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Genome Information Function Lab
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The lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding the metabolism of photosynthetic organisms at the molecular level
The Genome Information Function Lab studies the molecular mechanisms that regulate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms.
Using cyanobacteria, the lab studies chlorophyll biosynthesis and nitrogen fixation.
Using Arabidopsis thaliana, the lab studies the circadian clock and cytokinin signaling.
Once assigned to the lab, each student takes charge of one research theme and carries out experiments while learning from senior members how to use the laboratory equipment.
Key terms
- Cyanobacteria
- A group of photosynthetic bacteria. They are the main research material of this lab.
- Chlorophyll
- A pigment that functions in photosynthesis. The lab studies how it is produced inside living organisms.
- Nitrogen fixation
- The process of taking nitrogen from the air and converting it into a form that organisms can use.
NewsLab news
The professor's book "Illustrated Guide to How Photosynthesis Works" (in Japanese) is released
A lab member wins a poster award at an international conference on tetrapyrrole photoreceptors in photosynthetic organisms
Press release on a paper observing the early evolution of loss of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria
A review article on the cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana is published in Low Temperature Science
A lab member wins a poster award at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate metabolism in photosynthetic organisms from two broad perspectives: chlorophyll biosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria, and the circadian clock and cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. The research page lists topics such as cyanobacteria that have lost the ability to photosynthesize, the creation of nitrogen-fixing plants, and the mechanisms and functions of the plant clock.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The Genome Information Function Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, secretaries, and laboratory assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuichi Fujita
- Associate ProfessorYamashino Yamashino
- Assistant ProfessorHaruki Yamamoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Synechococcus cyanobacteria-cultures” Masur / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Applied Enzymology Lab): “Isethionate sulfite-lyase crystal structure (with substrate isethionate bound)” Christopher D. Dawson, Lindsey R.F. Backman / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Cell Regulation Lab): “Calmodulin 1CLL” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Integrative Plant Physiology Lab): “"Arabidopsis thaliana" in vitro” MatasNavickas / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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