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Other departments in Faculty of Agriculture ›Faculties at The University of Tokyo ›
Yasuyuki Yamaji, Professor (Concurrent)
Food & Agriculture0 student voices
The Plant Medical Science Lab studies “clinical” techniques for protecting plants from disease. Just like hospitals for people and pets, the lab aims to open “Plant Hospitals®” that diagnose, treat, and prevent plant diseases, and to expand a network of them across Japan. The lab also trains “plant doctors®,” specialists who examine plant diseases, and provides retraining for specialists who are already working in the field. The lab is established as an endowed chair in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology.
Susumu Katsuma, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Insect Genetics Lab uses the silkworm as a model to study the mechanisms of lepidopteran insects at the molecular level. Through gene searches, functional analysis, and genome comparisons, the lab tackles questions such as how sex is determined, why silkworms enter diapause as eggs, and why they feed only on mulberry. The lab also investigates how Wolbachia, a symbiotic bacterium, manipulates host sex, and how baculoviruses manipulate their host insects. Building on knowledge gained from basic research, the lab aims to breed silkworms that can contribute to the development of the sericulture industry.
Shin-Ichi Arimura, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Plant Molecular Genetics Lab conducts research that deepens our understanding of plants through analysis at the microscopic level of genes. Among plant organelles such as chloroplasts and mitochondria, the lab studies how mitochondria are maintained through fission and fusion. The lab also focuses on genome editing research that targets and rewrites the unique genomes carried by organelles. The lab is also studying the genes that determine agriculturally important traits in sorghum, a cereal crop.
Fujimoto Masaru, Associate Professor
Food & Agriculture0 student voices
The Crop Science Lab focuses on the roots of Gramineous crops such as rice, sorghum, and barley. It studies root morphogenesis, physiological functions, responses to the environment, and interactions with the rhizosphere microbes that live around the roots. The lab also works to clarify the genetic factors and mechanisms that determine these traits, and to understand how the diversity seen among crop species and varieties arises. Its goals are to breed varieties that adapt well to environmental change and to develop sustainable, low-input cultivation techniques that make use of microbial functions.
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