Plant Immunity Research Group
- Main Research Fields :
- Biology
- Related Research Fields :
- Agricultural Sciences
- Keywords :
- Plant Immunity / Plant-Microbe Interactions / Genomics / Plant Chemical Biology / Signal Transduction
- Project :
- Innovative Plant Biotechnology / Integrative Symbiological Solutions
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Understanding plant immunity mechanisms and developing sustainable disease resistant crops
Group Director
Ken Shirasu Ph.D.

- 1993
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, USA
- 1993
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute / Noble Foundation, USA
- 1996
- Research Scientist, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK
- 2000
- Group Leader, Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, UK
- 2006
- Group Director, Plant Immunity Research Group, RIKEN Plant Science Center
- 2008
- Adjunct Professor, University of Tokyo
- 2013
- Group Director, Plant Immunity Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
- 2020
- Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-Current)
CONTACT
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Plant Immunity Research Group
ken.shirasu
YokohamaAccess
1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
#E618 6F East Research Building
Related Links
Laboratory Website
Plant Immunity Research Group
Laboratory on RIKEN Website
Plant Immunity Research Group | RIKEN
Outline

Subjects
- To understand mechanisms for plant immunity
- To identify small molecules to regulate plant immunity and characterize their targets
- To isolate novel genes/metabolites for pathogen virulence
- To identify useful microbes from rhizosphere to promote plant immunity and growthimages/lab.jpg