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Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit

Main Research Fields :
Biological Sciences
Related Research Fields :
Chemistry / Biology / Agricultural Sciences / Medicine, Dentistry & Pharmacy
Keywords :
metabolomics / phytohormone / mass spectrometry / microscopy
Project :
Advanced Research and Technology Platforms
TP

Providing mass spectrometric, microscopic, and phenotyping platforms for plant science

Unit Leader

Masami Yokota Hirai Ph.D.

Masami Yokota Hirai

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1994
Ph.D., Agriculture, University of Tokyo
1994
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo
1997
Research Associate, Chiba University
2001
CREST Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency
2005
Unit Leader, Metabolic Systems Research Unit, RIKEN Plant Science Center
2005
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Sciences and Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University
2006
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
2007
Adjunct Professor, Nagoya University (-current)
2008
Team Leader, Metabolic Systems Research Team, RIKEN Plant Science Center
2010
Visiting professor, Alkali Soil Natural Environmental Science Center, Northeast Forestry University, China
2013
Team Leader, Metabolic Systems Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
2020
Unit Leader, Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-Current)

CONTACT

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Technology Platform Division, Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit

masami.hirai

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

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Outline

Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit
Mass spectrometric and microscopic analyses and plant phenotyping are fundamental analytical technology in plant science and sustainable resource science. Our unit develops and executes the analyses based on mass spectrometry for the study of plant metabolome and hormonome, on microscopy for the ultrastructural observation of the plant cells, and on automated plant phenotyping system for plant growth analysis.

Subjects

  1. Plant metabolomic analyses by mass spectrometry
  2. Plant hormone analyses by mass spectrometry
  3. Microscopic analyses of plant tissues and cells
  4. Plant growth analysis by automated plant phenotyping system
Mass spectrometers using for metabolomic and hormone analysis
Microscopies using for tissues and cells (upper and middle) and plant phenotyping facility (lower)