Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit
- Main Research Fields :
- Biology
- Related Research Fields :
- Agricultural Sciences
- Keywords :
- Plant hormone / Seed germination / Seed dormancy / Stress response / Transporter
- Project :
- Innovative Plant Biotechnology
B
Discovering genes and chemicals that improve seed quality and plant adaptation responses
Unit Leader
Mitunori Seo D.Sci.
- 2002
- D.Sci., Tokyo Metropolitan University
- 2002
- Special Postdoctoral Scientist, RIKEN Plant Science Center
- 2005
- Research Scientist, RIKEN Plant Science Center
- 2005
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
- 2007
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
- 2008
- Unit Leader, Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center
- 2013
- Unit Leader, Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
CONTACT
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit
mitsunori.seo
YokohamaAccess
1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
#C614 6F Central Research Building
Related Links
Laboratory on RIKEN Website
Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit | RIKEN
Outline
Our unit studies the mechanisms that regulate plant adaptation responses such as seed dormancy, germination and stress responses. We will reveal how biosynthesis and transport of plant hormones such as abscisic acid, gibberellin, jasmonates and auxin are regulated. We will optimize plant adaptation responses by genetic and chemical regulation of hormone transport and biosynthesis.Subjects
- Identification and functional characterization of plant hormone transporters
- Identification of metabolites involved in plant growth and stress responses
- Identification of factors involved in seed dormancy, germination and longevity
- Development of a system to quantify plant metabolites from a single cell