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.

- 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
Related Links
Laboratory on RIKEN Website
Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit | RIKEN
Outline

Subjects
- Plant metabolomic analyses by mass spectrometry
- Plant hormone analyses by mass spectrometry
- Microscopic analyses of plant tissues and cells
- Plant growth analysis by automated plant phenotyping system