近畿大学農学部
生物機能科学科
植物分子遺伝学研究室

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Plant Immunity Research

Our research aims to understand
how plants activate immune signaling and
how pathogens inhibit plant immunity
Plant Immunity Research

Our research aims to understand
how plants activate immune signaling and
how pathogens inhibit plant immunity

Topics

  • 2024-9-3
    Ms. Yoshihisa won the Student Presentation Award in the 54th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interaction Symposium
  • 2024-8-28
    Mr. Abe won the poster award in the 4th symposium of the Plant Microbiota Research Network
  • 2024-5-15
    The OsSRO1 paper was accepted by Plant Cell Physiol
  • 2024-4-5
    Mr. Matsuno won the Student Presentation Award in the PSJ meeting
  • 2024-4-1
    Ms. Yoshihisa won the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
  • 2024-2-7
    Mr. Matsuno won the award for Ryokuyukai in Master"s Thesis Presentation
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Research

Welcome to Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics

Every year, approximately 15% of crop production is lost due to diseases. This loss is equivalent to the food supply for one billion people worldwide. Furthermore, many crops have been damaged by the emergence of newly evolved pathogens, and the expansion of disease areas resulting from global environmental changes. Therefore, developing next-generation disease resistance technologies is highly desirable to sustainably stabilize food production.

In our laboratory, we use model plants such as rice (a monocotyledon) and Arabidopsis thaliana (a dicotyledon) to study the "plant immunity" and "pathogen virulence" using molecular biology, cell biology, and plant pathology techniques. In our research on plant immunity, we are analyzing how plants recognize pathogen infections and activate the immune signaling. In the study of pathogen virulence, we are investigating how pathogen effectors inhibit plant immune responses. Furthermore, based on these research findings, we are working on developing technologies to enhance the plants' own immunity and suppress the infectivity of pathogens.