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Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team

Main Research Fields :
Biology
Related Research Fields :
Informatics / Interdisciplinary science and engineering / Biological Sciences / Biology / Agricultural sciences
Keywords :
Crop Science / Plant Reproduction / RNA Biology / Non-coding RNA・Non-coding Genomic Region / Mobile Signal
Project :

Development of crop reproductive system customized functional RNAs that are respectively adapted under harsh environments

RIKEN ECL Team Leader

Reina Komiya Ph.D. (Bioscience)

Reina Komiya

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2007
Ph.D., Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2008
Global COE Special Postdoctoral Fellow, NAIST
2009
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Genetics
2011
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2014
Science and Technology Associate, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
2017
Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) Researcher, JST (Concurrent Post)
2024
RIKEN ECL Team Leader, Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)

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RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team

reina.komiya

YokohamaAccess
1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan

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Outline

We need to increase crop productivity and keep the yields stable under harsh environments, including global warming. Our research has focused on the reproductive roles of numerous NON-coding RNAs, which don’t encode protein, in crop sciences. This research aim is to elucidate the reproductive non-coding RNA system in plants and the importance of non-coding genomic regions that are ubiquitously present in higher organisms. As a final goal, we intend to develop the RNA regulation devices via functional RNAs that are respectively adapted under various environments.

Subjects

  1. Molecular mechanism of functional non-coding RNAs in plant reproduction
  2. Reproductive strategy in environmental response
  3. Cell-to-cell communication through mobile signals in stamen development
  4. Innovative RNA engineering for delivery system
Imaging of a rice anther (a major part of the satmen)
The anther was stained with SR2200, and fluorescence was strongly observed in somatic anther walls. More than 700 types of non-coding RNA are specifically expressed in the anthers.