Synthetic Genomics Research Group
- Main Research Fields :
- Biology
- Related Research Fields :
- Chemistry / Agricultural Sciences
- Keywords :
- Plant Biomass / Plant Genome / Environmental Response
- Project :
- Innovative Plant Biotechnology
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Contributing sustainable production of useful biomass materials with genome information and gene expression profile
Group Director
Minami Matsui D.Sci.

- 1986
- D.Sci., Kyoto University
- 1986
- Research Associate, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Nippon Veterinary and Zootechnical College
- 1989
- Lecturer, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Nippon Veterinary and Zootechnical College
- 1990
- Lecturer, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Nippon Medical School
- 1992
- Postdoctoral fellow, Xing Wang Deng's laboratory in Department of Biology, Yale University, USA
- 1994
- Lecturer, Molecular Biology Laboratory in Nippon Medical School
- 1995
- Deputy Team Leader, Laboratory For Photoperception and Signal Transduction, RIKEN Frontier Research Program
- 1999
- Team Leader, Plant Function Exploration Team of Plant Functional Genomic Research Group, RIKEN Genomics Sciences Center
- 2005
- Team Leader, Plant Function Exploration Team of Functional Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center
- 2006
- Group Director, Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Plant Science Center
- 2008
- Guest Professor, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University (-current)
- 2010
- Team Leader, Synthetic Genomics Research team, RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program
- 2013
- Team Leader, Synthetic Genomics Research team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 2014
- Division Director, Biomass Engineering Program Cooperation Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 2015
- Division Director, Biomass Engineering Research Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 2015
- Group Director, Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (-current)
CONTACT
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Synthetic Genomics Research Group
minami
YokohamaAccess
1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
#E820 8F East Research Building
TEL: +81-(0)45-503-9625
Related Links
Laboratory Website
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Laboratory on RIKEN Website
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Outline

Subjects
- Analysis of mechanism for plant’s response to light environment
- Research on plant biomass improvement through chemical biology
- Genome and expression studies and gene transformation of Sorghum a C4 photosynthesis crop
- Research on the improvement of plant biomass production through analysis of gene expression profile and genome of Pará-rubber tree