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RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team

Team Leader: Keiichi Mochida (Ph.D.)

Research Summary

Keiichi  Mochida(Ph.D.)

Our team aims to develop plants with improvements in the quantitative and qualitative productivity of cellulosic biomass. By using model grass, we carry out gene discovery to improve biomass productivity and adaptively to environmental changes in plants. Furthermore, we are promoting applied researches for plants for biomass resources in collaboration with universities and institutes.

Main Research Fields

  • Biology

Related Research Fields

  • Informatics
  • Agricultural Sciences

Keywords

  • Genome
  • Bioinformatics
  • Increase plant biomass production
  • Grasses
  • Genome polyploidy

Selected Publications

  • 1. Hori K., Saisho D., Nagata K., Nonoue Y., Uehara-Yamaguchi Y., Kanatani A., Shu K., Hirayama T., Yonemaru J., Fukuoka S., Mochida K.:
    "Genetic Elucidation for Response of Flowering Time to Ambient Temperatures in Asian Rice Cultivars."
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22; 3, 1024. (2021)
  • 2. Maryam Nasr Esfahani, Komaki Inoue, Kien Huu Nguyen, Ha Duc Chu, Yasuko Watanabe, Asaka Kanatani, David J Burritt, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son Phan Tran.:
    "Phosphate or nitrate imbalance induces stronger molecular responses than combined nutrient deprivation in roots and leaves of chickpea plants."
    Plant, cell & environment 44; 2, 574. (2020)
  • 3. Sobhy S H Abdelsalam, Yusuke Kouzai, Megumi Watanabe, Komaki Inoue, Hidenori Matsui, Mikihiro Yamamoto, Yuki Ichinose, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Seiji Tsuge, Keiichi Mochida, Yoshiteru Noutoshi.:
    "Identification of effector candidate genes of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA expressed during infection in Brachypodium distachyon."
    Scientific reports 10;10(1):14889. (2020)
  • 4. Yusuke Kouzai, Minami Shimizu, Komaki Inoue, Yukiko Uehara-Yamaguchi, Kotaro Takahagi, Risa Nakayama, Takakazu Matsuura, Izumi C Mori, Takashi Hirayama, Sobhy S H Abdelsalam, Yoshiteru Noutoshi, Keiichi Mochida.:
    "BdWRKY38 is required for the incompatible interaction of Brachypodium distachyon with the necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani."
    The Plant Journal : for cell and molecular biology 104; 4, 995. (2020)
  • 5. Inoue K., Takahagi K., Kouzai Y., Koda S., Shimizu M., Uehara-Yamaguchi Y., Nakayama R., Kita T., Onda Y., Nomura T., Matsui H., Nagaki K., Nishii R., Mochida K.:
    "Parental legacy and regulatory novelty in Brachypodium diurnal transcriptomes accompanying their polyploidy."
    NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics 2; 3, (2020)
  • 6. Keiichi Mochida, Ryuei Nishii, Takashi Hirayama.:
    "Decoding Plant-Environment Interactions That Influence Crop Agronomic Traits."
    Plant & cell physiology 2; 3, 1498. (2020)
  • 7. Keiichi Mochida, Alexander E Lipka, Takashi Hirayama.:
    "Exploration of Life-Course Factors Influencing Phenotypic Outcomes in Crops."
    Plant & cell physiology 61; 8, 1381. (2020)
  • 8. Hirayama T., Saisho D., Matsuura T., Okada S., Takahagi K., Kanatani A., Ito J., Tsuji H., Ikeda Y., Mochida K.:
    "Life-Course Monitoring of Endogenous Phytohormone Levels under Field Conditions Reveals Diversity of Physiological States among Barley Accessions."
    Plant & cell physiology 61; 8, 1438. (2020)
  • 9. Ukai Y., Inoue K., Kamada M., Teramura H., Yanagisawa S., Kitazaki K., Shoji K., Goto F., Mochida K., Yoshihara T., Shimada H.:
    "De novo transcriptome analysis reveals an unperturbed transcriptome under high cadmium conditions in the Cd-hypertolerant fern Athyrium yokoscense."
    Genes & genetic systems 95; 2, 65. (2020)
  • 10. Sato K., Ishii M., Takahagi K., Inoue K., Shimizu M., Uehara-Yamaguchi Y., Nishii R., Mochida K.:
    "Genetic Factors Associated with Heading Responses Revealed by Field Evaluation of 274 Barley Accessions for 20 Seasons."
    iScience 23; 6, 101146. (2020)

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Lab Members

Principal investigator

Keiichi Mochida
Team Leader

Core members

Toshihisa Nomura
Research Scientist
June-Sik Kim
Research Scientist
Anzu Minami
Research Scientist
Shun Tamaki
Research Scientist
Yukiko Uehara
Technical Staff I
Minami Shimizu
Technical Staff I
Yasuko Watanabe
Technical Staff I
Ade Rizqi Ridwan Firdaus
International Program Associate
Vicki Nishinarizki
International Program Associate

Contact Information

E714,
1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
Fax: +81-(0)45-503-9182

Email: keiichi.mochida [at] riken.jp

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