molecular biological approaches, why green leaves form patterns and what structures make the patterned areas differ in color from their surroundings.
The Microscopic World Seen Through an Electron Microscope
The lab observes the microscopic world, such as biominerals formed by plants and pollen, with a scanning electron microscope.
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- ProfessorKaoruko Kurata
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