Press Releases 2021

• Dec. 15, 2021
  Discovery of compounds that suppress plant immune responses
  
• Dec. 09, 2021
  Control of complicated organic reactions using machine learning/data-driven catalyst design
  
• Dec. 08, 2021
  Discovery of novel anti-cancer mechanism using mitochondrial enzyme inhibitors
  
• Nov. 26, 2021
  Development of a cassava transformation system for the Southeast Asian elite variety
  
• Nov. 17, 2021
  Elucidation of the light-harvesting mechanism of nitrogen-fixing Anabaena heterocysts
  
• Nov. 12, 2021
  Development of cassava plants that increase resistant starch content
  
• Nov. 11, 2021
  Successful development of a functional material that exhibits rapid self-healing
  
• Nov. 05, 2021
  Discovery of a transcription factor necessary for tissue repair and organ reconnection in plants grafting
  
• Oct. 23, 2021
  Discovery of compounds necessary for the growth of phosphorus-starved plants
  
• Oct. 21, 2021
  Ensemble of Microwave and Light
  
• Oct. 08, 2021
  Discovery of a compound that attenuates tumor growth, metastasis, and endotoxic shock
  
• Sep. 17, 2021
  Discovery of a new gene affecting expression of cancer suppressor genes
  
• Sep. 14, 2021
  Stress given by abnormal proteins derived from introns
  
• Sep. 03, 2021
  Discovery of a compound that enhances drought stress tolerance and biomass productivity of plants
  
• Aug. 24, 2021
  Causes of ammonium toxicity in plants are identified
  
• Aug. 20, 2021
  Switch for regeneration and defense in plant
  
• Aug. 19, 2021
  Producing individual enantiomeric cyclic skeletons of natural products
  
• Aug. 11, 2021
  A blood pressure-lowering effect of asparagus
  
• Aug. 06, 2021
  Answer found to the long-standing question of size control of plant leaf organs
  
• Jul. 29, 2021
  Mechanism of vernal water-starwort, an amphibious plant, to change its form is revealed
  
• Jul. 28, 2021
  Discovery of new substance that dramatically improves the mechanical properties of artificial spider silk
  
• Jul. 21, 2021
  Mechanism of plants to switch between growth and stress responses
  
• Jul. 12, 2021
  Gene Expression Regulatory Mechanism Analyzed in Chinese Cabbage
  
• Jun. 16, 2021
  A new photoreceptor detecting three types of light is identified
  
• Jun. 16, 2021
  Controlling leaf stomatal aperture via abscisic acid transport
  
• Jun. 15, 2021
  Why are some Glycyrrhiza species not sweet?
  
• Jun. 10, 2021
  Single-particle structure analysis of light-harvesting phycobilisome complex
  
• Jun. 10, 2021
  Development of diastereoconvergent (3 + 2) cycloadditions
  
• Jun. 09, 2021
  Determinants of host specificity in a plant pathogenic fungus are identified
  
• Jun. 08, 2021
  Plant genome editing using a nanocapsule
  
• Jun. 03, 2021
  First experimental evidence to support a new theory for catalytic activity
  
• May. 25, 2021
  Photosynthesis is established through two-staged chloroplast biogenesis in wheat
  
• May. 25, 2021
  Pathway to recycle nutrient sulfur in plants is elucidated
  
• May. 19, 2021
  A key that has enabled plants to thrive on Earth
  
• Apr. 20, 2021
  Cell death process of outermost epidermal layer is elucidated
  
• Apr. 13, 2021
  First success in bioproduction of butadiene
  
• Mar. 30, 2021
  A new activity provided by a chemical splicing modulator is discovered
  
• Mar. 26, 2021
  Visualization of cargo sorting system in the trans-Golgi network
  
• Mar. 19, 2021
  Mitochondrial movement during its association with chloroplasts is discovered
  
• Mar. 02, 2021
  Posttranslational regulation of multiple clock-related transcription factors triggers cold-inducible gene expression in Arabidopsis
  
• Feb. 26, 2021
  Potato toxin, α-solanine, was evolutionally diverged from bitter compounds of tomato
  
• Feb. 22, 2021
  Deuterium reveals anticancer activity of fatty acid
  
• Feb. 22, 2021
  Stroke of Luck: Scientists Discover Target for Stroke Therapy in Blood-Brain Barrier
  
• Jan. 18, 2021
  Highly accurate whole genome sequence was revealed for Ophiorrhiza pumila, a plant producing anti-cancer substance
  
• Jan. 06, 2021
  Discovery of a factor promoting initial growth of rice seedlings