Press Releases 2020

• Dec. 24, 2020
  Development of non-degradable analogue similar to glycolipid
  
• Dec. 23, 2020
  Discovery of a quality control pathway for plant mitochondria
  
• Dec. 17, 2020
  The secret to increase the selectivity of electrochemical reactions
  
• Dec. 16, 2020
  Metabolome-based discrimination analysis of shallot landraces and bulb onion cultivars associated with differences in the amino acid and flavonoid profiles
  
• Dec. 15, 2020
  From gene resources to compound resources
  
• Dec. 10, 2020
  Identification of the alternative target for translation inhibitory antitumor drugs
  
• Dec. 09, 2020
  Mechanism by which nitrogen fertilization saves plants from phosphate deficiency
  
• Dec. 07, 2020
  Defenses against excess light in diatoms: molecular regulatory mechanism of light-harvesting pigment proteins
  
• Dec. 01, 2020
  How plants produce seed-protective neolignans
  
• Nov. 26, 2020
  Genomic diversity of barley genetic resources
  
• Nov. 25, 2020
  Mechanism of roots to grow toward gravity
  
• Nov. 24, 2020
  Mechanism by which genes change spatial positioning and turn gene expression on in response to environmental changes
  
• Nov. 16, 2020
  Newly discovered enzyme helps make valuable bioactive saponins
  
• Nov. 10, 2020
  Compound that activates mitochondria with respiratory dysfunction
  
• Nov. 05, 2020
  Hierarchical structure of spider silk reproduced for the first time
  
• Oct. 29, 2020
  Identification of genes necessary for parasitic plant to invade host plants
  
• Oct. 27, 2020
  Mechanism for producing mycotoxin
  
• Oct. 22, 2020
  Regiodivergent, dehydrogenative cross coupling
  
• Oct. 16, 2020
  Photosynthetic reactions to withstand iron-deficient environments: various expression mechanisms and functions of the isiA genes
  
• Oct. 14, 2020
  Elucidating the diversity of the super crop quinoa
  
• Oct. 13, 2020
  Mechanism for secretion of nano-sized small bags containing substances that cause cancer progression
  
• Oct. 12, 2020
  Development of biomass-based functional polymers
  
• Oct. 06, 2020
  High-precision mapping of green millet (Setaria viridis)
  
• Oct. 05, 2020
  Nippon Shokubai and RIKEN Developed the Efficient Polymerization System for Biomass-derived Hardly Polymerizable Monomers
  
• Sep. 11, 2020
  Small molecules that enhance the production of natural products
  
• Sep. 09, 2020
  Mystery of cassava flowering
  
• Sep. 09, 2020
  Amino acid metabolism that boosts plant body forming
  
• Sep. 08, 2020
  Molecular mechanisms of disease resistance against sheath blight in grass plants
  
• Sep. 07, 2020
  Mechanism of energy metabolism for fruit setting in tomato
  
• Sep. 03, 2020
  Parasitic plants attack crops when defending themselves from microbes
  
• Aug. 20, 2020
  Visualizing uptake pathways of cells
  
• Aug. 7, 2020
  Discovery of genes that function when parasitic plants infect host plants
  
• Aug. 7, 2020
  The mechanism that enables plant grafting is revealed
  
• Aug. 05, 2020
  The mechanism of tuberous root formation revealed in cassava
  
• Jul. 28, 2020
  Pesticides can protect crops from hydrophobic pollutants
  
• Jul. 16, 2020
  Discovery of the mechanism that triggers stem elongation
  
• Jul. 13, 2020
  The two major degradation systems work independently to support the growth strategy of plants
  
• Jul. 08, 2020
  Spider silk made by photosynthetic bacteria
  
• Jun. 29, 2020
  Mitsui Knowledge Industry begins to supply AQXeNA, accelerating the development of nucleic acid based-drugs
  
• Jun. 26, 2020
  Nondestructive measurement of compositions, physical properties, and positions of components in individual organisms
  
• Jun. 26, 2020
  A hydrogenation catalyst that can be reused 150 times
  
• Jun. 19, 2020
  Advancing lipidomics: researchers establish atlas of lipids in living organisms
  
• Jun. 09, 2020
  Using multiomics in an agricultural field, scientists discover that organic nitrogen plays a key role in plant growth
  
• May. 26, 2020
  Discovery of a new compound that increases salt tolerance in plants
  
• May. 18, 2020
  Does evolution increase pigment protein?
  
• May. 06, 2020
  How to find “traffic jams” in the ribosome
  
• Apr. 23, 2020
  Development of metabolome analysis method targeting alkaloids
  
• Apr. 22, 2020
  Discovery of the switch that determines the “job choice” of cells
  
• Apr. 03, 2020
  A friendlier way to deal with nitrate pollution
  
• Mar. 20, 2020
  Mechanism that regulates elongation growth of leaves is revealed
  
• Mar. 16, 2020
  Changes in protein translation induced by light
  
• Mar. 10, 2020
  Crystalline states of spider silk changes with humidity and strain rates
  
• Mar. 02, 2020
  Discovery of key genes involved in the symbiosis of legumes and rhizobia
  
• Feb. 28, 2020
  A shadow commander for flavonoid biosynthesis
  
• Feb. 17, 2020
  A key enzyme for nitrogen assimilation is found to be essential for chloroplast development in roots
  
• Feb. 14, 2020
  Iron corrosion bacteria accelerate corrosion via black rust
  
• Jan. 30, 2020
  Mechanism of zinc deficiency resistance inherent to plants is partially revealed
  
• Jan. 28, 2020
  A new 2nd-gen catalyst for biodiesel fuel synthesis
  
• Jan. 15, 2020
  New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells
  
• Jan. 15, 2020
  New technology to allow microorganisms to use sugars for different purposes improves raw material productivity for polymers